ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Constructing an Evaluation Index System
of a Contemporary Green Community Based on
Spatial Justice
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Center for Ecological Rule of Law Studies, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, 030006, China
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East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
Submission date: 2023-07-25
Final revision date: 2023-09-23
Acceptance date: 2023-11-20
Online publication date: 2024-03-15
Publication date: 2024-04-09
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Min Xue
Center for Ecological Rule of Law Studies, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, 030006, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(3):3151-3167
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ABSTRACT
The green community is an important microeconomic sector for the ecological civilization. It is the
basic component of China and an important incubation space for green development methods and lifestyle.
Spatial justice theory is guided by historical materialism, and is the spatialization of social justice, which
regards space as a “physical-spiritual-social” complex, and is similar to the idea of ecological civilization,
which pursues the harmonious symbiosis of “people-nature-society”. Therefore, it is more appropriate
to take spatial justice theory as the theoretical basis for green community evaluation. The existing green
community evaluation system at home and abroad focuses on green buildings and ecological landscapes,
paying less attention to the evaluation of the humanistic spirit and social governance dimensions.
Thus, this study evaluates the contemporary Chinese green community evaluation using 4 guidelines,
16 program indicators, and multiple observation indices of the three dimensions (i.e., people, nature,
and society), that is, the evaluation system of multiple observation indicators. Furthermore, this study uses
the analytic hierarchy process to quantify the indicators, determine the weights, make a classification,
provide a relatively feasible method for the green community evaluation indicators, and regulate
the construction of green communities from the perspective of total spatialism.