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TitleCritical assessment indicators for measuring benefits of rural infrastructure investment in China
AuthorsShen, L2
Lu, W1
Peng, Y2
Jiang, S2
KeywordsBusiness practitioners
China
Critical assessment
Data sets
Development strategies
Issue Date2011
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/is.html
CitationJournal of Infrastructure Systems, 2011, v. 71 n. 4, p. 176-183 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000066
AbstractRural infrastructure is of vital importance for agricultural growth, economic development, and poverty alleviation, particularly in developing countries such as China. In line with the implementation of a Coordinated Urban-Rural Development Strategy, infrastructure investment in China has consciously been tilted to rural areas. An urgent need exists to assess whether the investment has induced the benefits as expected. Existing research on rural infrastructure investment assessment focuses primarily on economic return while neglecting its social and ecological benefits. This paper identifies a set of critical assessment indicators (CAIs) that can be used to evaluate the multifaceted benefits of rural infrastructure investment in China. Research data were collected through a questionnaire survey given to three groups of experts, including government officers, professionals, and business practitioners who are working in China's housing and urban-rural development sector. Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) is used to generate additional data to supplement the data set from the questionnaire survey. The fuzzy set theory, which appreciates the fuzziness of data from the questionnaire survey, is used in the selection of CAIs. The CAIs can help the local governments in China to make better decisions in investing in rural infrastructure. These critical indicators can also be generalized to provide valuable references for the investigations of rural infrastructure investment in other developing countries. © 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
ISSN1076-0342
2011 Impact Factor: 0.654
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.047
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000066
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000299132200004
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Funding Information:

This research was funded by the research grants provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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dc.contributor.authorShen, L
dc.contributor.authorLu, W
dc.contributor.authorPeng, Y
dc.contributor.authorJiang, S
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-31T11:26:45Z
dc.date.available2010-10-31T11:26:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractRural infrastructure is of vital importance for agricultural growth, economic development, and poverty alleviation, particularly in developing countries such as China. In line with the implementation of a Coordinated Urban-Rural Development Strategy, infrastructure investment in China has consciously been tilted to rural areas. An urgent need exists to assess whether the investment has induced the benefits as expected. Existing research on rural infrastructure investment assessment focuses primarily on economic return while neglecting its social and ecological benefits. This paper identifies a set of critical assessment indicators (CAIs) that can be used to evaluate the multifaceted benefits of rural infrastructure investment in China. Research data were collected through a questionnaire survey given to three groups of experts, including government officers, professionals, and business practitioners who are working in China's housing and urban-rural development sector. Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) is used to generate additional data to supplement the data set from the questionnaire survey. The fuzzy set theory, which appreciates the fuzziness of data from the questionnaire survey, is used in the selection of CAIs. The CAIs can help the local governments in China to make better decisions in investing in rural infrastructure. These critical indicators can also be generalized to provide valuable references for the investigations of rural infrastructure investment in other developing countries. © 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Infrastructure Systems, 2011, v. 71 n. 4, p. 176-183 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000066
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000066
dc.identifier.epage183
dc.identifier.hkuros201847
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000299132200004
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Funding Information:

This research was funded by the research grants provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

dc.identifier.issn1076-0342
2011 Impact Factor: 0.654
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.047
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84863407773
dc.identifier.spage176
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/125360
dc.identifier.volume71
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/is.html
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Infrastructure Systems
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsJournal of Infrastructure Systems. Copyright © American Society of Civil Engineers.
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subjectBusiness practitioners
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectCritical assessment
dc.subjectData sets
dc.subjectDevelopment strategies
dc.titleCritical assessment indicators for measuring benefits of rural infrastructure investment in China
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Hong Kong Polytechnic University