AN ANALYSIS OF THE LOGISTICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF BRI COUNTRIES

Year 2021, Volume: 20 Issue: 4, 1893 - 1915, 29.10.2021

Gökhan Akandere

https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.927509

Cited By: 3

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the rankings of Belt Road countries in terms of Logistics Performance Index (LPI) score and Environmental Performance Index (EPI) score. In the research, the performance evaluations of the countries that handle five hundred thousand TEU containers annually within the scope of the Belt Road project in 2014, 2016 and 2018 were made. Performance of Belt and Road countries will be evaluated through integrated Entropy-TOPSIS methods. As a result of the study, it was determined that Portugal, Slovenia, Italy, Singapore, Greece, Israel, Russia, Malaysia, Jordan and Romania were successful countries in performance evaluation due to their high LPI and EPI scores. Kuwait, Egypt, Malaysia, Jordan, Turkey, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Philippines in the LPI and EPI performance evaluation scores in the intermediate level has been moderate due to the successful countries. China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Kenya, Myanmar and Pakistan were the least successful countries in performance evaluation due to low LPI and EPI scores.

Keywords

Belt Road, TOPSIS, Entropy, LPI, EPI

KUŞAK YOL ÜLKELERİNİN LOJİSTİK VE ÇEVRESEL PERFORMANSININ ANALİZİ

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Kuşak Yol ülkeleri sıralamalarını Lojistik Performans Endeksi (LPI) puanı ve Çevresel Performans Endeksi (EPI) puanı açısından değerlendirmektir. Araştırmada Kuşak Yol projesi kapsamında yıllık beş yüz bin TEU konteyner elleçleyen ülkelerin 2014, 2016 ve 2018 yılları performans değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır. Kuşak Yol ülkelerinin performansı, bütünleşik Entropi-TOPSIS yöntemleri aracılığıyla değerlendirilecektir. Araştırmanın sonucunda, Portekiz, Slovenya, İtalya, Singapur, Yunanistan, İsrail, Rusya, Malezya Ürdün ve Romanya’nın LPI ve EPI skorlarının yüksek olması sebebiyle performans değerlendirmesinde başarılı ülkeler olduğu saptanmıştır. Kuveyt, Mısır, Malezya, Ürdün, Türkiye, Cezayir, Sudi Arabistan, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri ve Filipinlerin LPI ve EPI skorlarının orta seviyede olması sebebiyle performans değerlendirmesinde ılımlı başarılı ülkeler olmuştur. Çin, Hong Kong, Hindistan, Endonezya, Tayland, Vietnam, Kenya, Myanmar ve Pakistan LPI ve EPI skorlarının düşük seviyede olması sebebiyle performans değerlendirmesinde en az başarılı ülkeler olmuştur.

Keywords

Kuşak Yol, TOPSIS, Entropi, LPI, EPI

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