Multicriteria Sustainability Evaluation of Urban Heritage: An Integrative Model Applied to the Casbah of Algiers
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https://doi.org/10.31522/p.34.1(71).2Keywords:
AHP-ANP, Casbah of Algiers, multicriteria evaluation, sustainability, urban heritageAbstract
Assessing urban heritage in historic cities remains challenging where building decay, urban pressure and difficult-to-regulate tourism dynamics intersect. Monetary approaches reflect market benefits but inadequately account for non-market values, conservation limits, and the complexity of inhabited historic fabric. This paper operationalises a sustainability-based multicriteria decision-support framework, integrating economic dimensions, for the tourist route of the Casbah of Algiers. The model is formalised as a reproducible protocol integrating five dimensions: heritage, environmental (urban), social, economic and institutional, weighted through structured questionnaires administered to ten (10) qualified experts in economics, sociology, environment, heritage, and administrative management. A hierarchical structuring (AHP) is complemented by a network-based modelling of interdependencies (ANP), implemented in SuperDecisions. The results generate weights, final priorities and a limit matrix, supporting a structured interpretation of vulnerabilities and value patterns at the route scale.
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