Abstract
The process of implementing sustainable development started at the end of the 20th century with the aim to balance economic, social and environmental development and minimize damage to humans and the environment. Nowadays, when new economic problems emerge social interest groups lobby, environmental standards are raised, sustainable development becomes an integral part of democratic society and is a particularly relevant object of scientific investigations. Taking into consideration the aspect of sustainable development complex assessment, the research problem can be formulated as follows: how to assess sustainable development comprehensively? This research, according to statistical data analysis (Lithuania’s case), identifies multi-criteria method (SAW) as the best method of analyzing sustainable development from the approach of different dimensions (economic, social and environmental).
 According to the results of SAW method, it can be noted that when a country is improving economic indicators, environmental indicators usually decrease, which in turn determines the characteristics of the social dimension slight decrease.
Highlights
In the scientiÞc literature (Du Pisani, 2006; Kates, Parris, & Leiserowitz, 2005; Estes, 1993; Pearce, & Atkinson, 1998) authors often use the United Nations Environment and Development Commission’s presented deÞnition of sustainable development: sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the current period, without risk to future generations to meet them
In the world SAW method is popular, there are a lot of researches and foreign practices of the use of SAW method, so the frequency shows that the method is the best and most appropriate in sustainable development assessment
Analyzing the situation in Lithuania it was noted that the bad situation in the Þeld of sustainable development was in 2004-2006 and the economic crisis in 2009
Summary
In the scientiÞc literature (Du Pisani, 2006; Kates, Parris, & Leiserowitz, 2005; Estes, 1993; Pearce, & Atkinson, 1998) authors often use the United Nations Environment and Development Commission’s presented deÞnition of sustainable development: sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the current period, without risk to future generations to meet them. G. Engel (1990) gives a broader approach to sustainable development. Engel (1990) gives a broader approach to sustainable development They argue that sustainable development is a human activity that contributes to the development of the community on Earth. T. Odum (1994) provides another approach to sustainable development He argues that the real world is always changing. The process of normalization of sustainable development is unlikely to help because the situation both domestically and around the world is constantly changing, and it cannot be predicted precisely. In the article I used SAW method as one of the most frequently used methods in the social sciences
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