A Novel Ratio-Based Parallel DEA Approach for Evaluating the Energy and Environmental Performance of Chinese Transportation Sectors

Lei, Xiyang; Li, Lin; Zhang, Xuefei; Dai, Qinggang; Fu, Yelin

doi:10.1007/s11518-019-5416-x

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“…The five-year average EEE values of the transportation systems in the eastern, central, western and northeastern regions were 0.4963, 0.4380, 0.4175, and 0.3631, respectively, showing a distinct ladder-like distribution, with the east having the highest, followed by the central, western, and then the northeast. Wu et al (2016) and Lei et al (2019) also have similar findings.…”

Section: A Regional Perspective On the Eeesupporting

confidence: 62%

Energy and Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Transportation Systems in China’s 255 Cities

Jiao

Luo

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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China’s transportation sector suffers from excessive energy consumption and serious pollutant emissions. There is increasing pressure to improve energy and environmental efficiency (EEE). This paper researches the EEE of transportation systems in 255 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2019 with the assistance of the super-efficiency SBM model. Research results show that the five-year average EEE of the Chinese transportation system is 0.4420, indicating an overall low performance, with most regions still needing improvement. There are significant differences in the transportation system EEE between cities, with Guangzhou, Maoming, and Zhoushan ranking in the top three, and Heihe, Xining, and Taiyuan in the bottom. Cities with a better economic base, developed water systems and more relevant policy documents do better in energy use and environmental protection compared to other cities. Moreover, the development of the transportation systems is uneven, with noticeable regional differences. The general trend is that cities located in the eastern have better transportation systems EEE than cities in other economic zones. The findings should have a far-reaching impact on the sustainable development of cities. It also provides an essential reference for the research on EEE efficiency of transportation systems in China and other countries.

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Section: A Regional Perspective On the Eeesupporting

confidence: 62%

Energy and Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Transportation Systems in China’s 255 Cities

Jiao

Luo

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…There are several papers about energy efficiency measurement of transport sector by using the network DeA approach. For instance, Wu et al [42] and Lei et al [43] applied a parallel DeA approach to measure the energy and environmental performance of transportation systems in China with a network structure consisting of passenger and freight transportation. Liu et al [2] employed a parallel SBM measure to evaluate the environmental efficiency of China's land transportation which includes railway and highway transportation.…”

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Energy Efficiency Measurement and Decomposition in China’s Land Transportation with Excluding Non-Management Factors

Xu¹,

Wang²

2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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With the rapid development of industrialization in China, the demand for transportation service has increased substantially, causing huge energy consumption in transport sector. The land transportation (including railway transportation and highway transportation) is the most important source of energy consumption in China. In this study, the parallel Slack-Based Measure (SBM) model and three-stage of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach are combined to measure the energy efficiency of land transportation system and two subsystems from 2013 to 2017 with excluding the non-management factors. The empirical results lead to four conclusions: (a) non-management factors do exert unfavorable influence on the energy efficiency measurement, ignoring which will overestimate the efficiency value. (b) There exist significant area disparities in energy efficiencies of the land transportation and its two subsystems. (c) The energy efficiencies of the whole land transportation and the highway transportation present a significant upward trend, while the changing trend is not promising for the railway transportation. (d) The railway transportation has a greater impact on the efficiency of the whole system in 2013 and 2014, which has weakened in the next three years.

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“…Zhou, Xu, Wang and Wu [34] conducted an empirical study on the energy efficiency of China's industrial sector from 2010 to 2014, and the results showed that most sectors of Chinese industry performed poorly, especially those related to energy extraction. Lei, et al [68] evaluated the energy efficiency of 30 provincial transport departments in China. The results show that the energy efficiency of the provincial transport departments in China varies widely; efficiency is better than in the midwest of China.…”

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confidence: 99%

Energy Efficiency Evaluation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis: A Literature Review

You

et al. 2020

Energies

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The importance and urgency of energy efficiency in sustainable development are increasing. Accurate assessment of energy efficiency is of considerable significance and necessity. The data envelopment analysis (DEA) method has been widely used to study energy efficiency as a total factor efficiency assessment method. In order to summarize the latest research on DEA in the field of energy efficiency, this article first analyzes the overall situation of related literature published in 2011–2019. Subsequently, the definition, measurement and evaluation variables of energy efficiency are introduced. After that, this article reviews the current DEA model and its extension models and applications based on different scenarios. Finally, considering the shortcomings of the existing DEA model, possible future research topics are proposed.

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A Novel Ratio-Based Parallel DEA Approach for Evaluating the Energy and Environmental Performance of Chinese Transportation Sectors

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Energy and Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Transportation Systems in China’s 255 Cities

Energy and Environmental Efficiency Evaluation of Transportation Systems in China’s 255 Cities

Energy Efficiency Measurement and Decomposition in China’s Land Transportation with Excluding Non-Management Factors

Energy Efficiency Evaluation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis: A Literature Review

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