Table 10 Urban sustainability index with indicator weights [22]
From: Sustainability indices for energy utilization using a multi-criteria decision model
Component index | Subcomponents index | Indicator |
|---|---|---|
Urban status index (0.41) | Socioeconomic development index (0.50) | Per capita GDP (0.36) |
| Â | Â | Growth rate of GDP (0.20) |
| Â | Â | Percentage of population below the poverty line (0.30) |
| Â | Â | Educational investment share in GDP (0.14) |
| Â | Environmental index (0.30) | Daily concentration of SO2 (0.20) |
| Â | Â | Daily concentration of particulate matter (PM10) (0.24) |
| Â | Â | Percentage of water meeting the drinking quality standard (0.22) |
| Â | Â | Average concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD) (0.14) |
| Â | Â | Area of arable land per capita (0.10) |
| Â | Â | Per capita water resource (0.10) |
|  | Institutional capacity index (0.20) | Citizens’ satisfaction with their city |
Urban coordination index (0.34) | Coordination index of economic and environmental (0.34) | Generation of waste water per 10,000 CNY (Chinese Yuan Renminbi) GDP (0.15) |
| Â | Â | Ratio of sewage treatment (0.20) |
| Â | Â | Generation of SO2 per 10,000 CNY GDP (0.15) |
| Â | Â | Recycling ratio of urban wastes (0.20) |
| Â | Â | Environmental investment share in GDP (0.30) |
Urban potential index (0.25) | Ecological and environmental potential index (0.60) | Ratio of renewable resources consumption to their generation (0.20) |
| Â | Â | Ratio of non-renewable resources consumption to their substitution (0.25) |
| Â | Â | Ratio of degradable pollutant emission to their purification (0.25) |
| Â | Â | Ratio of non-degradable pollutant emission to their purification (0.30) |
| Â | Welfare growth potential index (0.40) | Growth rate of basic needs index (0.60) |
| Â | Â | Growth rate of income per capita (0.40) |