Data envelopment analysis of cities – Investigation of the ecological and economic efficiency of cities using a benchmarking concept from production management

Deilmann, Clemens; Lehmann, Ines; Reißmann, Daniel; Hennersdorf, Jörg

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.039

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“…Deilmann et al . () also evaluate the relationship between population density and efficiency scores and find that German municipalities with a moderate population density tend to be the most efficient.…”

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Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Production – Evidence from Eastern German Counties

Fritzsche

2019

German Economic Review

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This study analyzes the efficiency of the road production by local governments using data envelopment analysis. The production of roads is a costly public service, which makes an efficiency analysis in this field an interesting subject. I enhance the previous literature, first, by examining the differences in the efficiencies of eastern German counties while considering the deformation of the pavement and foundation of roads, which previous studies have not included due to data limitations. Second, I use a unique dataset on road quality for my efficiency analysis and show that the efficiency levels differ from those in studies that apply proxies, such as the number of accidents, to capture the quality of roads. These findings indicate that there is a great need to develop reliable variables to describe government services. Additionally, I show that the correlations between efficiency levels and county characteristics vary greatly depending on the quality indicator used.

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Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Production – Evidence from Eastern German Counties

Fritzsche

2019

German Economic Review

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“…2014], ocenie efektywności ekonomicznej i ekologicznej 116 niemieckich miast z wykorzystaniem metody DEA [Deilmann i in. 2016], porówna-niu poziomu rozwoju irańskich miast z zastosowaniem metody TOPSIS [Fanni i in.…”

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Application of the Correspondence Analysis to the Examination of Relation Between Size, Level and Dynamics of Polish Cities Development

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Batóg²

2017

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

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Streszczenie: W artykule podjęty został problem efektów skali urbanizacji. W tym celu analizie poddano występowanie relacji między wielkością polskich miast na prawach powiatu i ich rozwojem społecznym, demograficznym i gospodarczym. Badając te relacje, autorzy wykorzystali dwie metody badawcze: analizę korespondencji, która umożliwia ocenę relacji zachodzących między kategoriami zmiennych mierzonych na skalach niemetrycznych, oraz metodę porządkowania liniowego TOPSIS. Wykorzystane cechy diagnostyczne charakteryzowały podstawowe procesy społeczne, demograficzne i gospodarcze zachodzące w miastach w latach 2002-2015. Źródłem danych był Bank Danych Lokalnych GUS. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują, że w większych miastach można zaobserwować wyższy poziom i dynamikę rozwoju, zwłaszcza w odniesieniu do struktury demograficznej, poziomu przedsiębiorczości, poziomu wynagrodzeń oraz skali bezrobocia.Słowa kluczowe: wielkość miast, rozwój miast, analiza korespondencji, TOPSIS. Summary:The paper concerns the problem of economies of urbanization scale. The relation between the size of cities with poviat rights and their social, demographic and economic development was examined. Two research methods were applied. The first one was the correspondence analysis which allowed to evaluate a relation between categories of non-metric variables. The second one was TOPSIS − the linear ordering method. The diagnostic variables characterized the basic social, demographic and economic processes occurring in cities with poviat rights in 2002-2015. The source of data was Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office of Poland. The obtained results proved the positive influence of growth of city size on the level and the dynamics of development, especially regarding the demographic structure, the level of entrepreneurship, the level of wages and the unemployment rate.

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“…In other studies, Deilmann et al [76] compared the eco-efficiency of 116 cities in Germany based on the ratio of the economic value that was added by the city over the level of environmental damage that was caused. For buildings, Broto et al [77] [80] put forth 12 indicators to benchmark integrated sustainable waste management practices, which were applied to 5 cities.…”

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Benchmarking South East European Cities with the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Index

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2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Tools that can benchmark cities, including cities in South East Europe, are necessary to enable the comparison and diffusion of more sustainable practices for urban systems. The "Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Index" provides a composite indicator for benchmarking city performance based on 7 dimensions and 35 main indicators. In this research work, the Index is applied to a new sample of 18 cities in South East Europe for which data is collected, normalized, and aggregated. Klagenfurt (3.08), Velenje (3.06) and Pécs (3.01) are found to be the top three cities in the sample while an average city receives an index score of 2.85. The results are further compared to reference averages and evaluated based on the mean simulated values of 10,000 Monte Carlo experiments. The results are interpreted in quartiles for pioneering, transitioning, solution-seeking, and challenged cities. The results are then applied within a benchmarking tool of the Index that supports policy learning to trigger collaboration between cities and further used to match cities according to a search algorithm based on index performance. In addition, the results are compared to urban hierarchy as well as development contexts and mapped onto the spatial dimension as an initial step for enabling a "Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Future City Network". The paper concludes with a set of four proposed steps to enable decision-makers and urban planners in using the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Index in support of more sustainable urban systems.

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Data envelopment analysis of cities – Investigation of the ecological and economic efficiency of cities using a benchmarking concept from production management

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Production – Evidence from Eastern German Counties

Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Production – Evidence from Eastern German Counties

Application of the Correspondence Analysis to the Examination of Relation Between Size, Level and Dynamics of Polish Cities Development

Benchmarking South East European Cities with the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Index

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