Keywords
Construction management
Regional differences
Dagum’s Gini coefficient
Kernel density estimation
Submitted : 2025-05-07
Accepted : 2025-05-22
Published : 2025-06-06
Abstract
The development of digital construction management is an important initiative to promote the digital transformation of the construction industry. But the attention to the regional differences in the development level of digital construction management in China from the industrial level is still relatively scarce. In this paper, the combination assignment method, Dagum’s Gini coefficient and Kernel density estimation method, are used to explore the regional differences and their dynamic evolution trends of China’s digital construction management development level. The study finds that the overall development level in China’s construction industry is on the rise, but it is still at a relatively low level. The overall Gini coefficient has increased, which is mainly due to uneven development between regions. There are large development differences between the eastern region and the other three regions. The interregional Gini coefficients for the Central-Northeastern and Central-Western regions are all growing at a higher rate.
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