Rural development decision support using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Factors affecting rural development in turkey: Bartın case study

“…A number of studies show the importance of natural resources and environmental dimensions of rural development (Ashley and Maxwell, 2001;Farrington and Lomax, 2001;Mikos, 2001;Ellis and Biggs, 2001;Sanderson, 2005;Courtney et al, 2006;Lise, 2007;Narain et al, 2008), as well as economical dimensions (Rizov, 2005). Also, research has been performed in various countries using sociodemographic variables, social interactions, social ties, economic, educational, infrastructural and environmental data for rural development (Brenmand and Luloff, 2007;Tilt et al, 2007;Oddershede et al, 2007). On the other hand, in the context of rural development, a new approach named as Sustainable Livelihoods Approach based on human, social, natural, physical and financial capital has been developed (Cochrane, 2007).…”

A review of applications of Analytic Hierarchy Process in operations management

“…Oddershede et al (2007) Identify the sector (tourism, fishing, agricultural, industrial and commercial activities) that would contribute the most to rural development.…”

Multi-criteria multi-facility location in Niwai block, Rajasthan

“…The analytic hierarchy process has been used in a variety of applications including facility location problems that involve multiple criteria (Badri, 1999;Chuang, 2001;Oddershede et al, 2007;Yang & Lee, 1997), which suggest that it is a valid technique to tackle the current problem. However, the AHP was found to be among the least used of 30 scientific methods that were considered in a survey (Munro & Mingers, 2002).…”