An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach for Prioritisation of Strategic Objectives of Sustainable Development

Sustainability

GabrielaC. Stănciulescu¹  ZsuzsannaKatalin Szabo²  Dalma Szabo³  Zsombor Szádoczki⁴  Sándor Bozóki⁴ 

[1] Faculty of Business and Tourism, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 010374 Bucharest, Romania;Faculty of Economics and Law, “George Emil Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu-Mures, 540566 Tîrgu Mureș, Romania;Freelance Marketer, 90408 Nürnberg, Germany;Research Group of Operations Research and Decision Systems, Research Laboratory on Engineering and Management Intelligence, Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI), Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), 1111 Budapest, Hungary;

关键词: sustainable development;    indicators;    multi-criteria decision making;    analytic hierarchy process;    PriEsT;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13042254

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sustainability is one of the world’s fundamental objectives, and a wide variety of information types, parameters, and uncertainties need to be appraised and managed to assess it. In the present paper, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is used to prioritise the criteria of sustainable development based on regularly published indicators. In line with most approaches in the literature, the main criteria are Economy, Society and Environment. Complex criteria are decomposed into subcriteria until the performance with respect to them can be measured directly. Weights of importance are calculated by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), in decision support system PriEsT. The model is flexible to both the modification of criteria and re-weighting, and the PriEsT file is supplemented to the paper. Moreover, the results can also be applied in decisions on resource allocation. The proposed methodology has the potential of resulting in a new composite index to measure, compare or rank countries and regions regarding sustainable development or one of its subcriteria, as well as to track, year by year, the improvements or the impact of the policies introduced.

【 授权许可】

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