Cover Image

A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists

Waterfront revitalization would be an effective strategy to preserve heritages, conserve the contaminated or abandoned site and inspire the identity and authenticity. However, there is no decision support tool to quantify and evaluate the sustainability accreditation of waterfronts in tourism attrac...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keyvanfar, Ali, Shafaghat, Arezou, Mohamad, Sapura, Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu, Ahmad, Hamidah, Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah, Khorami, Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018
Subjects:
NA Architecture
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/1/ArezouShafaghat2018_ASustainableHistoricWaterfrontRevitalization.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10020215
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.utm.86240
record_format eprints
spelling my.utm.862402020-08-31T13:54:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/ A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists Keyvanfar, Ali Shafaghat, Arezou Mohamad, Sapura Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu Ahmad, Hamidah Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah Khorami, Majid NA Architecture Waterfront revitalization would be an effective strategy to preserve heritages, conserve the contaminated or abandoned site and inspire the identity and authenticity. However, there is no decision support tool to quantify and evaluate the sustainability accreditation of waterfronts in tourism attraction. This research aimed to identify the most potential waterfront typology in tourism attraction and develop the waterfront sustainable revitalization (SWR) index assessment model. The SWR index can assist policy makers and urban developers to analyze the heritage waterfronts using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The research found out the historic waterfront has the highest potential in tourism attraction among other typologies. And, pollution moderator is mostly important sub-criterion in tourism absorption (WC2.2 = 0.1294); followed by Identity (WC1.2 = 0.1272) and Safety and well-being (WC1.3 = 0.1043). The SWR index can be applied in any waterfronts in heritage cities around the world, while this research implemented it as a case study in Bandar Maharani, Muar, Malaysia. It resulted Bandar Maharani was ranked as grade C; means, usable waterfront to which extent environmental, social and physical revitalization are needed. The SWR index can be coupled with other decision-making methods in future, to reduce its inconsistencies and increasing accuracy. MDPI AG 2018-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/1/ArezouShafaghat2018_ASustainableHistoricWaterfrontRevitalization.pdf Keyvanfar, Ali and Shafaghat, Arezou and Mohamad, Sapura and Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu and Ahmad, Hamidah and Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah and Khorami, Majid (2018) A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists. Sustainability (Switzerland), 10 (2). p. 215. ISSN 2071-1050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10020215
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
building UTM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
content_source UTM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.utm.my/
language English
topic NA Architecture
spellingShingle NA Architecture
Keyvanfar, Ali
Shafaghat, Arezou
Mohamad, Sapura
Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu
Ahmad, Hamidah
Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah
Khorami, Majid
A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
description Waterfront revitalization would be an effective strategy to preserve heritages, conserve the contaminated or abandoned site and inspire the identity and authenticity. However, there is no decision support tool to quantify and evaluate the sustainability accreditation of waterfronts in tourism attraction. This research aimed to identify the most potential waterfront typology in tourism attraction and develop the waterfront sustainable revitalization (SWR) index assessment model. The SWR index can assist policy makers and urban developers to analyze the heritage waterfronts using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The research found out the historic waterfront has the highest potential in tourism attraction among other typologies. And, pollution moderator is mostly important sub-criterion in tourism absorption (WC2.2 = 0.1294); followed by Identity (WC1.2 = 0.1272) and Safety and well-being (WC1.3 = 0.1043). The SWR index can be applied in any waterfronts in heritage cities around the world, while this research implemented it as a case study in Bandar Maharani, Muar, Malaysia. It resulted Bandar Maharani was ranked as grade C; means, usable waterfront to which extent environmental, social and physical revitalization are needed. The SWR index can be coupled with other decision-making methods in future, to reduce its inconsistencies and increasing accuracy.
format Article
author Keyvanfar, Ali
Shafaghat, Arezou
Mohamad, Sapura
Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu
Ahmad, Hamidah
Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah
Khorami, Majid
author_facet Keyvanfar, Ali
Shafaghat, Arezou
Mohamad, Sapura
Mohammed Abdullahi, Mu’azu
Ahmad, Hamidah
Mohd. Derus, Nurul Hidayah
Khorami, Majid
author_sort Keyvanfar, Ali
title A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
title_short A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
title_full A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
title_fullStr A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
title_full_unstemmed A sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
title_sort sustainable historicwaterfront revitalization decision support tool for attracting tourists
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/1/ArezouShafaghat2018_ASustainableHistoricWaterfrontRevitalization.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86240/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10020215
_version_ 1677781149982654464
score 13.211869

Similar Items