Abstract

LEYVA LOPEZ, Juan Carlos; GASTELUM CHAVIRA, Diego Alonso  and  LOPEZ PORTILLO TOSTADO, Carlos. A Real Case Study on Municipal Socio-Demographic Comparison of the Sinaloa State, Mexico, Based on a Multicriteria Approach. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.2, pp.533-577. ISSN 1405-1079.

This paper presents a real case study dealing with the comparison of municipal socio-demographical situations. It presents the problem situation and an appropriate problem formulation. Moreover, a detailed version of the multicriteria evaluation model is presented in the paper. The model consists of a complex hierarchy of evaluation models enabling us to take into account the multiple dimensions involved in the evaluation. The set of alternatives to be considered in the evaluation model is represented by such different municipalities of the Sinaloa State, México. The problem statement is a relative socio-demographical comparison of such municipalities under a ranking purpose, from data of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing.

Keywords : socio-demographic comparison; multicriteria decision analysis; regional development; composite indicators; Sinaloa; public policie.

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