Assessing the development and multidimensional constraints of the high-quality construction industry in the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 24 August 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The construction industry accounts for a large proportion of the economy of developing countries, but the connotation and influencing factors of high-quality development (HQD) are still unclear. This study aims to gain a more comprehensive insight into the current development status of the regional construction industry under China's HQD orientation and the obstructive factors affecting its development and to provide informative suggestions for its HQD prospects.
Design/methodology/approach
In this study, the construction industry of 16 cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle (CCEC), a new region in southwest China, was used as the research object to collect data from the 2006–2019 yearbooks, construct an evaluation index system for HQD of the construction industry, derive the development level of the construction industry using the entropy value method and spatial autocorrelation method and then apply the barrier Diagnostic model was used to compare and analyze the impact level of each index.
Findings
In terms of the time dimension, the development of the construction industry in CCEC is characterized by “high in the twin core and low in the surrounding area”, with unbalanced and insufficient development; in terms of spatial correlation, some factors have positive aggregation in spatial distribution, but the peripheral linkage decreases; through barrier analysis, the impact of different barrier factors is different.
Originality/value
This paper will help governments and enterprises in developing countries to make urban planning and management policies to fundamentally improve the development of the construction industry in underdeveloped regions.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank their co-workers from the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Department who greatly assisted and executed this project. They are also grateful to the data collectors and analysts for their hard work.
Citation
Wan, J., Zhao, Y., Chen, M., Zhu, X., Lu, Q., Huang, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, C., Zhu, W. and Yang, J. (2023), "Assessing the development and multidimensional constraints of the high-quality construction industry in the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-11-2022-1093
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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