GREEN DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THE BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI REGION

ABSTRACT Climate change and the energy crisis are impeding global economic and sustainable development. As a high-carbon emissions industry, construction can practice green construction to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate global warming. Based on data from China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region during the period 2010 to 2020, the spatiotemporal pattern and its influencing factors on the green development of construction were studied by using spatial econometric methods. The findings indicate that the level of green development of the construction industry in the region followed an alternating pattern of rising and falling but demonstrated a gradual overall upward trend during the period. The spatial distribution pattern shows that Beijing, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang are the core cities, driving the development of surrounding smaller cities and that the influencing factors of green construction are technological innovation, industrial investment, urban greening level, labor force level, and urbanization level. This study provides scientific support and policy recommendations for narrowing the imbalance in the green development level of construction between regions in China and reducing carbon emissions generated by the construction industry.