scholarly journals Applying the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) into the effects assessment of river training works

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Hachoł ◽  
Mateusz Hämmerling ◽  
Elżbieta Bondar-Nowakowska
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
River Regulation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
River Bed ◽  
River Training ◽  
The One ◽  
Hierarchy Process

AbstractThe aim of the following study was to compare a few methods of river regulations and indicate the one which fully meets technical regulative standard and concurrently ensures protection of the watercourse ecosystem. According to the sustainable development rules it is of the most importance in every human activity to compromise between developmental and environmental needs of current and future generations. Therefore, both technical criteria related to flood safety and environmental ones were taken into consideration in the analysis. Field study was conducted in vegetation stage between 2008 and 2014 in small and medium lowland watercourses in Lower Silesia. The research comprised of measurements and descriptions of selected technical and environmental elements of a complex system of the watercourse river bed. Basing on obtained results a multicriterial assessment of the effects of the works was conducted. In order to assess the results an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used in the study. It facilitated the creation of linear ranking of river beds and indicate the most optimal solution in terms of sustainable development. Such methods have not been applied in solving problems connected with river regulation. That’s why this study aims also at checking the utility of this method in decision making in both planning and regulation works realization. Results of the study indicate high usefulness of AHP method in the decision-making process.

Study of Influence of Road Construction on Grassland in Inner Mongolia

2013 ◽  
Vol 807-809 ◽  
pp. 1881-1885
Author(s):  
Chun Mei Zhang ◽  
Min Zhao ◽  
Xue Lv
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Inner Mongolia Grassland ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In this paper, the indexes that are used to assess the influence of road construction on Inner Mongolia grassland have been proposed based on the environment protection perspective. The Analytic hierarchy process was employed to evaluate the importance of different indexes regarding to influence. These indexes would be used to provide information for decision making about road construction in order to achieve the sustainable development of grassland.

scholarly journals An Eco-GAME Meta-Evaluation of Existing Methods for the Appreciation of Ecosystem Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7805
Author(s):  
Maurizio Sajeva ◽  
Marjo Maidell ◽  
Jonne Kotta ◽  
Anneliis Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Dimensional System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The One

The isolation of science disciplines and the weak integration between science, policy and society represent main challenges for sustainable human development. If, on the one hand, the specialization of science has produced higher levels of knowledge, on the other hand, the whole picture of the complex interactions between systems has suffered. Economic and natural sciences are, on matters of sustainable development, strongly divergent, and the interface informing decision-making is weak. This downplays uncertainty and creates room for entrenched political positions, compromising evidence-based decision-making and putting the urgent need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030 at risk. This article presents the heterodox Eco-GAME framework for interconnecting science through trans-disciplinary social-learning and meta-evaluation of scientific knowledge in pursuit of SDGs. The framework is tested and refined in the BONUS MARES project by systematic literature analysis, participatory workshops, and semi-structured interviews, in relation to the specific habitats of Baltic Sea mussel reefs, seagrass beds and macroalgae ecosystem services produced and methods applied. The results, acknowledging the urgency of interfacing science, policy and society, validate the Eco-GAME as a framework for this purpose and present a multi-dimensional system of indicators as a further development.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development of Cultural Industry in Shaanxi Province of Northwest China: A SWOT and AHP Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Fan ◽  
Dong Xue
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Chinese Market ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The culture and landscape of Shaanxi Province are representative of Northwest China. Despite the current prosperity of tourism, the issue of sustainable development of cultural industry in Shaanxi Province is emerging increasingly. We analyzed the challenges and prospects for cultural industry in Shaanxi Province using the SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat) approach, in combination with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). We used preferential data from local experts who have an extensive and diverse understanding of cultural industry of Shaanxi Province. The results reveal that strengths and opportunities for cultural industry in Shaanxi Province outweigh its weaknesses and threats. The experts believed that the abundant resources in landscape and history are the major strength, and the huge demand in the Chinese market is the important opportunity. While the lag in social concept and governmental execution is identified as a weakness for the development of cultural industry, Western cultural impact and domestic/intra-regional competitions are considered to be the critical threats. The quantitative analysis of the strategies indicates the strength/opportunity strategy is the optimal one for the sustainable development of Shaanxi's cultural industry.

Study on Evaluation Method for Sustainable Development of Reservoir Resettlement Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 2195-2200
Author(s):  
Hao Cao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Reservoir Resettlement

The sustainable development evaluation of reservoir resettlement has great significance to future planning and implementation of water conservancy and hydropower projects. Based on the analysis of the current condition of reservoir resettlement, this paper established a comprehensive evaluation index system for sustainable development of reservoir resettlement, with the consideration of economic, social, cultural and environmental factors. The Analytic Hierarchy Process method is proposed to determine the weight of each index. The case of the Three Gorges reservoir resettlement in Tianchang, Anhui is analyzed, and the feasibility of the proposed method is verified.

Design and Application of Comprehensive Development Level of the Construction Industry Model Based on SPSS in Shandong, China

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3059-3062
Author(s):  
Xiu Hai Song ◽  
Yu Ting Gu ◽  
Jing Jing Sun ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
Xiao Jie Cao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
The Index System ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Hierarchy Process

To evaluate the sustainable development level of construction in Shandong, China, the model was built by principal component analysis method. Meanwhile, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and basic rules of statistics were fully used to set up the index system. The data from 2007 to 2009 were processed by SPSS software, through calculation, the degree of sustainable development were shown intuitively.

scholarly journals Methodology Proposal of Slovak Industrial Enterprise Managers' Competenc in the Sustainable Development Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (41) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Lukáš Jurík ◽  
Peter Sakál
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Competency Model ◽  
Industrial Enterprise ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Development Context ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process Method ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Abstract The contribution is focused on the area of the design of Slovak industrial enterprise managers' competency model. The main objective of the contribution is a methodology proposal of the Slovak industrial enterprise employees' competency model utilising the Analytic Hierarchy Process method within the Sustainable Development context. Methodology was developed on the basis of the theoretical backgrounds analysis and the actual state of designing a competency model in the industrial enterprises analysis.

scholarly journals Assessing Countries Sustainability: A Group Multicriteria Decision Making Methodology Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Roberto Castaneda ◽  
Pilar Arroyo ◽  
Lourdes Loza
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Weight Vector ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Multicriteria Decision ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Regional Associations

Sustainability is a complex and abstract concept. However, policy-makers and representatives of global and regional associations need to assess and track the sustainable development of countries and regions to define a sustainability strategic path. The objective of this research is to propose and validate a methodology to define a simple but proper sustainability index that serves as a proxy for the identification of the segments of most and least advanced countries according to their achievement of the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations (UN). Several well-known quantitative methodologies are used to first define a summarized index of sustainable development. Second, multicriteria decision-making methods are applied to determine the relative importance of the elements or dimensions comprising the sustainability concept. Then, the simulated judgments of a group of experts is used to compute a group weight vector by applying the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAPH). Different aggregation methods are used to compute the importance that decision-makers assign to the several dimensions of sustainability. Finally, segments of countries generated with the clustering algorithm k-means are rated to identify sustainability benchmark segment(s) and groups of countries in need of support to attain the UN sustainability goals.

The analytic hierarchy process supporting decision making for sustainable development: An overview of applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 119-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Henrique Dos Santos ◽  
Sandra Miranda Neves ◽  
Daniele Ornaghi Sant’Anna ◽  
Carlos Henrique de Oliveira ◽  
Henrique Duarte Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Evaluation on the Sustainable Development of Chengdu's Urban Form

2014 ◽  
Vol 522-524 ◽  
pp. 1665-1669
Author(s):  
Lan Chen ◽  
Ying Mao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Scientific Evaluation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Ecological Criteria ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Based on sustainable development and ecological criteria, this paper establishes a scientific evaluation index system of urban form. The use of mathematical statistics method and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) makes a comprehensive and quantitative evaluation on the sustainable development of Chengdu's urban form. The evaluation system is analyzed at the end of this paper that we have to enhance the development of ecological environment and resources with the applicable planning strategy proposed followed by.

Research on Sustainable Development Evaluation System of Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects Based on AHP

2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 2931-2935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Ling Sun ◽  
Yun Peng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantitative Basis ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
Capability Evaluation ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This thesis has made a systematic study on the sustainable development capability evaluation system of LIP from the five aspects of economy, ecology, society, technology and management. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is also used to provide quantitative basis for decision-makers. In the end, Yan-shan conservancy which is being constructed is used to demonstrate the application.

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