Sustainability indicators for municipalities of megacities: Integrating health, safety and environmental performance

被引:59
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作者
Mapar, Mahsa [1 ]
Jafari, Mohammad Javad [1 ,2 ]
Mansouri, Nabiollah [1 ]
Arjmandi, Reza [1 ]
Azizinejad, Reza [3 ]
Ramos, Tomas B. [4 ]
机构
[1] Islamic Azad Univ, Dept Environm Management, Sci & Res Branch, Tehran, Iran
[2] Shahid Beheshti Univ Med Sci, Sch Publ Hlth, Tehran, Iran
[3] Islamic Azad Univ, Fac Agr & Nat Resources, Sci & Res Branch, Dept Plant Breeding, Tehran, Iran
[4] Univ Nova Lisboa, Dept Ciencias & Engn Ambiente, Fac Ciencias & Tecnol, CENSE,Ctr Environm & Sustainabil Res, Campus Caparica, P-2829516 Caparica, Portugal
关键词
Sustainability indicators; Municipalities; Megacities; Health; Safety; Environment; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; FRAMEWORK; IMPLEMENTATION; GOVERNANCE; IMPACTS; DESIGN; SECTOR; CITIES; LEVEL; TOOLS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.08.012
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
The sustainability assessment of public sector organizations including municipalities, with a focus on the integration of health, safety, and environmental (HSE) issues in the context of sustainability performance indicators, has almost remained underexplored. Moreover, since a large number of the activities of megacities' municipalities have directly to do with HSE issues, there seems to be a substantial gap in the study of megacities and corresponding local public administrations. The present study is aimed at developing a performance evaluation tool, supported by indicators, to monitor the HSE aspects of sustainable development in the municipalities of megacities. To put the proposed tool into practice, a set of performance evaluation indicators is proposed to be adopted in Iranian municipalities, integrated in the megacity of Tehran. The selection process was conducted by employing Delphi technique. In doing so, a 2-round questionnaire was responded by qualified experts to select the most robust indicators of HSE performance and evaluate the priority of each indicator. A total of 80 indicators were generated and grouped into 13 categories, 29 sub-categories, and 7 themes- (Health (H), Safety (S), Environment (E), Health-Safety (HS), Health-Environment (HE), Safety-Environment (SE), and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)). Findings indicate that amongst the overall average score of the 13 categories, "Fire and emergency response" is the most important category, closely followed by "Waste", "Transportation", and "Natural systems" categories. Moreover, among the 7 proposed themes, the integrated "HSE theme", nearly followed by "safety theme", plays the most significant role in enhancing the HSE performance of sustainability in Tehran municipalities. It is concluded that in the HSE context of the megacities municipalities under scrutiny, social aspects of sustainability gain more attention in comparison with the environmental ones. Furthermore, in municipalities of megacities, the indicators related to health and safety could be considered as 'key indicators' and should be thus classified into independent categories so that their roles can be highlighted in the management and assessment of municipal sustainable development.
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页码:271 / 291
页数:21
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