Application of Delphi method in screening of indexes for measuring soil pollution value evaluation
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Application of Delphi method in screening of indexes for measuring soil pollution value evaluation Wei-qiang Zhang 1 & Zeng-lei Xi 1,2 Received: 29 May 2020 / Accepted: 17 September 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Soil pollution is one of the most important issues in environmental governance at present. Using scientific and reasonable methods to estimate the economic losses caused by soil pollution is the basis for maximizing the effectiveness of governance resources. This study combines the methods of mixed group discussion and literature analysis to establish preliminary soil pollution value loss measurement indicators. The Delphi method is used to modify, add, and delete indicators to obtain a set of feasible soil pollution value loss measurement indicator systems. It laid a method foundation for further quantifying the loss of soil pollution value and provided support to related government decisions such as land resource management and soil pollution control. The response coefficients of the two rounds of expert consultations were 81.2% and 77.8%; the degree of expert authority was 0.647 and 0.708; the coordination coefficients were 0.155 and 0.194; the final indicator system included three dimensions of economic, social, and environmental, a total of eight indicators. The experts in the soil pollution value loss measurement index system established in this study have unified final opinions and a good degree of coordination, which can be used to measure soil pollution value loss. Keywords Delphi method . Soil pollution . Economic loss assessment . Index optimization
Introduction The soil environment is the material foundation of the current high-quality economic development and ecological civilization construction in China, and it bears the survival and development of human beings. With the rapid development of urbanization, industrialization, and intensification, the public’s awareness of soil protection is weak, and human activities have caused serious soil pollution. The data in the National Soil Pollution Survey Announcement jointly released by the Ministry of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2014 showed that the national soil overrun rate was 16.1%. Among them, the proportions of moderate and severe pollution points were 1.5% and Responsible editor: Marcus Schulz * Zeng-lei Xi [email protected] 1
School of Economics Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
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Center of Resource and Environmental Hebei University, Baoding 071000, China
1.1%, respectively. Although in recent years, the government and environmental protection organizations have made considerable efforts in preventing and controlling soil pollution and have achieved certain results, soil pollution is easy to form and difficult to control. Among them, the huge cost of treatment is “a lion in the way” in the process of soil pollution treatment. Therefore, how to measure the loss of soil pollution value to maximize the effectiveness of resources has
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