A framework for prioritizing conservation strategies for neglected heritage sites using AHP: Case Study from Rosetta, Egypt

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Arch. Eng. Dept., Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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Historic buildings receive significant cultural and economic concern, encompassing challenges about their preservation, safeguarding, and adaptive reuse, alongside the imperative to enhance their technical and operational performance. They are frequently conceptualized as assets or resources within economic and cultural frameworks. Recent years have witnessed a substantial expansion in research and development focused on methodological strategies for intervening in historic building conservation. This contribution outlines a methodology for the integrated selection of conservation strategies, reconciling preservation mandates with technical-performance upgrades. The aim is to create a methodological tool designed to aid strategic decision-making for public and private stakeholders, fostering public-private partnerships. Given the need to use a multidisciplinary and multi-criteria approach, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been used; it facilitates the comparison of diverse conservation strategy alternatives against defined evaluation criteria to generate a quantifiable preference index. Consequently, this approach provides a rationally structured procedure to support decision-makers in identifying the most appropriate choice. The study concludes that the AHP analysis results can be used to prioritize the integrated heritage conservation elements that are most suitable for neglected areas in achieving their integrated heritage conservation goals.

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