Determination of Expected Benefits from Urban Transformation Projects Using AHP-BWM Method

In this study, a model consisting of structural (S), environmental (E) and socio-cultural (S) main dimensions and their sub-criteria has been proposed to assist in multi-criteria selection and ranking decisions of the benefits expected from urban transformation projects. The importance levels of the 3 dimensions and 17 sub- criteria in this model were evaluated and analyzed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Best-Worst Model (BWM), which are among the MCDM methods. According to the results based on the opinions of 13 experts, structural features are the most important dimension in both AHP and BWM methods, followed by environmental features and socio-cultural features. The most important crateria is "taking disaster risks into account" for AHP method and "the design and landscaping of open spaces" for BWM method. The findings of the study make a significant contribution to the literature by defining 3 dimensions and 17 sub-criteria to be used to determine the benefits expected from urban transformation projects and by determining the importance weights for each dimension and criterion with two different methods. It is clear that more explanatory studies are needed to expand the general framework established in this study. In this study, the basic dimensions and criteria and their weights are based on expert opinions presented in the Turkish context. The benefits expected from urban transformation projects have different priorities for each country/city, it would be useful to conduct new studies in the context of countries and cities using expert groups from other countries to provide different perspectives.

Journal

PLANLAMA-PLANNING

Year

2025

Volume

35

Issue

1

Pages

155-170

ISSN

1300-7319

DOI

10.14744/planlama.2025.57983

WoS UID

WOS:001443008500010