Measuring energy and environmental efficiency of transportation systems in China based on a parallel DEA approach

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 460-472

  Wu, Jie ^a   Zhu, Qingyuan ^a   Chu, Junfei ^a   Liu, Hongwei ^a,b   Liang, Liang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency decomposition; Environmental efficiency; Transportation system

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENCY DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION; SUBSYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

TRANSPORTATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84940835760     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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