Environmental impact assessment of shipping construction based on the FCE method

In comparison with highway and railway construction, shipping construction's concepts such as ecological and green construction and environmental protection are still in their infancy. In this paper, shipping construction' environmental impact assessment index system is presented. By introducing the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the weight, this paper utilizes the Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation (FCE) method to conduct the comprehensive evaluation, with the 1st-phase of Xiangxi Autonomous prefecture shipping construction project in Hunan Province as the case study. The case results demonstrate that the impact of shipping construction is slightly negative on the overall environment. The research results can support theoretical guidance for the reasonable design, green construction, and environmental protection of shipping construction. In addition, they can provide auxiliary information and scientific basis for the development of the project of environmental management and economic development planning along the route.