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Urban Sustainability Evaluation under the Modified Topsis Based on Grey Relational Analysis

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ID15515768
AuthorsJuan Tang (0000-0002-0740-3289, Anhui Polytechnic University), Hong-lin Zhu (Jiangsu University of Science and Technology), Zhi Liu (0000-0002-8973-6561, Anhui Polytechnic University, corresponding author), Fu Jia (0000-0002-9830-121X, University of York), Xiao-Xue Zheng (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)
Year2019
Volume16
Issue2
Pages256-256
Publication date2019-01-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16020256
PMID30658429
OpenAlexW2911197094
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited32

The evaluation of urban sustainability plays a crucial role in the process of the sustainable development of cities. To decrease subjectivity and attain a comprehensive evaluation, this paper develops an evaluation method using the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). First, an evaluation index system including 39 indices and three categories (economic, social, and ecological development) is established; second, based on the index system, a modified TOPSIS, in which the entropy method is used to assign weights to each index according to its evaluation score and grey relation analysis is used to reduce the uncertainty existing in the process of evaluation, is presented to rank the sustainability level of cities. Finally, an example with the sustainability evaluation of 16 cities in the Anhui province of China is introduced to verify the effectiveness of the model

Economics · Entropy (arrow of time · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Evaluation methods · Grey relational analysis · Ideal solution · Index (typography · Operations research · Process (computing · Statistics · Sustainability · Sustainable development · TOPSIS · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Quality and Pollution · Mathematics · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Ecology

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Unique citing works25
Citations per year1,32
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 25

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