Measuring energy security performance within China: Toward an inter-provincial prospective

Zhang, Long; Yu, Jing; Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Ren, Jingzheng

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2016.12.030

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“…Vinodh et al [29] used a hybrid multicriteria decision-making approach for agile concept selection with fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory, and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution. Zhang et al [30] adopted a complete ranking model for multicriteria decision-making problems with multigraded dominance relations.…”

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Construction and Restrictions of Consistent Matrices by Macharis’ Method

Chu

Lin

Julian

2018

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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In 2004, Macharis et al. proposed a consistent comparison matrix. In this study, we provide a patch work for discussing the construction and restrictions of their consistent comparison matrix. Their study is important in academia and has been cited by over 200 papers. However, in the article, the authors neither provide a detailed explanation on how to construct the proposed revised consistent comparison matrix nor mention any restriction when constructing it. In this study, we not only propose an algorithm to construct the consistent matrix, but also prove that two restrictions exist when developing a sequence of their consistent comparison matrices, which are: (a) the changing of entries should follow a decreasing order with respect to the row index and (b) there is at most one entry in each row that can be revised by experts. The results of this study will help researchers properly apply the consistent matrices proposed by Macharis et al. (2004) in the future.

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Construction and Restrictions of Consistent Matrices by Macharis’ Method

Chu

Lin

Julian

2018

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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“…Wang et al (2014) study the extent of a convergence process of CO2 emissions within China and Xu and Lin (2015) show that there is an inverted U-shape relationship between industrialization and CO2 emissions in the three regions in China. Zhang et al (2017) evaluates energy security at the provincial level and shows that all of them face threats related to energy availability and diversity. Very few studies have attempted to account for emissions from trade, with the exception of Mi et al (2016).…”

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Decoupling of Emissions and GDP: Evidence from Aggregate and Provincial Chinese Data

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We provide a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and GDP in China using both aggregate and provincial data. The Kuznets elasticity is about 0.6 for China, higher than that in advanced countries but below that of major emerging markets. The elasticity is somewhat lower for consumption-based emissions than for productionbased emissions, providing mild evidence consistent with the "pollution haven" hypothesis. The Kuznets elasticity is much lower for the last three decades than for the three previous decades, suggesting a longer-term trend toward decoupling as China has become richer. Further evidence of this comes from provincial data: richer provinces tend to have smaller Kuznets elasticities than poorer ones. In addition to the trend relationship, we find that the Environmental Okun's Law holds in China.

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“…In fact, these five dimensions were also validated by a series of researches on energy security. For instance, the results of some workshop discussions [34], literature reviews [35], surveys of public attitudes [36], and qualitative or quantitative researches on energy security measurement [37][38][39][40] also support the framework of these five dimensions. Table 1.…”

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Critical Mineral Security in China: An Evaluation Based on Hybrid MCDM Methods

Zhang

Bai

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With economic globalization, the supply-and-demand gap of China’s minerals is becoming increasingly sharp, and the degree of dependence on imports is climbing, which poses a severe threat to the resource security for the country. From the perspectives of system and sustainable development, this paper develops a conceptual framework of mineral security, which is composed of five dimensions: availability, accessibility, technology and efficiency, sociability and governance, and environmental sustainability. Based on this framework, it constructs the evaluating metrics for measuring mineral security. Moreover, it employs the hybrid multiple criteria decision-making methods of Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) to assess the security performance for China’s several critical minerals, namely iron, copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, and nickel, with respect to the period of 2001 to 2015. The result indicates that the critical minerals of China were at a low to moderate level of security. Iron, copper, and nickel were in an unsecure situation for their short supply in China, and showed a downswing trend. On the other hand, as the preponderant minerals, lead and zinc were at a relatively secure position and uprising; however, they were exhausting their superiority for the huge and rapid-growth economic demand. Aluminum, as a mineral that China seriously depends on for imports, also demonstrated an upward trend due to the successful management of diversity of importing sources.

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Measuring energy security performance within China: Toward an inter-provincial prospective

Cited by 102 publications

References 60 publications

Construction and Restrictions of Consistent Matrices by Macharis’ Method

Construction and Restrictions of Consistent Matrices by Macharis’ Method

Decoupling of Emissions and GDP: Evidence from Aggregate and Provincial Chinese Data

Critical Mineral Security in China: An Evaluation Based on Hybrid MCDM Methods

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