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The Impact Mechanism of New Quality Productive on Carbon Emissions of Construction Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt

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  • Yongxue Pan

    (Jiangxi Academy of Medical Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330019, China)

  • Sikai Zou

    (School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China)

Abstract

To achieve a dynamic balance between economic development and ecological protection, it is necessary to analyze the enabling mechanism of new quality productive (NQP) on the green and low-carbon transformation of the construction industry. Based on the panel data of 107 cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YERB) from 2011 to 2023, this study analyzes the spatiotemporal characteristics of carbon emissions in the construction industry (CECI), and explores the impact, mechanism, regional heterogeneity and spatial spillover effect of NQP on carbon emission intensity in the construction industry (CEICI). From 2011 to 2023, CECI increased in low amplitude but weakened the spatial concentration. The overall level of NQP in the YREB region shows a trend of first a slight decline and then a steady increase, and the development disparities among different regions have continued to widen. The NQP is significantly negatively correlated with the CEICI. The impact effect shows a gradient distribution pattern of “upstream > downstream > midstream”, and there is also a spatial spillover effect. Moreover, the mechanism analysis shows that the NQP can influence CEICI by the green technological innovation (GTI) and industrial structure upgrading (ISU). Moreover, the mediating effect of GTI (−0.4019) is greater than ISU (−0.1049). These results can help to formulate policies on NQP for reducing building emissions.

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  • Yongxue Pan & Sikai Zou, 2025. "The Impact Mechanism of New Quality Productive on Carbon Emissions of Construction Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(24), pages 1-24, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:24:p:11231-:d:1818443
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