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ABSTRACT
The comprehensive utilisation of solid waste is a critical tool for environmental governance. As a major driver of economic development, industrial structure upgrading and technological innovation are also conducive to environmental governance. As a result, using statistical data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2009 to 2019, this article constructed a spatial econometric model and explored the links between industrial structure upgrading, technological innovation and comprehensive utilisation of solid waste. The results showed that: Industrial structure upgrading has a ‘U’-shaped curve relationship that first inhibits and then promotes the comprehensive utilisation of solid waste. In the long run, upgrading industrial structures promotes the comprehensive utilisation of solid waste as a whole. Technological innovation has a significant moderating influence on the impact of industrial structure upgrading on the comprehensive utilisation of solid waste.
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Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang received a PhD degree in Management Science and Engineering, from the School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China in 2014 and was in the joint doctoral training programme of University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is currently a Professor of Public Management with the School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE transactions on Engineering Management, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Journal of Asian Public Policy, Journal of Information Science, Land Use Policy, Technological forecasting and Social Change, Creativity and Innovation Management, Journal of Knowledge Management and Transportation Research Part D. Dr. Zhang is responsible for more than 10 provincial and national scientific research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the Humanities and Social Science Projects of the Ministry of Education of China. His academic papers have been cited more than 1800 times. His research interests include Technology innovation and management, public policy and low-carbon governance.
Yaru Wang
Yaru Wang is currently a master's student at the School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, China. She received her bachelor's degree in management from the School of Public Administration of Southwest Jiaotong University in 2021. Her research interests include public policy and green governance. He has published several academic papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Malin Song
Malin Song is a Professor at Anhui University of Finance and Economics. He holds PhD in Economics from University of Science and Technology of China. He focuses on the efficiency and productivity analysis. He has published in outlets, such as European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Environmental Management, International Review of Financial Analysis, Scientific Data, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Annals of Operations Research, China Economic Review, Energy Policy, Journal of Productivity Analysis, among others.
Z. Y. Shen
Z. Y. Shen is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Economics and Rural Development, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. He holds PhD in economics and focuses on environmental economics. He has published in outlets, such as Technological Forecasting & Social Change, China Economic Review, Energy Policy, among others.