Measurement of coupling development level of new infrastructure investment and digital transformation and its temporal and spatial evolution trend

TL;DR

This study assesses how the development of new infrastructure investment and digital transformation are interconnected and evolves over time and space across Chinese provinces from 2014 to 2021.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive index system and applies multiple analytical methods to evaluate the coupling coordination and spatial-temporal evolution of infrastructure and digital transformation levels.

Findings

Identifies spatial clustering of coupling development levels.

Reveals temporal trends in coupling coordination.

Shows spatial-temporal evolution patterns across regions.

Abstract

Based on the coupling mechanism between new infrastructure investment level and digital transformation level, a comprehensive index system is constructed. By using entropy weight method, coupling coordination evaluation model, exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and standard deviation ellipse model, the coupling coordination development level of new infrastructure investment level and digital transformation level in 31 provinces and cities in China from 2014 to 2021 is calculated, and its spatial agglomeration level and spatial-temporal evolution characteristics are analyzed.