Evaluating the changes in economic and social development of Lithuanian counties by multiple criteria methods

Abstract Under the conditions of the country's economy restructurization, the differences between economic and social development of various regions are becoming more prominent. To smooth these differences, a number of scientific and practical problems associated with the concepts of a region, regional policy and its aims, determination of the boundaries of a region and evaluation of its development, etc., should be thoroughly investigated. To solve such complicated problems, multicriteria evaluation methods have been recently used, which could take into consideration the major aspects of economic and social development of the regions, including the environmental problems, as well as multidimensional character of the criteria, different directions of their changing and significances. Quantitative evaluation of social and economic region's development allows us to determine the changes, taking place in this development. This, in turn, shows the effectiveness of the EU structural funds, national programmes ...

[1]  C. Hwang.  Multiple Objective Decision Making - Methods and Applications: A State-of-the-Art Survey , 1979 .

[2]  T. Saaty,et al.  The Analytic Hierarchy Process , 1985 .

[3]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Complex evaluation of the use of information technologies in the countries of eastern and central Europe , 2004 .

[4]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF LITHUANIAN REGIONS , 2004 .

[5]  Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng,et al.  Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS , 2004, Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[6]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Working out a rational model of Lithuanian construction industry development , 2005 .

[7]  Matthias Ehrgott,et al.  Multiple criteria decision analysis: state of the art surveys , 2005 .

[8]  V. Podvezko,et al.  THE COMPLEX EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BALTIC STATES AND POLAND , 2006 .

[9]  E. Zavadskas,et al.  Application of a quantitative multiple criteria decision making (MCDM-1) approach to the analysis of investments in construction , 2007 .

[10]  Marius Jakimavičius,et al.  Automobile transport system analysis and ranking in Lithuanian administrative regions , 2007 .

[11]  N. Lepkova,et al.  A comparative analysis on housing policies in Turkey and Lithuania , 2007 .

[12]  G. Almonacid,et al.  Regional energy planning through SWOT analysis and strategic planning tools.: Impact on renewables development , 2007 .

[13]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Complex assessment of sustainable development of state regions with emphasis on ecological and dwelling conditions , 2007 .

[14]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Quantitative evaluation of building technology , 2007, Int. J. Technol. Manag..

[15]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  A multiple criteria decision support on-line system for construction , 2007, Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell..

[16]  Romualdas Ginevičius.  Hierarchical Structuring of Processes and Phenomena , 2007 .

[17]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Some problems of evaluating multicriteria decision methods , 2007 .

[18]  E. Zavadskas,et al.  Evaluating the sustainability of vilnius city residential areas , 2007 .

[19]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Determining the level of agreement of expert estimates , 2007 .

[20]  Jen-Jia Lin,et al.  A grey programming model for regional transit-oriented development planning , 2008 .

[21]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Multicriteria graphical‐analytical evaluation of the financial state of construction enterprises , 2008 .

[22]  Aleksandras Vytautas Rutkauskas,et al.  On the sustainability of regional competitiveness development considering risk , 2008 .

[23]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Evaluating the alternative solutions of wall insulation by multicriteria methods , 2008 .

[24]  D. Grundey,et al.  Managing sustainable tourism in Lithuania: Dream or reality? , 2008 .

[25]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Contractor selection of construction in a competitive environment , 2008 .

[26]  Paulius Kavaliauskas,et al.  A concept of sustainable development for regional land use planning: Lithuanian experience , 2008 .

[27]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  SELECTION OF THE EFFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE WALLS BY APPLYING ATTRIBUTES VALUES DETERMINED AT INTERVALS , 2008 .

[28]  S. Urbonavičius,et al.  Regional FDI Growth in Lithuania, 1996-2003 , 2008 .

[29]  Kwai-Sang Chin,et al.  A data envelopment analysis method with assurance region for weight generation in the analytic hierarchy process , 2008, Decis. Support Syst..

[30]  E. Zavadskas,et al.  Multi‐objective contractor's ranking by applying the Moora method , 2008 .

[31]  Romualdas Ginevičius,et al.  Daugiakriterinio vertinimo būdų suderinamumas , 2008 .

[32]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Evaluating the life cycle of a building: A multivariant and multiple criteria approach , 2008 .

[33]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Evaluating the effect of state aid to business by multicriteria methods , 2008 .

[34]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Sudėtingų dydžių kompleksinis vertinimas , 2008 .

[35]  Stasys Paulauskas,et al.  The virtualics and strategic self‐management as tools for sustainable development , 2008 .

[36]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Multi‐objective decision‐making for road design , 2008 .

[37]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  Housing in the context of economic and social development of Lithuanian regions , 2008 .

[38]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  MULTICRITERIA EVALUATION OF LITHUANIAN BANKS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR RELIABILITY FOR CLIENTS , 2008 .

[39]  Valentinas Podvezko,et al.  A Feasibility Study of Multicriteria Methods’ Application to Quantitative Evaluation of Social Phenomena , 2008 .

[40]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Multi-objective optimization in location theory, with a simulation for a department store , 2008 .

[41]  D. Grundey,et al.  EditorialApplying sustainability principles in the economy , 2008 .

[42]  Romualdas Ginevičius,et al.  Normalization of quantities of various dimensions , 2008 .

[43]  Marija Burinskiene,et al.  Future insights, scenarios and expert method application in sustainable territorial planning , 2009 .

[44]  Jonas Jakaitis,et al.  Aspects of the national urban policy management under conditions of integrated planning , 2009 .

[45]  Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas,et al.  Conceptual modelling of sustainable Vilnius development , 2009 .

[46]  E. Zavadskas,et al.  Multi-criteria Optimization System for Decision Making in Construction Design and Management , 2009 .

[47]  Vytautas Snieška,et al.  Measurement of Lithuanian Regions by Regional Competitiveness Index , 2009 .