The Sustainability Evaluation of Weifang Urban Area

Abstract:

The analytical Hierarchy Process is a very popular method to evaluate the urban sustainable development. Therefore, this method is employed to evaluate the sustainability of urban area of Weifang, Shandong Province. According to the structure of the urban system and the establishing principles of index system in the sustainable development, the index system in the urban evaluation of the sustainable development in Weifang is established. After calculating index weight by The Analytical Hierarchy Process and the index score, the urban sustainable development index is calculated. Then the ability of the sustainable development is analyzed, and the corresponding Suggestions and countermeasures are offered in how to make the strategy and target of the sustainable development in Weifang. The results show that, Weifang sustainable development index is continuously rising in the last few years: from 0.28 in 2006 to 0.54 in 2010. According to the index, the sustainability of urban area is improved significantly for some environmental infrastructure being operated in recent years.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 616-618)
• Pages: 1285-1291
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.616-618.1285
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Lin Wang, Ya Na Wang
• Keywords: Index System, Sustainable Development Index, Urban Sustainable Development

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