Constructing an Evaluation Index System of a Contemporary Green Community Based on Spatial Justice

Abstract

The green community is an important microeconomic sector for the ecological civilization. It is the basic component of China and an important incubation space for green development methods and lifestyle. Spatial justice theory is guided by historical materialism, and is the spatialization of social justice, which regards space as a “physical-spiritual-social” complex, and is similar to the idea of ecological civilization, which pursues the harmonious symbiosis of “people-nature-society”. Therefore, it is more appropriate to take spatial justice theory as the theoretical basis for green community evaluation. The existing green community evaluation system at home and abroad focuses on green buildings and ecological landscapes, paying less attention to the evaluation of the humanistic spirit and social governance dimensions. Thus, this study evaluates the contemporary Chinese green community evaluation using 4 guidelines, 16 program indicators, and multiple observation indices of the three dimensions (i.e., people, nature, and society), that is, the evaluation system of multiple observation indicators. Furthermore, this study uses the analytic hierarchy process to quantify the indicators, determine the weights, make a classification, provide a relatively feasible method for the green community evaluation indicators, and regulate the construction of green communities from the perspective of total spatialism.