Assessment of sustainable urban transport development based on entropy and unascertained measure

PLoS One. 2017 Oct 30;12(10):e0186893. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186893. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

To find a more effective method for the assessment of sustainable urban transport development, the comprehensive assessment model of sustainable urban transport development was established based on the unascertained measure. On the basis of considering the factors influencing urban transport development, the comprehensive assessment indexes were selected, including urban economical development, transport demand, environment quality and energy consumption, and the assessment system of sustainable urban transport development was proposed. In view of different influencing factors of urban transport development, the index weight was calculated through the entropy weight coefficient method. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted according to the actual condition. Then, the grade was obtained by using the credible degree recognition criterion from which the urban transport development level can be determined. Finally, a comprehensive assessment method for urban transport development was introduced. The application practice showed that the method can be used reasonably and effectively for the comprehensive assessment of urban transport development.

MeSH terms

  • Conservation of Natural Resources*
  • Transportation*
  • Urbanization*

Grants and funding

The work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (NO. E2012402030 to YL) and the Program of Selection and Cultivating of Disciplinary Talents of Colleges and Universities in Hebei Province (BR2-206 to YL). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.