Table 1 Low-carbon transformation index system.
From: Low-carbon transformation of China’s cities: evaluation and spatiotemporal pattern evolution
Primary indices | Secondary indices | Third-level indices | Fourth-level indices | Attribute | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regional low-carbon transformation | Low-carbon development | Carbon emissions intensity | Carbon emissions / GDP | — | 0.0028 |
Environmental pollution | Average PM2.5 concentration | — | 0.0066 | ||
Volume of industrial wastewater discharge | — | 0.0008 | |||
Volume of industrial soot (dust) emissions | — | 0.0002 | |||
Energy consumption | Energy consumption / GDP | — | 0.0015 | ||
Low-carbon attention | Government low-carbon attention | + | 0.0117 | ||
Public environmental attention | + | 0.3698 | |||
Economic transformation | Economic growth | Per capita GDP | + | 0.0493 | |
GDP growth rate | + | 0.0028 | |||
Industrial transformation | Proportion of tertiary industry | + | 0.0127 | ||
Green innovation | Per capita green invention patent authorization | + | 0.2157 | ||
Financial transformation | Green finance | + | 0.0149 | ||
Inclusive finance | + | 0.0214 | |||
Human capital | Number of students in regular higher education institutions per 10,000 people | + | 0.1025 | ||
The proportion of employees in computer services, information transmission, and software industries. | + | 0.1872 |
