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.

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.

Distribution of Soil Nutrients and Productivity of Tropical Farmland: A Case Study of Ledong Li Autonomous County, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 427-431
Author(s):  
Deng Feng Wang ◽  
Zhi Yuan Wei ◽  
Lie Wu Lv ◽  
Zhi Ping Qi
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nutrients ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The distribution of soil nutrients and soil productivity of farmland in Ledong Li Autonomous County (Ledong County) are studied. By forming an indicator system for assessing farmland productivity, which includes three sub-goals of site conditions, soil physicochemical properties and soil profile configuration, and applying Analytic Hierarchy Process to determine the weight sum, the farmland productivities are estimated. The results indicate that soil nutrients and farmland productivity are in moderate level but unevenly distributed in each Town of Ledong County. The distribution of farmland productivity is closely related with topography and river distribution, where irrigations and slopes are main determining factors of uneven distributions of soil nutrients and farmland productivity in study area. Soil acidification of surface layers in tropical areas was significant in last 30 years. Ways to fertilize should be altered in order to prevent soil acidifications and improve its farmland productivity.

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 Building consolidated performance indicators for an agribusiness company: a case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 454-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Garcia Rosado Júnior ◽  
José Fernando Piva Lobato ◽  
Claúdio Müller
Keyword(s):  
Indicator System ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process Method ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Business Sectors

The objective of this study was to implement an indicator system that allows an overview of the performance at all levels of the company and to evaluate its overall performance using a consolidate general indicator. In the company studied, three business sectors were identified (crops, beef cattle production and viticulture) in addition to management sector, to which strategic objectives were determined. After that, it was mapped the macroprocesses that compose each business activity, a total of 14, and the critical indicators of performance to achieve the objectives, making up 50 indicators whose objectives were definied by the management team. It is possible to build consolidated indicators using the Analytic Hierarchy Process method, which allows weighing the relative importance of the indicators at each hierarchical level, that is, macroprocesses, activities and overall company performance for the achievement of the established goals.

scholarly journals Sustainability Management of Organic Food Organizations: A Case Study of Azerbaijan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5057
Author(s):  
Aygun E. Guliyeva ◽  
Marcin Lis
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Global Alignment ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Sustainability Theory ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Potentially, sustainable development can lead to the global alignment of goals and values, such as social justice and environmental balance. This study examines the supplier sustainability management programs that exist in the food industry and combine economic, environmental, and social priorities using sustainability theory. The study aims to identify sustainability priorities and develops recommendations for Azerbaijani agrifood policy in order to ensure the dynamic sustainable development of the national food industry and economy. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) model and the priority theory enabled the identification of global priorities in relation to Ganja Agribusiness Association (GABA). These priorities include climatic conditions issues, certification standards and labels, possibility of acquiring land in private ownership, price of land, and qualification characteristics of the workforce.

The Evaluation of Changsha Urban Ecosystem Sustainable Development Ability Based on Improved TOPSIS Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 5005-5013
Author(s):  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Qiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Ecosystem Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Improved Topsis Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Topsis Model

Urban ecosystem is a multi-level giant system continuous developing and consist of nature, economy, sociaty and other elements. By adopting the analytic hierarchy process (ahp) this paper established the Changsha urban ecosystem sustainable development indicator system and weight, and used the improved TOPSIS model to evaluate Changsha urban ecosystem development ability.

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 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.

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