Table 9 Average weighted rank of the factors and aspects according to experts
Aspect Rank | Aspect | Priority of Factors | AWR |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Social | Public participation | 1 |
Maintenance of public openness in the decision-making process | 2 | ||
Residents’ living standards | 3 | ||
Social cohesion | 4 | ||
Supporting strategy for low-income residents when relocation is unavoidable | 5 | ||
Low-income residents are protected from the impact of gentrification | 6 | ||
Community of low-income residents should be retained | 7 | ||
Public and private initiatives | 8 | ||
Tourism and the host community | 9 | ||
2 | Cultural | Retain significant meaning and association with the community | 1 |
Enhance the sense of place and local culture | 2 | ||
Strengthening of indigenous cultural traditions and form | 3 | ||
Enhance identity and collective memory | 4 | ||
Conserving culture | 5 | ||
Cultural needs | 6 | ||
3 | Physical | Preservation of the historic built environment | 1 |
Heritage authenticity and interpretation | 2 | ||
Preservation of the urban pattern and issues of the historic city | 3 | ||
Preservation of the overall style and features of the conservation area | 4 | ||
Environmental enhancement | 5 | ||
Adaptation of the historic mixed-use environment to modern conditions | 6 | ||
Compatibility of older land uses with new land uses | 7 | ||
Spatial transformation of the historic built form | 8 | ||
Infrastructure improvement | 9 | ||
Buffer zone treatment | 10 | ||
4 | Economic | Economic viability of conservation | 1 |
The funding system | 2 | ||
Economic needs | 3 | ||
Financial support | 4 | ||
Taking advantage of private and public resources | 5 | ||
Consolidation of the urban economy | 6 | ||
Land value and taxes | 7 | ||
Special tourist interest | 8 | ||
5 | Continuity | Socio-cultural sustainability | 1 |
Economic sustainability | 2 | ||
Ecological sustainability | 3 | ||
Environmental continuity | 4 | ||
Political sustainability | 5 | ||
6 | Political | Planning process | 1 |
Developing a community and culture-led agenda | 2 | ||
Management of heritage sites | 3 | ||
Policy agendas | 4 | ||
Cooperation among stakeholders | 5 | ||
Incremental renovation | 6 | ||
Power structure | 7 | ||
Relocation of residents | 8 | ||
Generation and maintenance of political support | 9 | ||
Orientation of development | 10 |