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Measuring sustainable transportation for the world countries: The application of concordance analysis

Rassafi, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2004

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1061/40730(144)63
  3. Publisher: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers , 2004
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this paper, sustainability with respect to transportation sector of the selected countries has been evaluated. Seventy nine countries were initially selected for detailed analysis for the period of 1980-1995. The key dimensions of sustainable development i.e. social, environmental, and economic characteristics are used. Firstly, a set of sustainable transportation indicators has been introduced. Then composite indices of three non-transport groups with respect to four transport modes are calculated. The composite indices are aggregated by the concordance analysis technique to achieve comprehensive transport sustainability indices of countries, and according to these values, the countries are compared and ranked. The results for the selected indicators and countries show that from sustainable transport point of view, United States is in the best place, and Sierra Leon is in the worst place among the subset of 79 countries. The results of the study depict an overall scheme for comparative assessment of transport sustainability of the countries
  6. Keywords:
  7. Accident prevention ; Sustainable development ; Social aspects ; Pollution ; Environmental impact ; Economic and social effects
  8. Source: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportaion Engineering, Beijing, 26 May 2004 through 28 May 2004 ; 2004 , Pages 334-339
  9. URL: https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/40730%28144%2963