A hybrid approach to supporting physical-change-based renewal projects selection decisions in high-density city: a case study of Chongqing
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 26 April 2022
Issue publication date: 15 August 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The aims of this paper is to establish an appropriate physical-change-based renewal (PCBR) projects selection mechanism capable of selecting the combination of the PCBR projects that can make up an integrated urban renewal program in high-density cities.
Design/methodology/approach
The research design follows a sequential integrated methodology that combines the calculation algorithms of Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (Fuzzy-ANP) with Zero-One Goal Programming (ZOGP) to support decisions for the selection of PCBR projects. In the first phase, general criteria for assessing the sustainability performance of PCBR projects were collected from relevant literature. In the second phase, the Fuzzy-ANP was used to identify the priority weights of the candidate projects through clarifying the interdependent degree between the criteria and candidate projects. Finally, ZOGP method was selected as a predetermined number of PCBR projects among candidate projects.
Findings
The feasibility and effectiveness of this hybrid approach is then verified in a case study of Yuzhong District, Chongqing in China. The results of this study indicate that the integrated method is capable of directing the decision maker toward the best compromising solution of PCBR program that can achieve the maximization of sustainable benefits and allocate limited resources most efficiently.
Originality/value
The novelty of this paper consists in combining the algorithms of the Fuzzy-ANP method with those of the ZOGP model that serves as an effective analysis tool to address practical decision problems. This is the first hybrid algorithms to make PCBR projects selection decision that reach the maximization of the sustainable benefits, both in economic and socio-environmental terms.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: The authors wish to express their sincere gratitude to the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 721010370), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2019CDJSK03PY07; 2021CDJSKPT03), the MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (No. 21XJC630017), and the Chongqing Social Science Planning Program (No. 2021NDQN42) for funding this research project.
Citation
Chen, Y., Zhuang, T. and Liu, G. (2023), "A hybrid approach to supporting physical-change-based renewal projects selection decisions in high-density city: a case study of Chongqing", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 30 No. 7, pp. 2879-2903. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-01-2022-0028
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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