THE IMPACT OF URBAN EXPANSION ON THE GREEN ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE

Abstract This article takes Guangdong Province, China as the research object, and investigates 568 samples of the civil service system in Guangdong Province through a questionnaire survey to explore the mutual influence relationship and internal influence mechanism between urban expansion and green economy development. Through empirical research using structural equation modeling (SEM), the article concludes that urban expansion has a significant negative impact on the development of green economy, a positive impact on energy consumption, a negative impact on environmental quality, a negative impact on energy consumption, and a positive impact on environmental quality. Further analysis of indirect effects reveals that energy consumption and environmental quality have a mediating effect between urban expansion and green economic development. Therefore, in order to achieve sustainable development of the green economy, comprehensive measures need to be taken to coordinate the relationship between these three factors, namely promoting the rationalization of urban expansion, improving energy efficiency, and strengthening environmental protection and governance.