scholarly journals Efficiency Evaluation of Atmospheric Pollutants Emission in Zhejiang Province China: A DEA-Malmquist Based Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu ◽  
He ◽  
Wang ◽  
Ye ◽  
Hua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Atmospheric Pollutants ◽  
Atmospheric Environment ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Static Efficiency ◽  
Percentage Difference

In order to sustainably and reasonably evaluate the characteristics and efficiency of regional atmospheric environment, this paper calculated the atmospheric environmental efficiency and regional differences, which is based on the non-radial directional distance function DEA model, among 11 cities in Zhejiang Province from 2006 to 2016 in both static and dynamic dimensions. Compared with existing researches, the atmospheric environmental efficiency evaluation system constructed in this paper not only considered the development of regional economy, but also focused on the air quality output so as to constrain the emission of atmospheric pollutants. The results showed that the average value of the static efficiency of atmospheric environment in Zhejiang was 0.6824 over the past ten years, and there was still about 32 percentage difference from the production frontier. The room for improvement in pollution reduction and control was still huge. The pure technical efficiency was the main factor to impede the improvement of atmospheric environment’s static efficiency in Zhejiang. Meanwhile the dynamic efficiency of atmospheric environment in Zhejiang reached an average annual rate of 7.60%, with a cumulative increase of 93.28%. As well, there were significant urban differences in the growth rate, of which Hangzhou was the fastest, followed by Ningbo and Jiaxing. The improvement of atmospheric environmental efficiency was mainly driven by technological advancement and scale efficiency expansion. The distribution of 11 cities in the four high and low environmental efficiency matrices was relatively uniform, and there was no “Matthew Effect” of H/H or L/L polarization. In the future, Zhejiang needs to formulate corresponding measures to control the atmospheric pollution by fully considering the actual conditions at different cities, and effectively strengthen the environmental management exchanges and collaboration within the province to enhance the overall atmospheric environment efficiency.

scholarly journals Local Government Competition and Regional Green Development in China: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Zhang ◽  
Jinqian Deng ◽  
Fayyaz Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Umar Draz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Measure Data ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Fiscal Competition ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Investment Competition

Green development is an important way to meet the challenges of ecological and environmental protection and economic growth, as well as an inevitable choice to realize China’s sustainable development in the new era. The Chinese economic system is such that local government competition has become a key factor affecting regional green development under the current leadership. Based on the inter-provincial panel data of 30 provinces in mainland China from 1997 to 2017, this paper uses the total-factor non-radial directional distance function and slack-based measure data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) to measure the green development efficiency of the provinces. Additionally, it also uses the Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) index to decompose green development efficiency and analyzes its internal driving factors. Finally, taking environmental regulation as a mediating variable, this paper empirically analyzes the influence mechanism of local government competition on green development efficiency from three perspectives including growth competition, fiscal competition and investment competition. The study found that: the green development efficiency of Chinese regions showed a downward trend, with significant regional differences; technological progress is the key factor to improve the efficiency of green development, and its role gradually decreases from eastern to western and central regions; pure technical efficiency has become a bottleneck restricting the improvement of green development efficiency, while scale efficiency shows significant regional differences; the growth competition, fiscal competition and investment competition of local government all have a significant inhibitory effect on the efficiency of green development. This paper puts forward policy suggestions supporting enterprise technology research and development, optimizing energy conservation and emission reduction as well as improving the local government performance evaluation system for green development.

Study on Civil Architecture Energy Conservation Efficiency Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation

2011 ◽  
Vol 94-96 ◽  
pp. 2292-2296
Author(s):  
Yong Ping Wang ◽  
Pei Yang ◽  
Chun Quan Dai
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation ◽  
Conservation Efficiency ◽  
Synthetic Evaluation

Civil architecture energy conservation efficiency evaluation is a kind of multi-factors, multi-hierarchies and multi-criteria synthetic evaluation. Perfect civil architecture energy conservation efficiency evaluation indicators system and reasonably effective synthetic evaluation methodology are keys to do energy conservation efficiency synthetic evaluation. This paper is based on framing civil architecture energy conservation efficiency evaluation system, and uses fuzzy synthetic evaluation methodology to frame civil architecture energy conservation efficiency fuzzy synthetic evaluation model, in order to make the result of evaluation more objective and reasonable.

Eco-Efficiency Evaluation of Poyang Lake Region Based on DEA Method

2011 ◽  
Vol 181-182 ◽  
pp. 118-123
Author(s):  
Hai Tao Su ◽  
Hai Qing Guo ◽  
Jin Feng Hu ◽  
Hui Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Poyang Lake ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Poyang Lake Region ◽  
Lake Region ◽  
Decision Making Unit ◽  
Dea Method

The eco-efficiency and sustainable development have become the focus of world and the issues to be resolved urgently. In this paper, the recent research status of eco-economic region of Poyang Lake in China is analyzed, and the multi-level evaluation index system of eco-efficiency of Poyang Lake is constructed. The minimum input and maximum output method based on DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis) is proposed, the mathematical model of validity evaluation of eco-economic region of Poyang Lake is set up and programmed by MATLAB. Efficiency evaluation of a complex system with the cases from nine districts of Poyang Lake region in China is realized, which is more than one homogeneous decision-making unit of multi-input and multi-output. The MDEA (Modified DEA) method resolves the problems of ranking DEA efficient units of Poyang Lake, The DEAP2.1 software differentiates the technical efficiency and scale efficiency of eco-economic region of Poyang Lake, and adjusts the DEA inefficient units to become technical efficiency. The model can be used to analyze efficiency and diagnose different units at the same time or same unit at different time. It can be more accurate and convenient for the management process of eco-economic region of Poyang Lake and the similar eco-economic region.

scholarly journals Research on Multi-dimensional Energy Efficiency Assessment Technology of RIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 01046
Author(s):  
Kuihua Wu ◽  
Zhijie Zheng ◽  
Lujie Qi ◽  
Rong Liang ◽  
Bo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Efficiency Assessment ◽  
Integrated Energy System ◽  
Energy Efficiency Evaluation

At present, there is a lack of regional comprehensive energy multi-dimensional evaluation system and calculation of different quality energy in the energy efficiency evaluation of regional integrated energy system. Based on this, this article carries out research on multi-dimensional energy efficiency evaluation index system and evaluation methods. First, this article form quantifiable evaluation indicators from the aspects of energy supply subsystem energy efficiency, energy conversion subsystem energy efficiency, grid energy efficiency, economic benefits and social benefits, and clarify the calculation methods of each evaluation indicator. Then this article calculate the indicator combination weight. Finally, a multi-dimensional energy efficiency assessment method for a regional integrated energy system is proposed, and an example is used to prove the effectiveness of the method.

scholarly journals Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of China’s Power Industry Based on the Two-Stage Network Slack-Based Measure Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12650
Author(s):  
Wei Wei ◽  
Shuangying Ding ◽  
Silin Zheng ◽  
Jingjing Ma ◽  
Tong Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Generation Efficiency ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Transmission And Distribution ◽  
Distribution Efficiency

How to achieve the continuous improvement of the environmental performance level of the power industry within the requirements of clean and low-carbon energy development is the fundamental requirement and inevitable choice for the construction of ecological civilization and sustainable development. From the perspective of environmental protection, based on the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method and the internal mechanism of power system production and supply, the power industry environmental efficiency evaluation index system was constructed, and the two-stage Network Slack-based Measure (NSBM) model considering undesired output was used to calculate China’s 30 provinces and municipalities from 1998 to 2019. The environmental efficiency is divided into two links: power generation efficiency and transmission and distribution efficiency. The study found that, within the research interval, the overall environmental efficiency of China’s 30 provinces is low, and the differences between provinces and cities are large, but they have gradually developed in a better direction after 2015. The power generation efficiency of the first link in most provinces and municipalities is higher than the transmission and distribution efficiency of the second link, and the low transmission and distribution efficiency is an important reason for the low comprehensive level of environmental efficiency. The overall evolution trend of environmental efficiency in the six regions of China is roughly the same, but the regional differences are obvious, showing a trend of “high in the southeast and low in the northwest”. The economic and natural resource differences in different provinces and cities in each region have led to varying degrees of redundancy in five aspects, including investment in power assets, installed power generation capacity, and length of transmission lines, which seriously affect the environmental efficiency of the power industry. This research attempts to open the “black box” of the environmental efficiency conversion process of the power industry, which can provide directions and strategic suggestions for the improvement of the efficiency of the power industry in China.

scholarly journals Study on Development Sustainability of Atmospheric Environment in Northeast China by Rough Set and Entropy Weight Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuangang Li ◽  
Maohua Sun ◽  
Guanghui Yuan ◽  
Qi Zhou ◽  
Jinyue Liu
Keyword(s):  
Rough Set ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Atmospheric Environment ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Entropy Weight Method ◽  
Weight Method ◽  
Environment Sustainability

In order to evaluate the atmospheric environment sustainability in the provinces of Northeast China, this paper has constructed a comprehensive evaluation model based on the rough set and entropy weight methods. This paper first constructs a Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model with a pressure layer, state layer and response layer, as well as an atmospheric environment evaluation system consisting of 17 indicators. Then, this paper obtains the weight of different indicators by using the rough set method and conducts equal-width discrete analysis and clustering analysis by using SPSS software. This paper has found that different discrete methods will end up with different reduction sets and multiple indicators sharing the same weight. Therefore, this paper has further introduced the entropy weight method based on the weight solution determined by rough sets and solved the attribute reduction sets of different layers by using the Rosetta software. Finally, this paper has further proved the rationality of this evaluation model for atmospheric environment sustainability by comparing the results with those of the entropy weight method alone and those of the rough set method alone. The results show that the sustainability level of the atmospheric environment in Northeast China provinces has first improved, and then worsened, with the atmospheric environment sustainability level reaching the highest level of 0.9275 in 2014, while dropping to the lowest level of 0.6027 in 2017. Therefore, future efforts should focus on reducing the pressure layer and expanding the response layer. Based on analysis of the above evaluation results, this paper has further offered recommendations and solutions for the improvement of atmospheric environment sustainability in the three provinces of Northeast China.

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