Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process in the Examination of Indicators for Sustainable Developments in the United States

• Main Authors: Tzu-Chiang Huang, 黃自強
• Other Authors: Dyi-Huey Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25529003309681211354

碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 環境工程與管理系碩士班 === 100 === This study summarized a research hierarchy based on the domains and long-term environmental factors by the indicators for sustainable developments constructed by the U.S. President’s Council on Sustainable Development. It further applied Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to establish relative weights of individual assessment factors and criteria for a questionnaire issued to experts, scholars, government agencies, environmental groups, and the general public. It screened effective questionnaires via consistency tests, in order to control result reliability. A paired comparison, as a part of AHP procedures, was conducted to determine the relative weights of different criteria and establish a weighting system. It is hoped that the results can serve as useful information to government bodies. According to experts, the assessment factors, in terms of importance, are “environments”, “economies” and “societies”. Under the factor “environments”, the most important criteria are “organism contaminations”, “climate reaction indicators to greenhouse effects”, “underground water quality”, “ozone layer status”, “nuclear power usage” and “land area of major ecosystems. Under the factor “societies”, the most important criteria are “total population”, “training and qualifications of teachers” and “percentage of single-parent families”. Under the factor “economies”, the most important criteria are “capital goods”, “labor productivity” and “issued government debts as a percentage of GDP”. According to all the effective questionnaires, the top five most emphasized criteria are “capital goods”, “organism contaminations”, “labor productivity”, “climate reaction indicators to greenhouse effects” and “surface water quality”.