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dc.contributor.authorLi, Zhidong
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Xiumei
dc.contributor.authorGao, Yuan
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:56:40Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:56:40Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:08Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationLi, Z. and Marinova, D. and Guo, X. and Gao, Y. 2015. Evaluating Pillar Industry's Transformation Capability: A Case Study of Two Chinese Steel-Based Cities. PLoS One. 10 (9).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27041
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0139576
dc.description.abstract

Many steel-based cities in China were established between the 1950s and 1960s. After more than half a century of development and boom, these cities are starting to decline and industrial transformation is urgently needed. This paper focuses on evaluating the transformation capability of resource-based cities building an evaluation model. Using Text Mining and the Document Explorer technique as a way of extracting text features, the 200 most frequently used words are derived from 100 publications related to steel- and other resource-based cities. The Expert Evaluation Method (EEM) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques are then applied to select 53 indicators, determine their weights and establish an index system for evaluating the transformation capability of the pillar industry of China's steel-based cities. Using real data and expert reviews, the improved Fuzzy Relation Matrix (FRM) method is applied to two case studies in China, namely Panzhihua and Daye, and the evaluation model is developed using Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation (FCE). The cities' abilities to carry out industrial transformation are evaluated with concerns expressed for the case of Daye. The findings have policy implications for the potential and required industrial transformation in the two selected cities and other resource-based towns.

dc.titleEvaluating Pillar Industry's Transformation Capability: A Case Study of Two Chinese Steel-Based Cities.
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume10
dcterms.source.number9
dcterms.source.titlePLoS One
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This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

curtin.departmentSustainability Policy Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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