Given the rapid development of China's new urbanization, cities with different locations and varying functional positioning, resource endowments, and development stages have insufficient scientific and applicable technical tools for implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...

Cities are key to countries' strategies for achieving the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs). In China, evaluating cities' sustainable development (CSD) processes and abilities requires establishing an indicator library for cities' sustainable development (ILCSD). Based on the SDG...

As China continues to develop its ecological civilization, it is crucial to quantitatively assess the ecological value to understand its potential impact on regional sustainable development. While previous studies have highlighted the importance of ecological value, they have not fully reflected...

This paper investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance by listed companies on the cost of equity capital from the perspectives of enterprise risk management and capital market risk pricing and discusses the mediating effects of operating risk. Using the causal...