Assessing the environmental competitiveness of cities based on a novel MCDM approach
Hossein Komasi, Alireza Nemati, Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani, Meghdad Kahvand, Jurgita Antuchevičienė, Jonas Šaparauskas
Keywords:
Environmental competitiveness, Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM),
logarithmic normalization, Indifference threshold-based attribute ratio analysis (ITARA), Full
consistency method (FUCOM), MARCOS-LN method
Abstract:
Many factors affect the competitiveness of cities. One of the most important of these factors is
the environmental dimension, which can affect and be influenced by economic and sociocultural
aspects of urban competitiveness. The present study assesses the environmental
competitiveness of cities with populations of more than 500,000 in Iran. Our research weighting
approach consists of integrated ITARA-FUCOM methods to obtain nine criteria weights based
on actual data evaluation and expert ideas. In addition, experts' statements are presented using
gray logic and transformed into crisp numbers. Then, a modified MARCOS method that uses
logarithmic normalization is introduced and implemented to assess fourteen target cities.
Finally, The results of MARCOS-LN are compared to those of MARCOS itself, as well as three
more MCDM methods (EDAS, CODAS, TOPSIS) and their versions, which utilize logarithmic
normalization. The research findings showed that the city of Rasht is the most environmentally
competitive, while the city of Kerman is the least competitive (rank 14) among the Iranian cities
with populations greater than 500,000. The research results indicate that to improve the
competitive position of Iranian cities, the internal capacities, relative advantages, and the
competitive role each city can have on a transnational scale, their internal capacities should be
paid attention to. This requires decentralized national and transnational planning and
development competitiveness scenarios for medium and long-term periods.
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 10.7441/joc.2023.02.07
Komasi, H., Nemati, A., Zolfani, S.H.,
Kahvand, M., Antuchevičienė, J., & Šaparauskas, J. (2023). Assessing the environmental competitiveness of cities based on a novel
MCDM approach. Journal of Competitiveness, 15(2), 121-150. https://doi.org/10.7441/joc.2023.02.07
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