Environmental efficiency analysis of port cities: Slacks-based measure data envelopment analysis approach

Transport Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Lee, Taehwee ^a   Yeo, Gi Tae ^a   Thai, Vinh V ^b  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Environmental efficiency; Opportunity cost; Port city; Slacks based measure data envelopment analysis; Social cost

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PORT; SULFUR EMISSION; URBAN AREA;

ANTWERP [ANTWERP (PRV)]; ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; CHINA; KAOHSIUNG; NETHERLANDS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PUSAN [PUSAN (ADS)]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; ROTTERDAM; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH HOLLAND; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; TIANJIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897828676     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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