Suitability Analysis of Ecological Restoration for Coastal Area under Transportation Construction

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 1965-1968
Author(s):  
Chun Ma ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Xiao Chun Zhang ◽  
Guang Yu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Tidal Marshes ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Transportation Construction ◽  
The Impact

Harbors or seaports are major hub of human economic activities, and also centers of environmental issues, which have environmental impacts on the estuary, tidal marshes and coastal wetlands. This paper analyzed the impact of transportation construction on coastal area, reviewed the ecological restoration techniques for habitat under transportation construction, proposed the procedure of suitability analysis of ecological restoration and established an evaluation criteria framework of ecological restoration suitability. The suitability framework which is set up by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in this paper could be applied to analyze suitability for ecological restoration of transportation construction projects.

scholarly journals Assessing Architecture-and-Landscape Integration as a Basis for Evaluating the Impact of Construction Projects on the Cultural Landscape of Tourist Seaside Resorts

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Wojciech Bal ◽  
Magdalena Czalczynska-Podolska
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Original Culture ◽  
Construction Plans ◽  
The Impact

The coastline of Western Pomerania has natural and cultural assets that have promoted the development of tourism, but also require additional measures to ensure the traditional features and characteristics are protected. This is to ensure that new developments conform to a more uniform set of spatial structures which are in line with the original culture. Today, seaside resorts are characterized by a rapid increase in development with a clear trend towards non-physiognomic architectural forms which continually expand and encroach on land closer to the coastline. This results in a blurring of the original concepts that characterized the founding seaside resort. This study evaluates 11 development projects (including a range of hotels, luxury residential buildings and hotel suites) built in 2009–2020 in the coastal area of Western Pomerania. An assessment of architecture-and-landscape integration for each development project was made, using four groups of evaluation criteria: aesthetic, socio-cultural, functional and locational factors. The study methodology included a historical and interpretative study (iconology, iconography, historiography) and an examination of architecture-and-landscape integration using a pre-prepared evaluation form. Each criterion was first assessed using both field surveys and desk research (including the analysis of construction plans and developer materials), and then compared with the original, traditional qualities of the town. This study demonstrates that it is possible to clearly identify the potential negative impact of tourism development on the cultural landscape of seaside resorts, and provides recommendations for future shaping, management and conservation of the landscape.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the siting of construction facilities in the Central Ecological Zone of the Baikal Natural Area: ecological and economic aspects

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 05019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inessa Karnaukh ◽  
Anna Mikheeva ◽  
Svetlana Ayusheeva ◽  
Taisia Bardakhanova
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Anthropogenic Impact ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Environmental Capacity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Recovery Potential ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Socioeconomic Consequences ◽  
The Impact

The implementation of cost intensive construction projects is determined by the availability of natural resources and the environmental capacity of areas. The objective of the research consists in the development of a methodological approach to the assessment of the siting of construction facilities in the territories, characterized by ecological limitations and the substantiation of siting acceptability criteria. The authors analyzed the potential risks caused by the siting of construction facilities on the basis of (1) the impact produced by the facilities, used for economic activities, on the environment, and (2) the assessment of ecological and socioeconomic consequences of this impact. The core method of research consists in the integral ranking of territories, based on the environmental capacity of the natural environment's components and the anthropogenic impact, while their reconciliation represents one of the most relevant objectives of environmentally sustainable development of territories. The analytical results, generated by the co-authors, serve as the starting point for the research-based substantiation of the siting of construction facilities, because the following condition serves as the basic criterion: the anthropogenic impact, produced on territories, must not exceed the self-recovery potential of the local natural system.

External Factors Influencing the Ethical Responsibility of Construction Project

2012 ◽  
Vol 226-228 ◽  
pp. 2273-2277
Author(s):  
Li Fei Wang ◽  
Peng Mao
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Resource Dependence Theory ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Project Organizations ◽  
The Impact

The implementation of ethical responsibility of construction projects is impacted by many external factors. According to resource dependence theory, this paper constructs the indicator system of external factors influencing the ethical responsibility of construction projects, conducts quantitative analysis on it by means of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), defines the five indicators (namely the perfect degree of laws and regulations, information symmetry, equality in status of project stakeholders, governmental supervision degree, and justice degree of contracts) as key influencing factors, and sets forth corresponding measures from three aspects aiming at the impact of the abovementioned key factors on the ethical responsibility of projects, in order to form an external restriction system for the ethical responsibility of projects, to realize the unification of self-discipline and heteronomy of project organizations, and to promote the realization of ethical responsibility objective of projects.

scholarly journals Multicriterial model of increasing the efficiency of high-tech production commercialization tools

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Bohdan BUTKO
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Economic Organization ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
High Tech Product ◽  
Efficiency Estimation ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative Assessments

The paper deals with a multi-criteria model for improving the efficiency of tools for commercialization of high-tech products, based on the application of the expert assessments method. The defined vertical classification of multistage commercialization efficiency calculation of the economic organizations activity is developed on basis of classification of the efficiency estimation optimum criteria of the commercialization tools derived from the high-tech commercialization production mechanism. These evaluation criteria are found functional and are an actual assessment of the economic activity effects, immanent to the nature of the economic organization, namely commercialization, for national economy as a whole and on the economic condition of the studied economic organization in particular. Special attention is paid to the econometric interpretation of the evaluation of effects and criteria for further efficiency improvement, such as determining the optimal system of equations which are substantial to the elaborated model. Despite numerous domestic developments, determining the most optimal criteria for assessing the effectiveness of commercialization of high-tech products remains a promising task. It should be noted that the development of an effective model for improving the effectiveness of tools is derived from certain criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and tools of the commercialization mechanism. Both of these components need further refinement and improvement. The application of a multi-criteria model for efficiency tools improvement is based on the expert assessments method, which is key anti-crisis approach in conditions of uncertainty, when classical prediction modeling of economic processes based only on quantitative assessments is insufficient to accurately assess the impact of purely quantitative assessments. All-in-all, the commercialization of a high-tech product in modern times of the system of international entrepreneurship also counts indirect aspects of the economic activities of organizations, such as environmental, social and marketing activities, etc.

scholarly journals Two-stage Decision-Making Approach to Survey the Excessive Usage of Smart Technologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Borissova ◽  
Zornitsa Dimitrova ◽  
Magdalena Garvanova ◽  
Ivan Garvanov ◽  
Petya Cvetkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Ranking List ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Given ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The article discusses the decision-making problems associated with smart technologies and their usage. For the goal, a two-stage decision-making approach is proposed to survey if smart technologies are used excessively. The first part is focused on composing a survey based on a questionnaire. This investigation should cover a wide range of users of different ages. To make a suitable questionnaire to conduct such a survey a set of predefined questions is to be evaluated. The evaluation should be based on a well-defined structured technique able to motivate rational decision-making. The evaluation of the given number of questions is done by using of well-known technique that decomposes the decision problem into a hierarchy of more sub-problems (analytic hierarchy process) developed by Saaty. The questions are ranked with respect to four evaluation criteria. From the obtained ranking list of questions, the first three questions are selected to compose a questionnaire for quick conduction of survey for investigation of the impact of excessive use of smart technologies. Keywords: Composing of surveys, decision-making, AHP, smart technologies.

scholarly journals A risk-oriented tender evaluation system for construction projects in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Razali Ismail ◽  
Ming Sun ◽  
Graeme Bowles
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Project Risks ◽  
Tender Evaluation

PurposeThis paper presents results of an empirical investigation involving private construction clients in Malaysia, which seeks to establish appropriate tender evaluation criteria and weightings for a risk-oriented tender evaluation system.Design/methodology/approachAt the initial stage of this study, a list of significant risks is identified and gathered through literature review. These risks are then mapped onto tender evaluation criteria. Following this, the identified risks and their mappings are validated through a questionnaire survey to determine appropriate criteria for tender evaluation. Weightings for the selected evaluation criteria are established through an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) group decision-making (GDM) method.FindingsIn practice, different lists of criteria, covering tender's technical capability and financial performance, are often used by different client organisations. However, there is a paucity of research behind the selection of these criteria and the weighting being attributed to different criteria.Originality/valueThis study provides an important and a valuable insight into the actual criteria used during tender evaluation practice based on an analysis of documentary evidence. Both current practice and existing tender evaluation studies failed to address the risk element adequately. There is a lack of an explicit link between evaluation criteria and project risks. This study fills this knowledge gap by identifying tender evaluation criteria through reviewing criteria used in practice and examining their links to risk factors.

scholarly journals Allocation of risk factors for geodetic tasks in construction schedules

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 956-962
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kowacka ◽  
Dariusz Skorupka ◽  
Artur Duchaczek ◽  
Agnieszka Waniewska ◽  
Dominika Dudziak-Gajowiak
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Risk Allocation ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Road construction projects are characterized by multitasking and the influence of the correct implementation of one task on another. In the subject literature, we can encounter the analysis of risk factors throughout the project, and yet, we rarely find the distinction and characteristics of the impact of risk factors resulting from the implementation of planning and measurement tasks, the correctness and timeliness that have a huge impact on the performance of subsequent tasks, and the success of the project. Additionally, attention should be paid on the distinction between design work and the implementation of construction. During the implementation of construction works, we are more capable of detecting errors faster at the initial stage than at the stage of performing measurements, which suggests the need to focus on minimizing the occurrence of risk factors at the initial stage. Therefore, two questions have been asked. How to quantify the risk factors of geodetic works in road construction projects? How to allocate quantified risk factors of geodetic works in the schedule? The following article presents the description and the example of the practical use of the risk assessment procedure of geodetic works and risk allocation in the schedule based on the MORAG method (Method of Risk Analysis for Geodesy), which is the original method of risk analysis of geodetic works in road construction projects. As a result of these works, the risk values for the i-th risk factor and i-th geodetic task were determined, considering the increase in the duration of the work, the increase in the costs of the work, and all evaluation criteria. Then, the extension was described and calculated based on the data obtained from the actual implementation of the road construction project, the value, which in this case is 11.05 days, was entered into the modified schedule. The results of this study may help to better understand the scale of the impact of the correctness of the implementation of geodesy tasks on the implementation of construction tasks. Additionally, they may serve to increase the awareness of the scale of consequences of incorrectly performed measurement tasks (demolition is necessary) and greater attention on the cooperation between the entities implementing these activities.

scholarly journals Establishment of Land Use Suitability Mapping Criteria Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with Practitioners and Beneficiaries

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Florentino Morales ◽  
Walter Timo de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Land Use Suitability ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The presence of land use conflicts is often unavoidable as land is finite and a scarce resource. With development as a prime goal, the increasing demands for specific uses make the situation more serious than it was before. In the context of land uses, suitability determines the inherent capacity of the land to perform a defined use with optimum efficiency and sustainability. However, single land use suitability analysis could not answer the overall objective of land allocation. Thus, this study considers the primary and general land uses with the valuable evaluation criteria necessary for simultaneous land use suitability analyses. This paper aims at establishing the relevant and necessary evaluation criteria for Multicriteria Evaluation (MCE) using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for land use suitability analysis for residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, and forest land uses. The factors which could be used as indicators in land suitability analysis were derived from both literature review and through experts’ knowledge. Correspondingly, the relative importance (weights) of the criteria established were derived using pairwise comparisons through the AHP technique readily available for subsequent GIS analysis. Last, the criteria developed are general in nature and could be replicated and/or altered depending upon the local needs and situations.

The impact of economic crisis on mental and physical health in Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
S. Tomassi ◽  
M. Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Behavioural Disorders ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Summary Background: The global crisis that began in 2007 has been the most prolonged economic recession since 1929. It has caused worldwide tangible costs in terms of cuts in employment and income, which have been widely recognised also as major social determinants of mental health (1, 2). The so-called “Great Recession” has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable part of society of the whole Eurozone (3). Across Europe, an increase in suicides and deaths rates due to mental and behavioural disorders was reported among those who lost their jobs, houses and economic activities as a consequence of the crisis.

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