Assessment of port sustainability through synthetic indexes. Application to the Spanish case

Laxe, Fernando González; Bermúdez, Federico Martín; Palmero, Federico Martín; Novo-Corti, Isabel

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.03.064

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“…A larger number of 116 articles are published from 2013 to 1017, and the concept of port sustainability is applied in practical planning and strategic business. Most articles on port sustainability introduced the concept, key element and various KPIs (Asgari et al, 2015;Laxe, Bermúdez, Palmero, & Novo-Corti, 2016;Zhang, Kim, Tee, & Lam, 2017). These articles are achieved by literature review, conceptual frameworks, and case study (Davarzani, Fahimnia, Bell, & Sarkis, 2016;Puig, Wooldridge, & Darbra, 2014;Xiao & Lam, 2017).…”

Section: Reviewed Literature On Sustainable Port Kpismentioning

confidence: 99%

Key performance indicators of sustainable port: Case study of the eastern economic corridor in Thailand

Muangpan

Suthiwartnarueput

2019

Cogent Business & Management

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Section: Reviewed Literature On Sustainable Port Kpismentioning

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Key performance indicators of sustainable port: Case study of the eastern economic corridor in Thailand

Muangpan

Suthiwartnarueput

2019

Cogent Business & Management

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“…According to González Laxe and associates [41], contemporary literature is mainly focused on assessment of some partial sustainability aspects as economic and environmental dimensions, while no global synthetic indices have been proposed to measure port sustainability. In order to fill the literature gap, Gonzaález Laxe and associates [42] proposed the methodology for creating a complex measure of sustainability that including economic, social, institutional and environmental indicators and implemented it in assessing 16 port regions in Spain, through the weighted average of Z-scores calculated for the total number of 11 indicators, i.e., 24 sub-indicators. In methodological terms, the contribution of this paper above the state of the art is in the proposed MCDM approach which creates a composite index through the aggregate Entropy-PROMETHEE method, which includes a much larger number of indicators, and at the same time, it is possible to compare port regions outside the national framework.…”

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“…Fourth, composite sustainability indices can be a tool to raise public awareness of the importance of achieving sustainable growth. Composite indices are traditionally used in situations when it is necessary to obtain aggregate information from a set of individual indicators grouped into different levels of the hierarchy [42]. Since the sustainability of port regions is a problem that can be defined through a three-dimensional perspective (economic, environmental and social), the application of composite indicators for sustainability assessment enables better information and facilitates decision-making of all stakeholders.…”

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Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Port Regions: MCDM Approach in Composite Index Creation

Stanković

Marjanović

Papathanasiou

et al. 2021

JMSE

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Maritime transport and ports are among the most important linkages between global economies, handling more than 90% of internationally traded goods. Economic importance of maritime transport imposes significant implications on the social and environmental performance of port regions. The paper aims to create composite indices as relevant, scientific-based tools used in comparing and monitoring various aspects of sustainability across 37 sea port regions in seven countries on the European side of the Mediterranean, covering a five-year period from 2014 to 2018. The model encompasses Eurostat and OECD annual NUTS2 level data covering economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Two important indicators of maritime transport activity, maritime transport of freight and maritime transport of passengers, are included within the group of economic indicators. To create composite indices, the multicriteria decision making (MCDM) framework was used as an integrated approach of entropy in the weighting segment, and the Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment of Evaluations (PROMETHEE) as an aggregation method. The results highlight GDP per capita and population density as indicators of the greatest relative importance when it comes to port regions sustainability. The ranking results indicate that, despite the fact that Attica is the best ranked region in terms of overall sustainability, the largest number of top rated port regions are in Italy, Spain and France.

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“…They highlighted the performance in the economic and environmental dimensions. Laxe et al (2017) use a global synthetic index of sustainability, covering the full scope of sustainable development, to assess the port sustainability in the case of Spanish ports [18]. They further incorporate elements of employment, training, gender equality, and health into the global synthetic index.…”

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Approach towards Sustainable and Smart Coal Port Development: The Case of Huanghua Port in China

2020

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This paper focuses on measures towards sustainable development of coal ports based on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of the triple bottom line, and examines the integration and optimization roles of smart technologies on coal port sustainability in the era of the Internet of Things. By investigating the representative case of Huanghua Port, one of the largest coal transportation ports in China, this paper enables a better understanding of the coal port’s sustainable practices driven by smart technologies. This study provides measures on the intelligent renovation, coal dust pollution treatment, air pollution treatment and sewage treatment, the customer and employee satisfaction improvement, and community involvement as well as social reputation enhancement. The research investigates the effectiveness of measures on the coal port’s sustainability by examining changes in key performance indicators and further examines the integration and optimization roles of smart technologies. The findings show that the approach taken by the port can effectively promote the coal port’s sustainability. The intelligent operation control system linking the separate nodes in operation, the ecological intelligent control system integrating environmental protection functions, and the intelligent service platform linking supply chain members are interrelated and interact to achieve the continuous optimization of decisions towards coal port sustainability. This study offers managerial insights for the port operators and policymakers towards the sustainable and smart development of ports.

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Assessment of port sustainability through synthetic indexes. Application to the Spanish case

Cited by 41 publications

References 5 publications

Key performance indicators of sustainable port: Case study of the eastern economic corridor in Thailand

Key performance indicators of sustainable port: Case study of the eastern economic corridor in Thailand

Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Port Regions: MCDM Approach in Composite Index Creation

Approach towards Sustainable and Smart Coal Port Development: The Case of Huanghua Port in China

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