Evaluation Method for Sustainability of Linear Infrastructure Projects in Complex Environment Based on Pythagoras Fuzzy AHP
Publication: ICCREM 2021
ABSTRACT
Improving the sustainability of infrastructure projects helps to comprehensively improve the quality of infrastructure in China. Exploring the factors that affect the sustainability of linear infrastructure projects is of great significance. Infrastructure projects under complex environment will face complex geological terrain and climate, fragile ecological environment, and the construction is more difficult. Moreover, such kind of projects will keep increasing. Therefore, it is significant to carry out sustainability evaluation in the process of investment decision making. This paper will analysis the factors that influence the sustainability of major infrastructure projects from five aspects, technique, economic, society, environment, and safety of the project. The sustainability evaluation system is constructed based on the scenario analysis results. Finally, the Pythagoras AHP method was proposed to evaluate the sustainability of major infrastructure projects. The model would be an assistant tool for the scientific decision of linear infrastructure projects in complex environment.
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