scholarly journals Evaluation of Sustainable Development in European Union Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (22) ◽  
pp. 4880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Javier Martín ◽  
María Carmen Carnero
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Ahp Model ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Decision Method ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Very High

Despite the great importance of sustainable development for a country, it is possible to say, having reviewed the literature widely, that this research is the first to use a Multi-Criteria Decision Method (MCDM) to analyze the sustainability of EU countries, considering different dimensions and weighting the criteria with the help of a group of experts. This paper therefore sets out a Multi-Criteria Model for analyzing the development of sustainability in EU countries (and Norway and Iceland). This required prior filtering and analysis of the data from the Eurostat database. The model was built with the multi-criteria Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique. Four experts in sustainability participated in the weighting process. The results of the AHP model are identified by areas of sustainability, with the highest value found in Norway, and the rest are found around it forming rings of sustainability, where sustainability decreases the further a country is from Norway. This research could be used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each country with regard to sustainable development, and by analyzing the measures taken by Norway and other countries with very high sustainability, by continuous improvement processes, reach similar levels of sustainable development.

A Critical Assessment of the Sustainability Performance of a Typical Mega City in China - A Case Study of Jinan

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 1565-1569
Author(s):  
Ming Xing Sun ◽  
Yu Tao Wang ◽  
Shu Ping Zhang ◽  
Ren Qing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Jinan City ◽  
High Level ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Very High

This paper, based on the strong sustainable principles, is derived from Jinan Citys statistics yearbook and statistical bulletin materials. The author constructed the environmental indicator system and socioeconomic indicator system respectively with the help of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and calculated Jinan Citys sustainability indices for 2003-2010. The results show that the environmental sustainable development level in Jinan city was average in 2003-2005 and 2007; however, in 2006, 2008-2010 it achieved a high level. The socioeconomic sustainable development level in Jinan City was high in 2003-2007, and was very high in 2008-2010. The results of the analyses suggest that Jinan City should improve its air quality and strengthen its environmental investment. It is also urgent that Jinan improve citizens livelihood, especially for housing and pension insurance projects.

Grassland resource evaluation based on improved bp network model and analytic hierarchy process

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zhou Jiang ◽  
Zhenwu Wei
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Bp Network ◽  
Resource Evaluation ◽  
Environmental Carrying Capacity ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Grassland resources are an important part of land resources. Moreover, it has the functions of regulating the climate, windproof and sand fixation, conserving water sources, maintaining water and soil, raising livestock, providing food, purifying the air, and beautifying the environment in terrestrial ecosystems. Grassland resource evaluation is of great significance to the sustainable development of grassland resources. Therefore, this paper improves the BP neural network, uses the comprehensive index method to calculate the weights in the analytic hierarchy process, and constructs a water resources carrying capacity research and analysis system based on the entropy weight extension decision theory. Meanwhile, this paper analyzes different levels of resource and environmental carrying capacity to achieve the purpose of comprehensive evaluation of resource and environmental carrying capacity. In addition, based on the theory of sustainable development, under the guidance of the principle of index system construction, this paper studies the actual situation of grassland resources and the availability and operability of data, and combines with the opinions given by experts to form an evaluation index system of grassland resources and environmental carrying capacity. Finally, through the actual case study analysis, it is concluded that the model constructed in this paper has a certain effect.

scholarly journals Evaluating Usability of Academic Websites through a Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchical Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2040
Author(s):  
AbdulHafeez Muhammad ◽  
Ansar Siddique ◽  
Quadri Noorulhasan Naveed ◽  
Uzma Khaliq ◽  
Ali M. Aseere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Academic Tasks ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Academic Websites ◽  
Academic Information ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Usability Criteria

In the higher education sector, there is a growing trend to offer academic information to users through websites. Contemporarily, the users (i.e., students/teachers, parents, and administrative staff) greatly rely on these websites to perform various academic tasks, including admission, access to learning management systems (LMS), and links to other relevant resources. These users vary from each other in terms of their technological competence, objectives, and frequency of use. Therefore, academic websites should be designed considering different dimensions, so that everybody can be accommodated. Knowing the different dimensions with respect to the usability of academic websites is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. The fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) approach has been considered to be a significant method to deal with the uncertainty that is involved in subjective judgment. Although a wide range of usability factors for academic websites have already been identified, most of them are based on the judgment of experts who have never used these websites. This study identified important factors through a detailed literature review, classified them, and prioritized the most critical among them through the FAHP methodology, involving relevant users to propose a usability evaluation framework for academic websites. To validate the proposed framework, five websites of renowned higher educational institutes (HEIs) were evaluated and ranked according to the usability criteria. As the proposed framework was created methodically, the authors believe that it would be helpful for detecting real usability issues that currently exist in academic websites.

scholarly journals Research on Supplier Selection of Prefabricated Building Elements from the Perspective of Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6080
Author(s):  
Yinghui Song ◽  
Junwu Wang ◽  
Feng Guo ◽  
Jiequn Lu ◽  
Sen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Building Element ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Prefabricated Building

Prefabricated building is an efficient building mode. Compared with the traditional building mode, the prefabricated building has advantages of less pollution, high construction efficiency, being more labor-saving, and economy, which is in line with China’s sustainable development strategy. This paper proposes a supplier selection evaluation model based on the mechanism equation model (SEM) and intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (IFAHP). Based on a detailed literature review, 300 structured questionnaires were distributed to the relevant enterprises, and an evaluation index system of prefabricated building element suppliers was built. With the fitting and modification process using a structural equation model, and assist of a path factor, an evaluation index system for evaluating the prefabricated building element suppliers was finally obtained. Finally, the intuitionistic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process was used to establish a selection model of prefabricated element suppliers, and the prefabricated element suppliers of Shuangyashan prefabricated construction projects were analyzed as a case study. The results show that the following factors have the most significant impact on supplier selection (from high to low): quality, economy, long-term cooperation, after-sales, and transportation. This study had a comprehensive consideration of the influencing factors existing in the whole selection process and should provide a valuable reference for the sustainable development of prefabricated construction engineering.

Comparison of Judgment Scales of the Analytical Hierarchy Process — A New Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 445-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus D. Goepel
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Analytic Functions ◽  
Decision Problem ◽  
Decision Criteria ◽  
Maximum Weight ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Scale Functions ◽  
Decision Method ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) remains a popular multi-criteria decision method. One topic under discussion of AHP is the use of different scales to translate judgments into ratios. The author makes a new approach to compare different scale functions and to derive a recommendation for the application of scales. The approach is based on simple analytic functions and takes into consideration the number of criteria of the decision problem. A generalization of the so-called balanced scale is proposed, and a new adaptive-balanced scale is introduced. Scales are then categorized and compared based on weight boundaries and weight ratios, weight uncertainties, weight dispersion and number of decision criteria. Finally, a practical example of a decision hierarchy is presented applying the different scales. The results show that the generalized balanced scale improves weight dispersion and weight uncertainty in comparison to the fundamental AHP scale. The proposed adaptive-balanced scale overcomes the problem of a change of the maximum weight depending on the number of decision criteria.

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 Application of AHP for the Weighting of Sustainable Development Indicators at the Subnational Level

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Abraham Londoño-Pineda ◽  
Jose Alejandro Cano ◽  
Rodrigo Gómez-Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Composite Indices ◽  
Higher Weights ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Education Indicators ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This article presents an indicator weighting method for constructing composite indices to assess sustainable development at the subnational level. The study uses an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is considered relevant, since it establishes links between the indicators that make up the different sustainable development goals (SDG). For this purpose, 28 indicators defined by experts constitute the base to evaluate the progress towards sustainable development of the Aburrá Valley region, located in Antioquia, Colombia. The results show that health, employment, and education indicators obtained higher weights, while environmental indicators received the most reduced weights. Likewise, the model proves to be consistent using a consistency ratio, which generates the possibility of replicating this model at different subnational levels.

IMPACT OF MONTANE ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boutheyna Touafchia ◽  
Rached-Kanouni Malika ◽  
Kadi Zahia
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Environmental Loads ◽  
Synergistic Interactions ◽  
Average Impact ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Environmental Burdens ◽  
Very High

Environmental burdens are currently a significant determinant ofenvironmental quality. The occurrence of montane environmental burdens affects the environmental quality at the local, regional and supraregional levels, mostly to a negative extent. Environmental pollution, due to montane environmental burdens is accompanied by a reduction in environmental quality in all spheres of anthropogenic existence. It is for this reason that the presented article studies the occurrence of montane environmental burdens and their impact on environmental quality in individual regions of the Slovak Republic. In the analyses Analytic Hierarchy Process a multi-criteria decision-making method based on values of the weights in terms of the principles of the Saaty matrix – a quantification of synergistic interactions of indicators. The study concentrates on selected comparative years 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2021 and includes a matrix of their elimination. The results present a categorization of montane environmental loads in the Slovak Republic into categories of the environmental load (from very low to very high) on the environmental quality. In the summary matrix of a comprehensive assessment of montane environmental loads, negative indicators (55.65%) prevails over positive ones (44.35%) with a total scoring ratio of 0.80, i.e. III. category, the average impact on environmental quality.

Investigating Undergraduates’ Perceptions on Employability Skills in the UAE: an Analytic hierarchy Process Model in Engineering and Business Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.7) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Ahmed Khamis AlKhemeiri ◽  
Khalizani Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Ahp Model ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This study aims to provide a platform of undergraduates’ employability skills in non-Western context, specifically, in the UAE. Undergraduates who have completed 90 credit hours of the courses in bachelor studies from business and engineering colleges was randomly sampled in the biggest private university in Abu Dhabi. Questionnaires were distributed with an explanation of the purpose of the elements in the questionnaire to propose an AHP model for employability skills. Consistent with prior studies, communication skills, teamwork, problem solving, and technology was found to be significant and are considered as the upmost important employability skills for business and engineering undergraduates. The significant of the study is also discussed.   

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