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Beyond CO2: a multi-criteria analysis of air pollution in Europe
- Source :
- Caravaggio, N, Caravella, S, Ishizaka, A & Resce, G 2019, ' Beyond CO 2 : a multi-criteria analysis of air pollution in Europe ', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 219, pp. 576-586 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.115
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Environmental-economic perspectives are recently taking growing momentum in the analysis of country-level performances, but few studies take into account the multi-dimensional nature of the phenomenon. The leading measure of pollution still remains only CO2 emission or, at best, CO2 equivalent emission. The few works taking a multi-criteria perspective are mainly related to specific case studies, urban areas, or the localization of renewable power plants. In this paper, we propose a multi-criteria analysis for a macro-perspective assessment of 10 different pollutants in 30 European countries over the period 2008–2015. Methodologically, we propose a new hybrid tool allowing us to merge the consolidated procedure usually employed for environmental evaluation: PROMETHEE, with a more flexible weighing process inspired by Data Envelopment Analysis. The unprecedented use of this tool for developing a macro perspective allows the clustering of European countries according their relative performances without any exogenous assumption about the weights given to the specific pollutants. In addition, the empirical evidence emerging from the analysis provides a comprehensive picture of patterns followed by European economies, which highlights the relative strengths and flaws at country-level for the considered pollutants.
- Subjects :
- Pollutants
Computer science
020209 energy
Strategy and Management
Air pollution
02 engineering and technology
Environment
PROMETHEE
medicine.disease_cause
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Data envelopment analysis
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
Sustainability
Macro
Empirical evidence
Cluster analysis
0505 law
General Environmental Science
Pollutant
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
05 social sciences
Business and Management
Environmental economics
Renewable energy
050501 criminology
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Caravaggio, N, Caravella, S, Ishizaka, A & Resce, G 2019, ' Beyond CO 2 : a multi-criteria analysis of air pollution in Europe ', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 219, pp. 576-586 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.115
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4c1024f08a65cba582fc8a4ac5034215