Modules | Types | Evaluation criteria | Description | Standard metrics | Nature |
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Spatial planning | Prescriptive criteria | Land use | Whether use and scale of the land use meets the requirements of land use control and design | — | — |
Relationship with spatial development | Whether the siting is in line with the future development goals of urban and rural space, whether there is a security risk | — | — | ||
Instructive criteria | Public impacta | The degree to which the facilities affect the physical and psychological health of the surrounding residents and the value of real estate | Evaluated by a Likert Scale with 1–5 points | Qualitative criterion | |
Land size | Whether the site has room for future development | Site land area (units: square meters) | Quantitative criterion | ||
Industrial impact | The adverse effects of facilities on surrounding industries | Evaluated by a Likert Scale with 1–5 points | Qualitative criterion | ||
Landscape impact | The adverse effects of the facility on the surrounding landscape | Evaluated by a Likert Scale with 1–5 points | Qualitative criterion | ||
Environmental protection | Prescriptive criteria | Ecological environment sensitivity | Whether consistent with the regulatory requirements for natural, ecological and environmentally sensitive areas | — | — |
Instructive criteria | Atmospheric environmental impacts | Evaluation the extent of the impact on local air pollution levels | Value added of atmospheric environmental pollution (in ppm) | Quantitative criterion | |
Noises | Assess the extent of the impact on local noise | Value added (in decibels) based on background noise level | Quantification criteria | ||
Construction-operations | Prescriptive criteria | Terrain | Whether the site meets terrain-defining conditions | — | — |
Geology | Whether the site meets the conditions stipulated in engineering geology | — | — | ||
Instructive criteria | Land costs | Land costs required for construction, including sites and supporting land (e.g. road acquisition) | Land collection fees, including demolition compensation costs (units: 10,000 CNY) | Quantitative criterion | |
Construction investment | Incinerator construction costs | Includes site levelling, facilities and engineering construction costs (units: 10,000 CNY) | Quantitative criterion | ||
Infrastructure support | The costs associated with the supporting of infrastructure such as water, electricity and roads | Distance from site to water, electricity and road infrastructure (in meters) | Quantitative criterion | ||
Shipping costsb | The transportation cost of domestic waste to the incinerator for disposal, and of residues to landfills after incineration | Distance between incinerator and landfill (in meters) | Quantitative criterion | ||
Running costs | The cost of management, operation, etc | Including waste incineration treatment, equipment maintenance, daily management costs (single: 10,000 CNY) | Quantitative criterion | ||
Socio- psychology | Instructive criteria | Public perception | Public opposition around the facility is under pressure | Evaluated by a Likert Scale with 1–5 points | Qualitative criterion |