@ARTICLE{Oleniacz_Grzegorz_Decision-making_2019, author={Oleniacz, Grzegorz and Skrzypczak, Izabela and Leń, Przemysław}, volume={No 43}, pages={144-150}, journal={Journal of Water and Land Development}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute}, abstract={Poland is characterized by a number of factors which adversely affect the agricultural economy, so this paper will aim to present the possibilities of using multi-criteria decision-making methods of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in the analysis of the spatial structure of rural areas. AHP is a widely used tool for making complex decisions based on a large number of criteria, such as, for example, land consolidation works on fragmented agricultural land. The first step is to formulate the decision-making process, then the assessment criteria and the solution variants guided by expert knowledge are determined. A ranking, according to which the order of land consolidation and land exchange works in the studied area should be determined, will be defined by using decision-making models of the AHP method. The basis for calculations will be the weights received for the factors/parameters defined for the five thematic groups. Calculations for individual villages will bemade, and then the obtained results will allow creating a ranking for the studied commune, allowing for the effective (in terms of economic and socio-economic) spending of funds for this purpose. The presented method can be successfully used to conduct analogous analyses for any area.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Decision-making models using the Analytical Hierarchy Process in the urgency of land consolidation works}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/114837/PDF-MASTER/Oleniacz%20i%20in%20540.pdf}, keywords={AHP method, decision-making process, land consolidation works, ranking of urgency}, }