TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of ahp for the weighting of sustainable development indicators at the subnational level
AU - Londoño-Pineda, Abraham
AU - Cano, Jose Alejandro
AU - Gómez-Montoya, Rodrigo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article presents an indicator weighting method for constructing composite indices to assess sustainable development at the subnational level. The study uses an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is considered relevant, since it establishes links between the indicators that make up the different sustainable development goals (SDG). For this purpose, 28 indicators defined by experts constitute the base to evaluate the progress towards sustainable development of the Aburrá Valley region, located in Antioquia, Colombia. The results show that health, employment, and education indicators obtained higher weights, while environmental indicators received the most reduced weights. Likewise, the model proves to be consistent using a consistency ratio, which generates the possibility of replicating this model at different subnational levels. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
AB - This article presents an indicator weighting method for constructing composite indices to assess sustainable development at the subnational level. The study uses an analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is considered relevant, since it establishes links between the indicators that make up the different sustainable development goals (SDG). For this purpose, 28 indicators defined by experts constitute the base to evaluate the progress towards sustainable development of the Aburrá Valley region, located in Antioquia, Colombia. The results show that health, employment, and education indicators obtained higher weights, while environmental indicators received the most reduced weights. Likewise, the model proves to be consistent using a consistency ratio, which generates the possibility of replicating this model at different subnational levels. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
KW - AHP
KW - Analytic hierarchy process
KW - Indicator weighting
KW - Inter-thematic frameworks
KW - SDGs
KW - Sustainable development goals
UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/9/4/169
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119052131&doi=10.3390%2feconomies9040169&origin=inward&txGid=17acf63e1439096821f4433a1ebf459b
U2 - 10.3390/economies9040169
DO - 10.3390/economies9040169
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85119052131
SN - 2227-7099
VL - 9
JO - Economies
JF - Economies
IS - 4
M1 - 169
ER -