Fuzzy environmental quality index

• Autor(a) principal: Roveda, José Arnaldo Frutuoso [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Mota, Maurício Tavares [UNESP], Roveda, Sandra Regina Monteiro Masalskiene [UNESP], Lourenço, Roberto Wagner [UNESP], Martins, Antonio César Germano [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/FUZZY.2010.5584160; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/71967
• topic: Best-practices; Decision supports; Environmental issues; Environmental quality; Fuzzy logical; Local development; Mathematical concepts; Policy discussion; Public awareness; Theory of fuzzy sets; Urban areas; Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Environmental management; Functions; Fuzzy sets; Fuzzy set theory

This paper presents the construction of a fuzzy environmental quality index for decision support in municipal environmental management. Five groups of indicators were selected in order to obtain an equation that best represented reality in terms of environmental quality. The calculation was carried out using fuzzy mathematical concepts, with the aid of the package Fuzzy Logical Toolbox 2.1 for Matlab ® 6.1, which provides functions and some applications of the theory of fuzzy sets. The work seeks to create a method of inference concerning the nature of urban areas that are unsustainable with respect to the environment, an issue that is often relegated to the background during public policy discussions. The development of this index, together with its implementation and dissemination, could improve public awareness of environmental issues, and promote mobilization towards the use of best practices in local development. © 2010 IEEE.