Urban Polycentricity and Architectural Heritage: A PROMETHEE-Based Multicriteria Approach

Author:

Sofianou Evina1,Papathanasiou Jason2,Aretoulis George1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

Polycentricity is a multiscalar concept referring to the interconnections of neighboring spatial areas in search of synergies. More specifically, urban polycentricity has lately gained increasing momentum in academic research and strategic planning as urban polycentric structures could stimulate urban and regional performance in a sustainable way. Architectural heritage, with its connotative meanings, is among the indicators of incorporation in polycentric networking. The present paper investigates the challenges of implementing urban polycentricity methodological approaches to highlight new polycentric networks based on built architectural heritage. In this study, appointed architectural assets are considered as nodes of the potential networks. As a new research strand, the MCDA PROMETHEE method is applied to compile and assemble all indicators (namely, rank size and node hierarchy, accessibility, transportation, and digital promotion). The ultimate research goal is to build a new polycentricity index as an innovative methodological tool to highlight polycentric networking synergies on interurban and intraregional scales. The region of Thrace in Northern Greece is chosen to apply the proposed methodology. Research on ways to couple polycentricity and PROMETHEE methods is limited, and thus, the proposed methodological approach is expected to contribute to the field of urban and regional strategies for researchers and practitioners.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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