A Study on the coupling and Coordination Between the Digital Economy and Low-Carbon Development

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10.2991/978-94-6239-699-9_47How to use a DOI?

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Digital economy; Low-carbon development; Entropy-weighted method; Synergistic integration metric; Five provinces in Northwest China

Abstract

This paper focuses on the five provinces in Northwest China and employs the entropy-based weighting technique to quantify digitalization and decarbonization indicators spanning the years 2011 through 2023. By establishing a coupling coordination model, the study identifies trends in the interplay between them and categorizes the stages of synergistic integration. The study found that the low-carbon and digital economy indices in the five northwestern provinces rose overall. Significant development disparities existed among the five provinces, with regional gaps initially widening before narrowing. Qinghai and Xinjiang led in low-carbon development, while Gansu lagged behind; Shaanxi and Gansu led in the digital economy, with Ningxia and Qinghai catching up. The synergistic integration of green and digital sectors across the five northwestern provinces improved substantially, with Xinjiang showing the largest increase in 2023. The timing of achieving coupling coordination varied across the five provinces Qinghai the latest among them. This paper aims to offer recommendations to promote he coordinated progress of digitalization and decarbonization across the five northwestern provinces.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qi Ma
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/02
TI  - A Study on the coupling and Coordination Between the Digital Economy and Low-Carbon Development
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 4th International Conference on Digital Economy and Management Science (CDEMS 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 434
EP  - 445
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-699-9_47
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-699-9_47
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