Identification of Building Repair Policy Choice Criteria Role
Identification of Building Repair Policy Choice Criteria Role

Summary/Abstract: Preparation of building repair activities in multi-family dwelling houses poses an important problem for habitat co-operatives in Poland. Firstly, such co-operatives own and manage a lot of buildings. Secondly, scarcity of economic and non-economic resources requires their effective allocation. Such allocation should be based on properly prioritised actions’ alternatives. Unfortunately, due to the complex influence of the surrounding environment, the influence of a considerable number of components and diverse point of views is to be included during the analysis of repair needs. Potential influences result from a bunch of sources. The sources are of economic, technological, social and environmental nature. To support a decision-maker effectively, information pertaining to the importance of particular influences is required. Such information can be obtained by special means of multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methodology. The application of the chosen approach – DEcision MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) for classification of repair needs assessment criteria to shape repair policy appropriately is presented in this paper.

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