Augmenting the cities’ and metropolitan regional demands for mega rail infrastructure: the application of SWOT and factor analysis

IF 3.5 Q3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Emma Mihocic, K. Gharehbaghi, Per Hilletofth, Kong Fah Tee, Matt Myers
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PurposeIn successfully meeting city and metropolitan growth, sustainable development is compulsory. Sustainability is a must-focus for any project, particularly for large and mega rail infrastructure. This paper aims to investigate to what degree social, environmental and economic factors influence the government when planning sustainable rail infrastructure projects. To respond to such a matter, this paper focuses on two Australian mega-rail projects: the South West Rail Link (SWRL) and the Mernda Rail Extension (MRE).Design/methodology/approachAs the basis of an experimental evaluation framework strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) and factor analysis were used. These two methods were specifically selected as comparative tools for SWRL and SWRL projects, to measure their overall sustainability effect.FindingsUsing factor analysis, in the MRE, the factors of network capacity, accessibility, employment and urban planning were seen frequently throughout the case study. However, politics and economic growth had lower frequencies throughout this case study. This difference between the high-weighted factors is likely a key element that determined the SWRL to be more sustainable than the MRE. The SWOT analysis showed the strengths the MRE had over the SWRL such as resource use and waste management, and natural habitat preservation. These two analyses have shown that overall, calculating the sustainability levels of a project can be subjective, based on the conditions surrounding various analysis techniques.Originality/valueThis paper first introduces SWRL and MRE projects followed by a discussion about their overall sustainable development. Both projects go beyond the traditional megaprojects' goal of improving economic growth by developing and enhancing infrastructure. Globally, for such projects, sustainability measures are now considered alongside the goal of economic growth. Second, SWOT and factor analysis are undertaken to further evaluate the complexity of such projects. This includes their overall sustainable development vision alignment with environmental, economic and social factors.
增强城市和大都市地区对超大型铁路基础设施的需求:SWOT 和因素分析法的应用
目的 要成功地满足城市和大都市的发展,就必须实现可持续发展。可持续发展是任何项目都必须关注的重点,尤其是大型和超大型铁路基础设施。本文旨在研究在规划可持续铁路基础设施项目时,社会、环境和经济因素对政府的影响程度。设计/方法/途径 作为实验评估框架的基础,本文使用了优势、劣势、机会和威胁(SWOT)和因素分析法。这两种方法被特别选作西南铁路线和西南铁路线项目的比较工具,以衡量其整体可持续性效果。研究结果通过因素分析,在 MRE 案例研究中,网络容量、可达性、就业和城市规划等因素经常出现。然而,政治和经济增长在整个案例研究中出现的频率较低。高权重因素之间的这种差异很可能是决定西南铁路线比孟买铁路线更具可持续性的关键因素。SWOT 分析显示了 MRE 相对于 SWRL 的优势,如资源利用、废物管理和自然栖息地保护。这两项分析表明,总体而言,根据各种分析技术的相关条件,计算一个项目的可持续发展水平可能是主观的。这两个项目都超越了传统巨型项目的目标,即通过发展和改善基础设施来提高经济增长。在全球范围内,对于此类项目而言,可持续发展措施现在与经济增长目标并列考虑。其次,通过 SWOT 分析和因素分析,进一步评估此类项目的复杂性。这包括其整体可持续发展愿景与环境、经济和社会因素的一致性。
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Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-
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