D&C technique as an MCDM tool for managing the heritage value assessment of historic buildings in post-war cities: Mosul Old City as a case study
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development
ISSN: 2044-1266
Article publication date: 13 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The value assessment process of the built heritage is a multipart procedure that includes diverse aspects with overlapping requirements. This process requires various measures to obtain better results, making it a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) process. In post-disaster cases, a management system is required to promptly evaluate the degree of risk and damage and to set the preservation priorities in order to effectively supervise and protect the heritage places. MCDM is utilized for configuring and solving decision and planning problems encompassing multiple criteria, to assist decision-makers.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper suggests an approach as a tool to be used in the development of the Built Heritage Record for Mosul Old City. It proposes a D&C technique as an MCDM effectual tool for solving multifaceted problems of heritage significance assessment process in post-conflict cities, adopting the conservation of the traditional houses of Mosul Old City as a case study.
Findings
The research results showed the need for a method to solve the complexity of the decision-making problem regarding the process of determining the value and significance of heritage buildings and sites in the old city of Mosul, and how to develop a methodology to facilitate decision-making within databases related to such a multi-criteria issue.
Research limitations/implications
For an effective judgment of the expert or participant in the evaluation process, and to contribute to the decision-making more objectively, exploiting digital management programs including an interactive user interface with the ability to share on the Internet is the focal next intention of the project.
Originality/value
The paper shows that by using specific software, a database for heritage places of the old city of Mosul could be generated to apply the proposed system. The expert can utilize the software to calculate and define the total value of the place automatically according to the entered data.
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Acknowledgements
This research was facilitated by the project “Reviving Mosul and Basra Old Cities” in 2020, supervised by the UNESCO, which aimed to study criteria for evaluating the significance of heritage in Mosul Old City. The author also thanks the discussion and recording researches committee in the Department of Architecture in the seminar held in the Faculty of Engineering – University of Mosul, for their constructive comments and recommendations to enhance the scientific quantity of this research.
Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Citation
Ismaeel, E.H. (2023), "D&C technique as an MCDM tool for managing the heritage value assessment of historic buildings in post-war cities: Mosul Old City as a case study", Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-03-2022-0042
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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