A Complex Hybrid Model for Evaluating Projects to Improve the Sustainability and Health of Regions and Cities

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 5;19(13):8217. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138217.

Abstract

The main goal of the study is to develop a complex hybrid model for evaluating projects to improve the sustainability and health of regions and cities within the European Green Deal and Industry 5.0 concepts. The complex model is a comprehensive evaluation system that considers various influencing factors, the investor's intentions regarding the need and financing of projects, as well as expert opinion on the possibility of achieving sustainability and health of regions and cities by implementing this project with the investor. The model is based on modern theory of intellectual knowledge analysis, fuzzy set theory, and systems approach. Furthermore, we have an initial quantitative assessment and the linguistic significance of the level of the project financing decision with a reliability assessment. The knowledge from the repository of 896 project plans in the field of transport submitted for implementation and financing in the period 2021-2027 was used for the creation of the model. The results of the study were tested on the examples of evaluation of five real projects and demonstrated the applied value of the methodology for evaluating the level of decision-making feasibility of project financing in uncertainty and the importance of making correct management decisions based on expert opinions.

Keywords: European Green Deal; Industry 5.0; decision-making; expert evaluation; fuzzy sets; healthy cities; medical infrastructure; projects; risks; transport; urban sustainability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cities
  • Reproducibility of Results*
  • Uncertainty

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research, and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy Sciences as part of the research project VEGA 1/0590/22: “Exploration of natural, social and economic potential of areas with environmental burdens in the Slovak Republic for the development of specific forms of domestic tourism and quantification of environmental risks”.