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Evaluation of the Development Level of Green Transportation in National Central Cities
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Huan Yu
Huan Yu
Huan Yu is a Ph.D. candidate at the Shool of Transportation Engineering at Chang’an a lecturer a [...]
Huan Yu is a Ph.D. candidate at the Shool of Transportation Engineering at Chang’an University, and a lecturer at the School of Economics and Management at Shaanxi Xueqian Normal University. She studied at Shaanxi University of Science & Technology for both her master’s degree in management and her bachelor’s degree in economics. She is engaged in transportation planning and management. Presently, her research is on green transportation measurement and evaluation. She has hosted four provincial and ministerial projects, two departmental projects, seven school-level projects, and one horizontal project, and has co-edited a textbook. She has participated in many provincial and ministerial projects and is a key member of the provincial-level curriculum ideological and political demonstration courses, provincial-level first-class courses, and provincial-level teaching teams. She has published more than 20 papers in journals. She has won the seventh and eighth school-level teaching achievement awards and the third prize for outstanding scientific research achievements in humanities and social sciences in Shaanxi universities.
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Qi Yang
Qi Yang
Qi Yang is a three-level professor and a doctor of engineering. He is a doctoral supervisor of and [...]
Qi Yang is a three-level professor and a doctor of engineering. He is a doctoral supervisor at the School of Economics and Management at Chang’an University. He has long been engaged in research and teaching in related fields such as transportation planning and management, transportation economy, transportation services, logistics and supply chain management. He has published more than 80 academic papers in core journals such as Guangming Daily, China Journal of Highway and Transport, Journal of Transportation Engineering, etc. He has authorized 4 invention patents, edited and published 6 books, and led more than 20 provincial- and ministerial-level and above research projects. He has won the first prize of the Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Shaanxi Provincial Government (one item), the second prize of Science and Technology of China Highway Society (two items), the Excellent Academic Paper Award of Natural Science of the Shaanxi Provincial Government (one item), the Excellent Academic Paper Award of China Association for Science and Technology (one item), and the third prize of Science and Technology of China Highway Society (one item), as well as various hall-level and bureau-level awards. Many of his achievements have been applied in relevant decisions in the transportation field, providing theoretical references for the practical and theoretical development of the industry.
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School of Transportation Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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School of Economics and Management, Shaanxi Xueqian Normal University, Xi’an 710100, China
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School of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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Sustainability 2024, 16(17), 7270; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177270 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 18 July 2024
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Revised: 18 August 2024
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Accepted: 22 August 2024
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Published: 23 August 2024
Abstract
Green transportation is the core embodiment of ecological civilization and the concept of green development within the field of transportation, and it is an important strategic choice for sustainable urban development. National central cities represent the highest level in China’s urban system planning. This paper aims to evaluate the level of green transportation development in national central cities. It established a set of 29 specific evaluation indicators from five dimensions: basic indicators, green transportation infrastructure, traffic environmental protection, traffic travel, and traffic safety. It constructed an evaluation index system for the development level of green transportation. The entropy weight TOPSIS method was utilized to evaluate the development levels of green transportation in nine national central cities from 2020 to 2022. An obstacle degree model was constructed to identify key obstacle factors at both the criterion and indicator layers of the green transportation development level evaluation index system for national central cities. Suggestions were proposed from five aspects: establishing a comprehensive policy framework, promoting regional collaborative development, accelerating infrastructure construction, improving transportation service quality, and fostering the green upgrading of industries. The results showed that the comprehensive ranking of green transportation development levels among the national central cities from high to low for the years 2020–2022 was as follows: Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi’an, Zhengzhou. In terms of the regional spatial layout, the green transportation development levels of the nine national central cities generally exhibited a “high on the periphery, low in the center” distribution characteristic. The comprehensive ranking of the obstacle degree in the criterion layer was as follows: basic indicators, traffic travel, green transportation infrastructure, traffic environmental protection, traffic safety. After screening the criteria level where the obstacle degree calculation results are above 15%, traffic safety is eliminated. The nine cities, which were located in different regions, generally maintained consistent internal obstacle factors and their order. The top five indicators with the highest frequency of obstacle degrees at the indicator layer were as follows: total passenger transport volume, number of taxis, new energy vehicle production, expenditure for transportation, and total freight transport volume. The specific key obstacle factors at the indicator level were different in the nine cities.
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Yu, H.; Yang, Q.
Evaluation of the Development Level of Green Transportation in National Central Cities. Sustainability 2024, 16, 7270.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177270
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Yu H, Yang Q.
Evaluation of the Development Level of Green Transportation in National Central Cities. Sustainability. 2024; 16(17):7270.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177270
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Yu, Huan, and Qi Yang.
2024. "Evaluation of the Development Level of Green Transportation in National Central Cities" Sustainability 16, no. 17: 7270.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177270
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