Assessment Indicator System Research Articles

The cognitive computation method of environment changes based on the assessment indicator system

As the global natural environment is on the slide, the citizens’ environmental awareness and behavior are of great importance to solve the environmental problems. In this paper, two cities, Xi’an and Shanghai, are selected to analyze human’s cognitive status to the natural environment changes. The result shows that humans have improved their cognition on natural environment changes in varying degrees in the aspects of environment attention, environmental awareness and environmental protection behavior, but their attitude to take part in the environmental protection and pay for it is still not active enough. Based on human’s cognition status on natural environment changes, the concept of “ecological economy men” has been proposed, the developing dynamic model of “ecological economy men” has been established and the origin and evolution of “ecological economy men” behavior have been analyzed theoretically.

Formation of “Urban planning” indicators for “Smart City” concept (on the example of SKOLKOVO, Moscow)

The development of “Smart Cities” is associated with a comprehensive study of the General system of settlement. The aim of the study is to use the system of indicators for the objective assessment of territories, as well as determining the effect of each part in the overall assessment of the functioning of the «Smart City». The leading method of research is a comparative analysis of international rankings, surveys of experts and a comprehensive study of indicators. The article analyzes the papers of specialists working in the field of research «Smart Cities» and technologies: Mueller, Battarra, Srivastava, Dolgikh etc. The basis for this work were the studies by authoritative rating organizations such as IESE Business School University of Navarra, Vienna University of Technology and Research Institute of technology and communications (NIITC, Russia) which allowed to generalize the available research from the perspective of sustainable development and use them on a concrete example.The authors have adapted the existing groups of indicators in relation to the SKOLKOVO innovation city, Russia. The applied system is represented by 7 groups and 23 indicators, which allow to present the planning aspect of the current urban planning structure with its impact on human capital, transport infrastructure, social cohesion, the state of the environment, etc. The work lets confirm the influence of the selected indicators on the development of SKOLKOVO (Russia) and use the obtained data for the rating of “Smart Cities” adapted for Russia. The materials of the article can be extremely useful in the designing of concepts for the development of territories focused on the use of smart solutions in order to minimize costs in the implementation of new solutions.

The Implementation of the Comfortable Investment Environment on the Basis of the Effectiveness Assessment of the Corporation

Abstract The issues of formation of corporate control and management have always been at the center of studies by both theorists and representatives of the real sector of economy, which is due to the importance of the corporate sector for the national economy. But on the other hand, the constant interest in the topic is fueled by the contradictions and dualism in theoretical works. The article is proposed as a review paper devoted to the research problems of the efficiency of the corporation's capital concentration, based on the discussion of these problems, the authors plan to develop a universal system of criterion indicators for a comprehensive assessment of the corporation's development results. Since it is impossible to separate the economic and institutional aspects of concentration, the interests of owners and investors in modern conditions, the formation of a universal evaluation system will make comparable the efficiency assessment of corporations of different scales, form of ownership, ownership structure and will answer one of the most important questions about the existence of an objective limit of expediency of further capital concentration. It is new that as the main result of the criterion for managing the capital concentration, the authors suggest harmonization of relations between investors, and in this connection an attempt is made to identify and analyze the contradictions arising between the interests of minority and majority investors in connection with the use of financial resources of corporations. The authors also hope to develop recommendations for the efficiency assessment of capital concentration from the point of view of the minority investor and use the available methods, as well as suggest a number of measures to smooth out the revealed contradictions. The most significant result of the implementation of this method should be an increase in the investment attractiveness of corporations as a result of the formation of the more comfortable investment environment.

Assessment of Earthquake Prevention and Disaster Reduction Capability of County-Level Administrative Units in Gansu Province

Firstly, this paper establishes the assessment indicator system for the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of county-level administrative units in Gansu, and formulates three criteria, ten indicators and fifteen variables centered on one target. Then, the analytic hierarchy process is applied to determine the indicator weights, and the environmental supporting capability, infrastructure supporting capability and resource supporting capability of different counties in Gansu in the handling of earthquake disasters are calculated to obtain the assessment figure for the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of county-level administrative units in Gansu. The research results indicate that Anning District of Lanzhou has the strongest earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability while Zhouqu County possesses the weakest earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability; the overall earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of northwestern and northeastern regions in Gansu is higher, in which the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of Aksay-Subei District, Jinchuan District, Xifeng District, Linxia City District and Lanzhou City District is particularly prominent; the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of Sunan-Tianzhu District and Gannan-Longnan District is relatively weaker; the geographical environment has a great impact on the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability, which is demonstrated as that the earthquake prevention and disaster reduction capability of regions with violent tectonic activities and dramatic topographic inequality tend to be weak; the whole province should improve the construction of infrastructure and fundamental resources in order to compensate for the insufficiency in environmental supporting capability. In addition, the expert scoring method is adopted in the determination of indicator weights, which is subject to high subjectivity; considering that some data are missing and the influential indicators are not considered comprehensively, the assessment indicator system requires further improvement.

Systematization and security assessment of cyber-physical systems

In this paper, the features of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) from the point of view of information security have been considered and CPSs have been classified. The authors have analyzed approaches to security assessments and identified the requirements to indicators of CPS information security. A system of specific assessment indicators based on the system stability criterion and homeostatic approach is proposed.

Evaluation of regional economic efficiency in Hubei province based on cross data envelopment analysis algorithm

In this paper, a self-evaluation method of the traditional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is improved using cross data envelopment analysis algorithm. This study constructs a comprehensive assessment indicators system, and evaluates the regional economic development efficiency of 12 major municipalities in Hubei province. The conclusions show that the cross-evaluation method overcomes some limitations of self-evaluation methods of traditional DEA, and sorts the DEA efficient decision making unit (DMU) via their merits again. This paper can identify the existing problems of regional economic development, and provides an important reference for the governmental administers to propose measures to improve the decision-making department.

Improving the Monitoring of Implementation of the State Strategy for Regional Development in Ukraine

The article is devoted to analysis of the specifics involved in implementing the State Strategy for Regional Development in Ukraine, and monitoring of its implementation. Methodological, organizational and economic recommendations on improvements of the regional development strategy formulation in the context of decentralization and the increasing importance of territorial and administrative setting in Ukraine are elaborated. The specifics involved in elaboration and implementation of the State Strategy for Regional Development in Ukraine till the year of 2020 are analyzed from the perspective of the strategic goals included in it: (і) enhancement of the regions’ competitiveness; (ii) territorial socio-economic integration and spatial development; (iii) effective public administration of regional development.
 A review of existing theoretical approaches to studying socio-economic development of regions is made, with outlining the existing drawbacks in monitoring. The emphasis is made on improvements in the system for assessment of the effectiveness of the achievement of goals and objectives of the regional development strategy, which will enable to make the decision making process in this field better grounded and improve control over its implementation
 It is argued that the system of statistical indicators needs to be constructed by the principle of consistency and informativeness, meaning that it has to be complete and capable to assess the development of Ukrainian regions in conformity with the fundamental provisions of regional policy The statistical tools selected and formed in timely and adequate manner have critical importance for practical implementation of the regional policy provisions. It follows that the statistical indicators have to be systematized in a way to be capable for assessing quantitative and qualitative specifics of macroeconomic and regional development.
 The system of indicators for assessment of the Strategy goals is formed, which expected estimates are targets of its implementation. It covers the indicators designed to assess the achievement of a result (such as number of finished projects), characterize the qualitative conditions of the regulated object (number of small enterprises per 10 thousand of the population), and the effectiveness of resource utilization (energy capacity). Also, the conceptual areas for improvement of the system for assessment of the effectiveness of the achievement of goals and objectives of the State Strategy for Regional Development are formulated.

A Multilevel Comprehensive Assessment of International Accreditation for Business Programmes-Based on AMBA Accreditation of GDUFS

Traditional mathematical methods built around exactitude have limitations when applied to the processing of educational information, due to their uncertainty and imperfection. Alternative mathematical methods, such as grey system theory, have been widely applied in processing incomplete information systems and have proven effective in a number of fields. In this study, an assessment indicator system is developed, based on the MBA programme of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), through statistics building on the initial indicators of the Association of MBA’s assessment system for MBA programmes. The proposed system assesses the accredited indicators of the GDUFS’ MBA programme using grey comprehensive evaluation methodology. The results accord with the actual situation, supporting the accuracy of the assessment model, research theory and methodology. In addition, this paper analyses and sorts degrees of satisfaction for programme indicators, with the adoption of the grey correlation analysis method, to provide a basis for decision-making.

An Assessment Model of Owner Safety Management and Its Application to Real Estate Projects

Establishing a scientific and applicative safety management assessment system is crucial in improving safety performance of organizations. Currently, there are few studies on owners’ safety management assessment systems. Based on the behavioral-based safety theory, this paper explores the links among safety management system, safety management behavior, safety management state and safety performance, which constitute an assessment model that characterizes the features of safety management. It then proposes a safety management indicator system that applies to real estate owners. The applicability and effectiveness of the system is verified by a four-year case study with a real estate owner. Relationships between safety management system, safety management behavior, safety management state, and their main impacting factors are obtained. Results indicate that the assessment model makes safety evaluation clearer and demonstrates significant correlations between different safety management issues. Owners’ safety management system is established and implemented favorably under the safety management assessment indicator system. This paper presents a profound understanding of safety management assessment, in which the safety management assessment model and the indicator system is applied effectively in practice. To improve safety management level, specific theoretical and practical implications lead researchers and practitioners to pay more attention to safety management assessment.

Integrated assessment on the vulnerability of animal husbandry to snow disasters under climate change in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Animal husbandry is a dominant and traditional source of livelihood and income in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is the third largest snow covered area in China and is one of the main snow disaster regions in the world. It is thus imperative to urgently address the issue of vulnerability of the animal husbandry sector to snow disasters for disaster mitigation and adaptation under growing risk of these disasters as a result of future climate change. However, there is very few literature reported on the vulnerability of animal husbandry in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. This assessment aims at identifying vulnerability of animal husbandry at spatial scale and to identify the reasons for vulnerability for adaptive planning and disaster mitigation. First, historical snow disaster characteristics have been analyzed and used for the spatial weight for vulnerability assessment. Second, indicator-based vulnerability assessment model and indicator system have been established. We combined risk of snow hazard, sensitivity of livestock to disaster, physical exposure to disaster, and community capacity to adapt to snow disaster in an integrated vulnerability index. Lastly, vulnerability of animal husbandry to snow disaster on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau has been evaluated. Results indicate that high vulnerabilities are mainly concentrated in the eastern and central plateau and that vulnerability decreases gradually from the east to the west. Due to global warming, the vulnerability trend has eased to some extent during the last few decades. High livestock density exposure to blizzard-prone regions and shortages of livestock barn and forage are the main reasons of high vulnerability. The conclusion emphasizes the important role of the local government and community to help local pastoralists for reducing vulnerability to snow disaster and frozen hazard. The approaches presented in this paper can be used for snow disaster mitigation, resilience enhancement and effectively reducing vulnerability to natural hazards in other regions.

Environmental risk assessment of the municipal solid waste in a city-state: A case study of Macao

ABSTRACTThe article is the evaluation in the practice of risk assessment for city-states. The Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model was applied to the establishment of an environmental risk assessment indicator system. Environmental risk index (ERI) and each subsystem index were calculated through an analytic hierarchy process. It takes the municipal solid waste (MSW) in Macao as a case study to execute. The risk grading and the potential risk for the MSW in Macao were determined. The results showed that the ERI of the Macao's MSW remained at a medium level (Level III, 0.4–0.6) from 2000 to 2015, respectively, and increased gradually. Meanwhile, the future trend of the environmental risk of the MSW was predicted for Macao and the causes were analyzed. The environmental risk of the MSW in 2019 will achieve a high level (Level IV, 0.6–0.8), and the environment risk in 2041 will achieve an extremely high level (>0.8). For the first time, the research applied to the PSR model into the environmental risk assessment of MSW, this method is reasonable and feasible. Further research can provide a scientific basis for risk prevention management in city-states and can be of reference for other urbanized areas.

Dynamics and ecological risk assessment of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Yinma River Watershed: Rivers, reservoirs, and urban waters

The extensive use of a geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing in ecological risk assessment from a spatiotemporal perspective complements ecological environment management. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), which is a complex mixture of organic matter that can be estimated via remote sensing, carries and produces carcinogenic disinfection by-products and organic pollutants in various aquatic environments. This paper reports the first ecological risk assessment, which was conducted in 2016, of CDOM in the Yinma River watershed including riverine waters, reservoir waters, and urban waters. Referring to the risk formation theory of natural disaster, the entropy evaluation method and DPSIR (driving force-pressure-state-impact-response) framework were coupled to establish a hazard and vulnerability index with multisource data, i.e., meteorological, remote sensing, experimental, and socioeconomic data, of this watershed. This ecological vulnerability assessment indicator system contains 23 indicators with respect to ecological sensitivity, ecological pressure, and self-resilience. The characteristics of CDOM absorption parameters from different waters showed higher aromatic content and molecular weights in May because of increased terrestrial inputs. The assessment results indicated that the overall ecosystem risk in the study area was focused in the extremely, heavily, and moderately vulnerable regions. The ecological risk assessment results objectively reflect the regional ecological environment and demonstrate the potential of ecological risk assessment of pollutants over traditional chemical measurements.

Human-Scale Sustainability Assessment of Urban Intersections Based upon Multi-Source Big Data

To evaluate the sustainability of an enormous number of urban intersections, a novel assessment model is proposed, along with an indicator system and corresponding methods to determine the indicators. Considering mainly the demands and feelings of the urban residents, the three aspects of safety, functionality, and image perception are taken into account in the indicator system. Based on technologies such as street view picture crawling, image segmentation, and edge detection, GIS spatial data analysis, a rapid automated assessment method, and a corresponding multi-source database are built up to determine the indicators. The improved information entropy method is applied to obtain the entropy weights of each indicator. A case study shows the efficiency and applicability of the proposed assessment model, indicator system and algorithm.

Venture investment assessment of the biotechnology industry

Abstract: The biotechnology industry has been the leading industry among various high-tech industries since the mid- and late stage of 20th century and has applied in many fields. Venture investment originates from the same stage. This study evaluated the value of venture investment programs through qualitatively analyzing the venture investment of the biotechnology industry. According to the characteristics of biotechnology industry, a biotechnology industry venture investment assessment indicator system was established firstly. Then a cluster-radial basis function (RBF) neural network comprehensive evaluation model was established. The comprehensive evaluation value of the biotechnology industry venture investment programs was obtained through analyzing the relational expression with regard to biotechnology industry production value and venture investment. The above models and relational expression were verified. The fitting coefficient of the model empirical results suggested that reached 0.912, and the error in the comprehensive evaluation model test was 0.052. The dynamic simulation result ranking was highly identical with the practical operation results. The empirical results of the relational expression suggested every 1% of increase in the logarithmic value of biotechnology industry venture investment could result in 0.727% of increase in the industry program production value. Therefore, the models and relational expression obtained were verified with practical operability and certain accuracy. Venture investment can effectively promote the development of the biotechnology industry and produce positive impact on the development of venture investment in the biotechnology industry in China.

An integrated method for waterway health assessment: a case in the Jingjiang reach of the Yangtze River, China

More and more importance has been placed on inland navigation due to the low costs, environmental friendliness, low use of energy per ton kilometer, and high degree of safety of this mode of transportation. A river typically serves multiple functions or provides multiple services in addition to inland navigation. River health assessment for waterways requires that the navigation function be developed in harmony with the other river functions. In the case of the Jingjiang waterway in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, river functions or services were analyzed, and an integrated method for waterway health assessment was proposed. Using this method, a hierarchical assessment indicator system was constructed, the weights for those indicators contributing to their parent indicators were obtained via the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and the Waterway Health Index (WHIc), a multimetric index reflecting the effect of the cask short board, was proposed alongside the commonly used linearly weighted summation index (WHI). Waterway health changes in the Jingjiang Reach were assessed in the context of a waterway regulation project. The results highlight potential mutual improvement between the ecosystem health and navigation functions using certain waterway regulation approaches.

Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Public Rental Housing Community Based on a Hybrid Method of AHP-Entropy Weight and Cloud Model

As an essential part of a city, community is significant to the sustainable development of the city. At present, research on community sustainability assessment systems is relatively scarce. The existing community sustainability assessment systems often lack integrated consideration of community sustainability. For example, these systems especially place emphasis on the ecological and environmental aspects, but the economic and social aspects of sustainability are partially ignored. In order to comprehensively evaluate the sustainability of a community, this paper draws on the “participatory philosophy” and constructs an integrated assessment indicator system that includes five dimensions: environment; economy; society; institution; and culture. On this basis, a new hybrid evaluation method based on analytical hierarchy process (AHP)-entropy weight and the cloud model is proposed to evaluate community sustainability. This method combines AHP and the entropy weight method to determine index weight, thus making full use of their respective advantages. At the same time, it makes use of the superiority of the cloud model to transform qualitative remarks into quantitative representations and to reflect fuzziness and randomness. To verify the feasibility of this method, a case study is carried out on the “Minxinjiayuan” public rental housing community in Chongqing, China. The results show that the overall sustainability of the community lies between the “middle” and “good” level, and closer to the “middle” level. The level of the economic and social sustainability is higher than that of the environmental, institutional and cultural sustainability.

Assessment of urban sustainability efficiency based on general data envelopment analysis: a case study of two cities in western and eastern China.

Sustainable urban development focuses on enhancing urban well-being, while also balancing the demands of urban social and economic development, natural resource consumption, and environmental pollution. This work used general data envelopment analysis to assess the urban sustainability efficiency (USE) and sustainability potential (SP) in Lanzhou and Xiamen, two cities that are characteristic of urban areas in western and eastern China. The assessment indicator system included important natural and urban welfare factors as input and output indices, respectively. The results showed that overall urban sustainability efficiency increased in Lanzhou and Xiamen from 1985 to 2010, but that the sustainability of natural resources clearly decreased. The urban sustainability efficiency of Xiamen was higher than that of Lanzhou, and the sustainability potential of Xiamen was lower than that of Lanzhou; this indicates that Xiamen performed better in terms of urban sustainable development. The urban sustainability efficiency in Xiamen has increased with increasing urban population, and the rate and scale of economic development have been higher than in Lanzhou. The assessment and analysis performed in this study show that cities with different natural resources and development characteristics have different forms, patterns, and trajectories of sustainable development.

Quantitative Assessment of Climate Carrying Capacity for Cities: A Case Study of Shanghai City

Abstract: The concept of climate carrying capacity has been proposed recently for climate risk management. Based on identification of the concept of climate carrying capacity and analysis of the relationship among its influencing factors, this study established a comprehensive assessment indicator system of climate carrying capacity from aspects of the climate situation, the level of climate usage, and the development potential of cities. Taking Shanghai City as a case study, we developed a quantitative assessment model of climate carrying capacity. The climate carrying capacity and its influencing factors were analyzed and discussed in relation to the period 2004–2013. The results were as follows. (1) Current climate natural capacity indicator showed that the climatic situation of Shanghai City was inferior to its base climatic value and it had been in a state of fluctuation. (2) The climate stress and urban coordinated development capacity indicators increased steadily, but the growth rate of the urban ...

Development situations and performance evaluation of Chinese government guide funds

Now, structural contradictions in China’s industrial development are prominent. Government guide fund, as a new investment and financing tool, bears high expectations of the government on promoting industrial restructuring. In recent years, Chinese Government­ guide funds have entered the rapid development stage. However, the post-investment performance management and other assessment indicators still need to be improved. This paper firstly introduced Chinese Government­ guide funds from different perspectives; secondly built a performance assessment indicator system for Shaanxi Province based on the current situation of Shaanxi’s government guide fund. This paper suggested introducing government guide fund into the performance assessment system, which presents a new thought for standardization and normative administration of government guide fund.

Разработка методики оценки военно-экономической эффективности использования военной автомобильной техники

In the article, the problem of assessment of economic efficiency of not economic systems on the example of development of assessment technique of military and economic efficiency of military automotive vehicles use is considered. The author’s system of indicators for assessment of the separate economic resources and level of the solution of target tasks which are uses which by means of a method of the analysis of hierarchies “is curtailed” in an integrated indicator of militaryeconomic efficiency is offered.