USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) METHOD IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) METHOD IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP) METHOD IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Authors : Tülay Cengiz, Hayran Çelem

Pages : 144-153

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Publication Date : 2011-03-19

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Rural development is a body of economical and social policies towards improving living conditions in rural areas through enabling rural population to utilize economical, social, cultural and technological blessing of city life in place, without migrating. As it is understood from this description, rural development is a very broad concept. Therefore, in development efforts problem should be stated clearly, analyzed and many criterias should be evaluated by experts. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method can be utilized at there stages of development efforts. AHP methods is one of multi-criteria decision method. After degrading a problem in smaller pieces, relative importance and level of importance of two compared elements are determined. It allows evaluation of quality and quantity factors. At the same time, it permits utilization of ideas of many experts and use them in decision process. Because mentioned features of AHP method, it could be used in rural development works. In this article, cultural factors, one of the important components of rural development is often ignored in many studies, were evaluated as an example. As a result of these applications and evaluations, it is concluded that AHP method could be helpful in rural development efforts.
Keywords : Kırsal Kalkınma, Analitik Hiyerarsi Süreci (AHS)

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