%0 Journal Article
%@ 17433541
%A Abdullah Zawawi, N.A.W.
%A Abdullah, A.
%C New Forest
%D 2011
%F scholars:2305
%I WITPress
%J WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
%K analytical hierarchy process; cultural heritage; heritage conservation; multicriteria analysis; preference behavior; protected area; stakeholder; sustainability, Kuala Lumpur West Malaysia; Malaysia; West Malaysia
%P 675-686
%R 10.2495/SDP110561
%T Evaluating stakeholders preferences: Reconciling heritage and sustainability
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/2305/
%V 150
%X The subsistence of traditional shophouse is threatened by demolition, unsympathetic changes and rapid redevelopment pace. Most often, the decisions pertaining to redevelopment of this built heritage are based on guidelines unrepresentative of the multi-cultural society in Malaysia. Involvement of direct stakeholders, namely owners and tenants, are minimal in the decision process. This paper provides an objective evaluation for the traditional shophouse redevelopment, incorporating multiple stakeholders' preferences. It focuses on exploring conflicts and values of the stakeholders using Multiple Criteria Analysis, or MCA technique. Using a common MCA technique, the Analytical Hierarchy Process, or AHP, stakeholders' preferences on a set of criteria for redevelopment decision are derived and compared. It is found that stakeholders' preferences are dissimilar even within their homogenous groups. This study contributes to discovering the potential of MCA to increase transparency in redevelopment decisions involving built heritage and multiple stakeholders. © 2011 WIT Press.
%Z cited By 1; Conference of 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, SDP 2011 ; Conference Date: 12 July 2011 Through 14 July 2011; Conference Code:92385