Synergistic Agglomeration of Manufacturing and Logistics Industries and Urban Green Economy Efficiency: Influence and Upgrading

Synergistic industrial agglomeration has an impact on green economy. In this research, the evaluation index system of urban green economic efficiency (GEE) is constructed; the superefficiency SBM model, Malmquist index method, location entropy method, and Tobit regression analysis are used to analyse the static and dynamic GEE, the industrial agglomeration level of manufacturing and logistics industries, the synergistic agglomeration level of the two, and the influencing factors of GEE of 41 cities and four provinces in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region from 2010 to 2019. The results show that the urban GEE in the YRD region is generally not high, and the annual change trend of efficiency is U-shaped. In the YRD region as a whole and in each province, the relationship between the synergistic agglomeration level of the two industries and the GEE presents regional heterogeneity and GEE is influenced by various factors. Synergistic alignment and integrated development of the two industries are good ways to optimize and upgrade industrial structure transformation. The government can improve urban GEE by adjusting the horizontal and vertical intergovernmental relations as well as adjusting the talent support mechanism to promote integration of technologies with industry and optimizing the upgrading and transformation of industrial structure to achieve sustainable industry development. © 2023 Qian Zhang and Ye Tao.