THE APPLICATION OF THE PROMETHEE METHOD IN EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELECTED CITIES IN POLAND

Abstract

The priority objective of the article is the valuation of the selected Polish cities in the light of the sustainable development indicators, which have been developed by Central Statistical Offi ce of Poland. Several dozens of indicators have been included in the study, which are grouped according to the four domains: social, economic, environmental, and institutional-political. It is worth mentioning, that the selected multicriteria decision aid method was used (the PROMETHEE method). The multicriteria analysis enabled to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of cities in the light of the idea of sustainable development. Moreover, the research has shown that the selected method is useful in solving the issues of contemporary urbanism.