Green Development Index Scores for 286 Chinese Cities, 2010-2023

Xin Han's dataset quantifies green development pathways for 286 Chinese cities at the prefecture level or higher from 2010 to 2023. It includes a calibrated TOPSIS-Entropy Weight calculation for a Green Development Index (GDI) and uses a deep Q-network model to simulate policy responses under two scenarios. The data was last updated on 2026-05-12.

Use Cases

• Simulating policy impacts on green development based on the described DQN model and scenario analysis.
• Clustering cities into green development performance tiers based on the reported GDI scores and clustering method.
• Analyzing trends in the standardized Green Development Index over time from 2010 to 2023.
• Comparing the effectiveness of renewable energy integration versus emission reduction policies based on the simulation results.

Strengths

• Includes data for 286 cities over a 14-year period (2010-2023).
• Provides a standardized Green Development Index score, which increased from 0.404 in 2010 to 0.553 in 2023.
• Classifies cities into four distinct performance clusters: Advantaged (29), Second best (68), Average (120), and Weak (69).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small (14.0 KB), suggesting limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Author: Xin Han. Platform: figshare.

Collection Method

Combines remote sensing and statistical data, using TOPSIS-Entropy Weight calculation and DQN modeling.

Time Range

2010 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 05:43:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

286 cities in China at the prefecture level or higher.