Evaluation of mine ecological environment based on fuzzy hierarchical analysis and grey relational degree

• Published in: Environmental research 2024-09, Vol.257, p.119370, Article 119370
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yiming, Shang, Kejian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ecological environment; Evaluation model construction; Fuzzy hierarchical analysis; Gray correlation
• ISSN: 0013-9351; 1096-0953; 1096-0953
• DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119370

In order to improve the level of mine ecological environment management and restoration, and to improve and enhance the overall environmental quality of mines. This study takes coal mine as the perspective, and constructs evaluation indexes in two steps, i.e., social network analysis method and relevant policy documents are combined to construct evaluation indexes. The indicator system contains 5 first-level indicators and 23 s-level indicators, and the triangular fuzzy number hierarchical analysis method is introduced to determine the comprehensive weight of each evaluation indicator, which overcomes the inadequacy of the objective empowerment method or the subjective empowerment method of single empowerment. The grey correlation analysis theory is used to establish a grey correlation evaluation model of mine ecological environment, which is applied to the evaluation of ecological environmental protection level of four coal mines in a province of China, making full use of the information of each index for quantitative evaluation, and finally obtaining the evaluated value of ecological environmental protection level of each coal mine. It is demonstrated that the evaluation model can make scientific and effective evaluation of the level of ecological environmental protection in mines. The study concludes that coal mines should pay attention to improving the comprehensive utilization rate of coal gangue in the next mine ecological environment management and restoration, and at the same time, reduce the ton of coal power consumption, ton of coal water consumption, and Increase in vegetation cover. This study provides a useful evaluation method for ecological environment management in mining areas, which is helpful to improve the quality of ecological management in mining areas. •Green mine construction has a positive effect on reducing carbon emission.•Fuzzy analytic hierarchy Process overcomes subjective influence.•The influencing factors of green and low-carbon construction of mine are discussed.•The grey relational degree analysis model is adopted.