Simulating the impacts of policy scenarios on the sustainability performance of infrastructure projects

Yao, Hong; Shen, Luyao; Tan, Yongtao; Hao, Jian Li

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2011.04.007

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“…The principles and associated criteria relating to the principles on "Effective project implementation", "Socio-ecological compatibility", and "Resource utilisation efficiency and maintenance" focus on directing private sector action towards conservation of capital and protection of the environment. These proposed sustainable development criteria are then compared with the indicators of the sustainability assessment frameworks for infrastructure projects developed by Lim and Yang (2008), Shen, Wu, and Zhang (2011b), Ugwu and Haupt (2007), Gilmour et al (2011), Shen, Jiang, andYuan (2011a), Yao et al (2011) and Fern andez-S anchez and Rodr ıguez-L opez (2010). Table 3 shows the comparative analysis of the proposed sustainable development Quality of life: Ensure adoption of a holistic approach to provide a better working environment for the least empowered stakeholders.…”

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Infrastructure development through PPPs in India: criteria for sustainability assessment

Patil

Dolla

Laishram

2015

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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Public private partnerships (PPPs) allow the Indian Government to leverage private capital for meeting the widening demand-supply gap in the provision of infrastructure services. The private sector, however, prefers to limit the participation to financially attractive projects only, thereby resulting in patterns of infrastructure creation impeding the progress towards sustainable development. In order to promote sustainable development, the PPP procurement process should focus on incentivising the private sector for sustainable infrastructure development rather than concentrating on ensuring financial sustainability only. This paper discusses the principles-based PPP-specific framework that has been developed to facilitate assessment of PPP projects' progress towards sustainable development. The framework development was based on a holistic approach to sustainability assessment and subsequently validated through questionnaire survey with key stakeholders in the Indian PPP programme. This framework will provide the decision makers with appropriate decision aid for integration of sustainable development principles in the PPP procurement process.

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Infrastructure development through PPPs in India: criteria for sustainability assessment

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Laishram

2015

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…However, only a few of literatures have an integral approach taking all aspects of infrastructure sustainability into account (Yigitcanlar & Dur, 2010;Yao, Shen, Tan & Hao, 2011), especially for the project with a long operation period and major impact (Yao et al, 2011). The fragment approaches, which solve problems separately, will generally lead to further, unexpected problems (Bohunovsky, Jäger, Omann, 2011).…”

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The method and index of sustainability assessment of infrastructure projects based on system dynamics in China

Zhou

Liu

2015

JIEM

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Abstract:Purpose: As one of the most important overhead capital of urban economics and social development, the sustainable development of urban infrastructure is becoming a key issue of prosperous society growing. The purpose of this paper is to establish a basic model to analysis certain infrastructure project's sustainable construction and operation.Design/methodology/approach: System dynamics is an effective stimulation method and tool to deal with such complex, dynamics, nonlinear systems, which could be used in analyzing and evaluating all aspects of infrastructure sustainability internally and externally. In this paper, the system is divided into four subsystems and 12 main impact indicators.Through setting the boundary and other basic hypothesis, this paper designs the basic causal loop diagrams and stock & flow diagrams to describe the relationship between variables and establish a quantifiable structure for the system. Findings:Adopting a sewerage treatment in China as a case to test our model, we could conclude that the model of internal sustainable subsystem is reasonable. However, this model is a basic model, and it need to be specific designed for the certain project due to the diversity of infrastructure types and the unique conditions of each projects.Originality/value: System Dynamics (SD) is widely used in the study of sustainable development and has plentiful research achievements from macro perspective but few studies in the microcosmic project systems. This paper focuses on the unique characteristics of urban -1002-Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management -http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.1496 infrastructure in China and selects infrastructure project which is based on micro-system discussion. The model we designed has certain practical significance in policy setting, operation monitoring and adjustment of the urban projects with high rationality and accuracy.

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“…In fact, sustainable development requires coordinated development of economics, society, and the environment [2,43,44]. As a result, urban infrastructure has been given particular attention as it not only meets urban human needs, but also has a significant impact on the economy, society and environment [2,5,10,45]. In terms of equity-which as the basis of social sustainability is one of the top goals in the sustainable development of the UN's 2030 agenda-inequality, bi-polarization, and a lack of mobility are all threats to equity and sustainable development [27].…”

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Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

Tao

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Sustainability

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Abstract:In periods of rapid urbanization, investment in urban infrastructure should not only meet the increasing demands of all urban people, but also be equally allocated between cities to achieve social equity and sustainable development. This paper aimed to conduct quantitative research on the unbalance of urban infrastructure investment between cities in China. The measurement models for inequality, bi-polarization and the mobility of urban infrastructure investment were constructed by means of the Gini coefficient, bi-polarization index and mobility function from the urban system, and an empirical study was conducted based on panel data from 2006 to 2014. The results show that: (1) The overall inequality of urban infrastructure investment in China's urban system was relatively prominent and showed a "U-shaped" change generally. (2) The inequality between different administrative levels or regional cities only partially accounted for the overall inequality of China's urban system. (3) Inequality and bi-polarization showed inconsistent performance. (4) Mobility played a positive role in reducing the inequality and bi-polarization. Based on the empirical findings and the reality of China's urban infrastructure investment and financing, targeted policy suggestions were proposed in terms of adjusting inequality and bi-polarization, innovating investment and financing mechanisms, and optimizing urban infrastructure investment strategies.

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Simulating the impacts of policy scenarios on the sustainability performance of infrastructure projects

Cited by 120 publications

References 16 publications

Infrastructure development through PPPs in India: criteria for sustainability assessment

Infrastructure development through PPPs in India: criteria for sustainability assessment

The method and index of sustainability assessment of infrastructure projects based on system dynamics in China

Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

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