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Article

New Frontiers in Determining Criteria and Strategies in Rural Area Sustainable Development in Serbia: Fuzzy AHP Approach

by
Maja Mladenović
1,
Dušan J. Simjanović
2,
Branislav M. Ranđelović
3,4,*,
Sanja Dobričanin
1,
Nemanja Zdravković
2 and
Dragan Đokić
2
1
Faculty of Economics, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kolašinska 156, 38220 Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
2
Faculty of Information Technology, Belgrade Metropolitan University, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
3
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Niš, A.Medvedeva 4, 18000 Niš, Serbia
4
Faculty of Teachers Education, University of Kosovska Mitrovica, 38218 Leposavic, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
World 2025, 6(4), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/world6040141
Submission received: 29 July 2025 / Revised: 19 September 2025 / Accepted: 14 October 2025 / Published: 15 October 2025
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Abstract

Rural area sustainable development represents one of the main aspects of prosperity, enabling countries to strengthen their economy, improve living conditions, and create new opportunities for growth. Different criteria from the areas of economic sustainability, infrastructure and access to services, community participation and resource management, geographical location, and social sustainability were determined, and three appropriate multi-criteria decision-making methods were applied; the most significant sub-criteria for rural area development were diversification of the economy, connection with urban areas, and innovations in agriculture and tourism. Also, rankings of sub-criteria were performed, and the similarity of the rankings was checked, making the fuzzy AHP algorithms suitable for estimating the influence of factors on rural areas development. Based on the results obtained, some strategies of underdeveloped area economic growth and sustainable development were presented.
Keywords: rural areas; economy; economics; economic development; sustainable development; Serbia; management; Fuzzy AHP; triangular fuzzy number; spherical fuzzy set rural areas; economy; economics; economic development; sustainable development; Serbia; management; Fuzzy AHP; triangular fuzzy number; spherical fuzzy set

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Mladenović, M.; Simjanović, D.J.; Ranđelović, B.M.; Dobričanin, S.; Zdravković, N.; Đokić, D. New Frontiers in Determining Criteria and Strategies in Rural Area Sustainable Development in Serbia: Fuzzy AHP Approach. World 2025, 6, 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6040141

AMA Style

Mladenović M, Simjanović DJ, Ranđelović BM, Dobričanin S, Zdravković N, Đokić D. New Frontiers in Determining Criteria and Strategies in Rural Area Sustainable Development in Serbia: Fuzzy AHP Approach. World. 2025; 6(4):141. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6040141

Chicago/Turabian Style

Mladenović, Maja, Dušan J. Simjanović, Branislav M. Ranđelović, Sanja Dobričanin, Nemanja Zdravković, and Dragan Đokić. 2025. "New Frontiers in Determining Criteria and Strategies in Rural Area Sustainable Development in Serbia: Fuzzy AHP Approach" World 6, no. 4: 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6040141

APA Style

Mladenović, M., Simjanović, D. J., Ranđelović, B. M., Dobričanin, S., Zdravković, N., & Đokić, D. (2025). New Frontiers in Determining Criteria and Strategies in Rural Area Sustainable Development in Serbia: Fuzzy AHP Approach. World, 6(4), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/world6040141

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