A Solution-Extracted System for Facilitating the Governance of Urban Problems: A Case Study of Wuhan

Yong Wang, Wei Chen, Xuteng Lu () and Hang Yan
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Yong Wang: Construction Seventh Engineering Division Corp. Ltd., Guangzhou 510080, China
Wei Chen: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Xuteng Lu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Hang Yan: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: Recently, rapid urbanization around the world has spawned several urban problems. Although a large amount of experience has been accumulated throughout the process of global urban problem governance, the knowledge has not been optimally utilized. Furthermore, there is a dearth of mechanisms with which to distill and employ past experiences in addressing emerging urban problems. Consequently, in this study, based on the CBR method, we establish a mechanism called the Solution-Extracted System of Urban Problem Governance (SESUPG), aiming to find solutions to the diverse array of existing urban problems from previous experience. The main steps for obtaining a suitable solution for a specific urban problem in a target city through the SESUPG are as follows: (1) Calculate the similarity to retrieve the most similar cities. (2) Extract the possible solution through similar cities. (3) Case–solution modification before solution adoption. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism, the air pollution problem in Wuhan, China, was tested to verify the effectiveness of the SESUPG as a case study. As a result, four policy recommendations were extracted by the SESUPG, and all of them proved to be effective in mitigating air pollution problems in Wuhan. The system proposed in this study can aid decision makers in the selection of strategies and solutions when addressing urbanization issues and guiding the process of mining effective experience for the promotion of urban governance levels.

Keywords: urban problems; case-based reasoning; decision-making system; Solution-Extracted System of Urban Problem Governance (SESUPG) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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