Evaluating Chinas Provincial Sustainability by Integrated Indicators

doi:10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2004.1.010

Abstract

Abstract:

By refering to various sustainable evaluation systems at provincial level,a new integrated evaluation system for sustainability is constructed.The different contributions of pivotal aspects of sustainability is settled by assigning different weights to them using the Improved Analytical Hierarchical Process(IAHP)method,which can both reduce the subjectivity in evaluation and simplify the calculation process .According to the sustainablity score all the provinces in China are derided into,four types .The characteristics of China's sustainability are analyzed and the research directions to be furthered are pointed.

Key words: regional sustainable development, affecting factors, Improved Analytical Hierarchi-cal Process, evaluation system

CLC Number:

F224.9

Jia Ruo-xiang, Hou Xiao-li, Liu Yi. Evaluating Chinas Provincial Sustainability by Integrated Indicators[J]. , 2004, 21(1): 63-70.

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