Sustainability efficiency evaluation of seaports in China: an uncertain data envelopment analysis approach

Jiang, Bao; Yu, Li; Lio, Waichon; Li, Jian

doi:10.1007/s00500-018-3559-1

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“…[91], specialize in identifying, measuring, and/or valuating environmental externalities. We also observe that: (a) the research area of sustainability/environmental raking of ports/port cities is concentrated mostly after 2016 (for example, see [92][93][94]), and (b) research for multidisciplinary composite indicators is even more concentrated between 2017 and 2021 (for example, see [95][96][97]).…”

Section: Tipple Bottom Line Approach: Economic-social-environmentalmentioning

confidence: 86%

Promoting Sustainability through Assessment and Measurement of Port Externalities: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Paths

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Angelopoulos

Leonardou³

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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In an attempt to mitigate and balance economic, environmental, and societal externalities that ports exert, port sustainability is becoming increasingly important as a key priority. This work embarks on an effort to explore the boundaries, provide a holistic view, and establish a knowledge map of contemporary research in the field of port externalities and impacts, by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) by carrying out a three-stage procedure (planning, execution, and reporting), enhancing objectivity, while limiting errors and bias. The literature under study pertains to research domains focusing on: (a) identifying port externalities and impacts, (b) utilizing metrics and indicators to measure and quantify the positive or negative impact of port externalities, and (c) promoting an inclusive framework for sustainable port development. Our results include, among others, the classification of methodologies and particularly, of indicators established per type of externality to measure and monitor sustainable port performance, as well as identification of trends and gaps within the contemporary literature. We find considerable room for exploring new concepts and research paths within the domain of port impacts and externalities, both within individual dimensions of sustainability (economic, social, environmental), and on a multidisciplinary level.

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Section: Tipple Bottom Line Approach: Economic-social-environmentalmentioning

confidence: 86%

Promoting Sustainability through Assessment and Measurement of Port Externalities: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Paths

Stylıadıs

Angelopoulos

Leonardou³

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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“…The efficiency of port sustainability addresses the comparative relationship between the input in terms of port resources and the actual effective outputs (including the economic, environmental, and social output) as a synthesized measure of the operational status and sustainable development potential of the port [36]. Sustainable seaport business contributes to strategic goals of seaports through increased revenue and market share; reduced cost of operations; reduced environmental and financial risk; more efficient use of financial, human, and natural resources; enhanced brand image; enhanced access to capital; increasing employee productivity; easier hiring and retention of best talent; improved relationship with key stakeholders; more efficient approval of regulatory permits, and an enhanced ability to maintain a license to operate and grow [30].…”

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confidence: 99%

Maritime National Single Window—A Prerequisite for Sustainable Seaport Business

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This paper presents a comprehensive review of National Single Window concept and its impact on sustainability in maritime transport and seaports. The theoretical frameworks of sustainability, maritime transport, seaports, the National Single Window and the Maritime National Single Window is provided. The importance of stakeholder connectivity in maritime transport and seaports in improving sustainability is demonstrated, as well as the advantages of smoother data exchange through global analysis of National Single Window examples, the majority of which present national and regional best practices and initiatives. Empirical data has been provided in order to demonstrate the impact of National Single Windows and Maritime National Single Windows on seaport sustainability (economic, environmental, and social).

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“…Nevertheless, in many practical issues, such as oil reserves, bridge emphasis, and securities' returns [16,17], the input and output variables of DMUs are often not accurately obtained for technical or economic reasons. Generally, they can only be estimated based on the knowledge and preference of domain experts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to further judge whether the DMU is in a state of increasing returns to scale, decreasing returns to scale, or constant returns to scale, the uncertain DEA models for scale-efficiency evaluation were proposed and improved [21,22]. Afterward, with the application of uncertain DEA in practical problems [16], some other uncertain DEA models were proposed such as the network DEA models [23], which can identify the internal structure of DMUs, and the uncertain random DEA models [24], which contain both random variables and uncertain variables. However, the above uncertain DEA models mainly focused on self evaluation, and can only distinguish the DMUs into efficient and inefficient units, rather than ranking them.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Uncertain Data Envelopment Analysis for Cross Efficiency Evaluation with Imprecise Data

Jiang¹,

Chi²,

Li³

2022

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Self evaluation and peer evaluation in data envelopment analysis (DEA) are effective means to comprehensively reflect the efficiencies of decision-making units (DMUs). However, when some of the inputs and outputs of DMUs cannot be accurately observed, the traditional evaluation methods will lose their applicability. This paper attempts to treat the imprecise inputs and outputs as uncertain variables based on uncertainty theory and hence to propose a new uncertain DEA model for cross-efficiency evaluation via the evaluation of both self efficiency and peer efficiency. Moreover, the equivalent form and the proof of the new model are also presented for accurate calculation. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the evaluation results.

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Sustainability efficiency evaluation of seaports in China: an uncertain data envelopment analysis approach

Cited by 26 publications

References 43 publications

Promoting Sustainability through Assessment and Measurement of Port Externalities: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Paths

Promoting Sustainability through Assessment and Measurement of Port Externalities: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Paths

Maritime National Single Window—A Prerequisite for Sustainable Seaport Business

Uncertain Data Envelopment Analysis for Cross Efficiency Evaluation with Imprecise Data

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