Decision making and cultural heritage: An application of the Multi-Attribute Value Theory for the reuse of historical buildings

Аннотация

TheobjectiveofthestudyistoinvestigatetheuseoftheMulti-AttributeValueTheory(MAVT)indecisionproblemsrelatedtoculturalheritage.MAVTisaparticularMulticriteriaAnalysistech-niqueanditcanbeusedtoaddressproblemsthatinvolveafiniteanddiscretesetofalternativeactionsthathavetobeevaluatedonthebasisofconflictingobjectives.Foranygivenobjective,oneormoredifferentattributesorcriteria,areusedtomeasuretheperformanceinrelationtothatobjective.Inthisresearch,MAVThasbeenappliedtoareal-worldproblemwhereadecisionhastobetakenaboutthereuseofasetofindustrialhistoricalbuildingslocatedinthemetropolitanareaofTurin(Italy).Particularly,thepresentstudyleadsthechoiceofthebestperform-ingbuildingtobereusedfortouristicpurposes.Inparticular,sevenbuildingsarecomparedonthebasisofdifferentattributes,namelyqualityofthecontext,presenceofeconomicactivities,flexibilityofthebuilding,pedestrianaccessibilityandconservationlevel.Theresearchalsoexplorestheadoptionofadecisionsupportprocess,whichmakesuseofapanelofexpertsfortheimplementationoftheevaluationmodel.