Table 1 Descriptive statistics for variables.

From: The impact of smart city construction (SCC) on pollution emissions (PE): evidence from China

Variables

Meanings of the variables

N

Mean

SD

Min

Max

PE

 \(VSD\)

Volume of sewage discharge

3990

5.429

5.805

0.004

70.962

\( lnEFD\)

Emissions of fumes and dust

3990

9.566

1.225

0.693

15.458

\(l nso2\)

Sulfur dioxide emissions

3990

10.273

1.511

0.693

14.569

\(SCCdid\)

Smart city construction (SCC)

3990

0.209

0.406

0.000

1.000

\(lngdp\)

GDP

3990

6.809

0.960

3.718

9.782

\(lnpergdp\)

Per capita GDP

3990

9.552

1.338

5.480

12.513

\(urban\)

Urbanization level

3990

32.614

21.658

3.412

100.000

\(fdigdp\)

Openness

3990

0.017

0.020

0.002

0.376

\(gardon\)

Green space area

3990

6.469

0.914

2.773

9.693

\(secagg\)

Industrial structure

3990

0.083

0.132

0.000

1.695

  1. The data is sourced from various references, including the "China City Statistical Yearbook," the National Bureau of Statistics, and government work reports. For missing values, a combination of moving average smoothing and interpolation methods has been used to fill in the gaps.