Developing a green city assessment system using cognitive maps and the Choquet Integral

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

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Article

Brito, Veronica T. F.¹  Ferreira, Fernando A. F.^1,2  Perez-Gladish, Blanca³  Govindan, Kannan⁴  Meidute-Kavaliauskiene, Ieva^5,6 

[1] Univ Inst Lisbon, BRU IUL, ISCTE Business Sch, Ave Forcas Armadas, P-1649026 Lisbon, Portugal

[2] Univ Memphis, Fogelman Coll Business & Econ, Memphis, TN 38152 USA

[3] Univ Oviedo, E-33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

[4] Univ Southern Denmark, Dept Technol & Innovat, Ctr Sustainable Supply Chain Engn, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

[5] Gen Jonas Zemaitis Mil Acad Lithuania, Reseach Ctr, Silo St 5A, LT-10322 Vilnius, Lithuania

[6] Univ Inst Lisbon, BRU IUL, Ave Forcas Armadas, P-1649026 Lisbon, Portugal

关键词: Green cities;    Sustainability;    Social responsibility;    MCDA;    Cognitive maps;    Choquet integral;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.060

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Equitable human well-being and environmental concerns in urban areas have, over the years, become increasingly challenging issues. This trend is related to both the complexity inherent in the multiple factors to be considered when evaluating eco-friendly cities (i.e., green cities) and the way this type of city's sustainability depends on many evaluation criteria, which hampers all decision-making processes. Using a multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach, this study sought to develop a multiple-criteria model that facilitates the evaluation of green cities' sustainability, based on cognitive mapping techniques and the Choquet integral (CI). Taking a constructivist and process-oriented stance, the research included identifying evaluation criteria and their respective interactions using a panel of experts with specialized knowledge in the subject under analysis. The resulting framework and its application were validated both by the panel members and a parliamentary representative of the Portuguese ecology party Os Verdes (The Greens), who confirmed that the evaluation system created distinguishes between cities according to how strongly they adhere to green principles. The advantages and limitations of the proposed framework are also discussed. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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