Research of Chengdu’s Sustainable Development Based on a DEA Model

Abstract

Sustainable development takes interest in long-run economical development, emphasizing to satisfy the needs of contemporary people, but not to damage the profit of future generations. As the lifeline of economic development, sustainable development of transportation system makes decision concern. The development of Chengdu transportation at high speed is sustainable or not is a vital problem. So the authors use the DEA (data envelopment analysis) model to conduct a comprehensive analysis about the input and output of the field of traffic Chengdu city nearly ten years, combining sustainable development indicators. The authors estimate the sustainable development state and get important influence factors to obtain the sustainable development of Chengdu city traffic.