Estimating Energy Consumption of Transport Modes in China Using DEA

The rapid growth of transport requirements in China will incur increasing transport energy demands and associated environmental pressures. In this paper, we employ a generalized data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the relative energy efficiency of rail, road, aviation and water transport fro...

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Main Authors: Weibin Lin, Bin Chen, Lina Xie, Haoran Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/4/4225