A DEA-Based Performance Evaluation of Ecological Land Development of Cities

Youn-Jien Lin, Sung-Lin Hsueh, Han-Yi Chen

Ekoloji, 2018, Issue 106, Pages: 25-30, Article No: e106002

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Abstract

Because of population clustering, the density of land use continues to increase in cities, which will drive up property prices and worsen the quality of living environments. Because of its natural environment, ecological land can provide a better environment for living and/or leisure. Moreover, with people paying more attention to leisure activities and more convenient urban-rural traffic, the development of ecological land has become an inevitable trend. In this study, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method is used to evaluate the ecological land development efficiency of nine cities (DMUs) in Fujian Province, mainland China. According to the analysis results, it is found that one DMU is a robustly strong unit in terms of the ecological land development, three DMUs are marginal inefficient units, and the remaining five DMUs are significantly inefficient units. Moreover, through the sensitivity analysis, key influence factors of ecological land development in the city are analyzed and found. By conducting the DEA analysis with the exclusion of the input and output factors, the sensitivity of each factor to the efficiency value is measured. Based on the analysis results, suggestions are made in this study in the hope of providing helpful references for reasonable land development and sustainable development of the environment in the city.

Keywords

urban ecology, ecological land, eco-management, performance evaluation

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