Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Port Regions: MCDM Approach in Composite Index Creation

Maritime transport and ports are among the most important linkages between global economies, handling more than 90% of internationally traded goods. Economic importance maritime imposes significant implications on social environmental performance port regions. The paper aims to create composite indices as relevant, scientific-based tools used in comparing monitoring various aspects sustainability across 37 sea regions seven countries European side Mediterranean, covering a five-year period from 2014 2018. model encompasses Eurostat OECD annual NUTS2 level data economic, dimensions sustainability. Two indicators activity, freight passengers, included within group economic indicators. To indices, multicriteria decision making (MCDM) framework was an integrated approach entropy weighting segment, Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment Evaluations (PROMETHEE) aggregation method. results highlight GDP per capita population density greatest relative when it comes ranking indicate that, despite fact that Attica is best ranked region terms overall sustainability, largest number top rated Italy, Spain France.