Multi-criteria evaluation applied to a pilot sustainable neighborhood project in Algeria: the El Ryad neighborhood concerning sustainability indicators.

Derriche, Zhour; Kacemi, Malika; Seddiki, Mohammed

Abstract

In face of the global climate crisis, sustainable urban development became the essential means to the application of sustainability in urban areas. It presents itself as one of the major issues within urban planning and development. To guide politics, the evaluation reperesents a critical step to implement sustainability actions. A series of indicators are available under the form of methods and decision support software. In Algeria, this process is still brand new; and with this in mind, the exchange of experiences from the countries of the north need to have a framework and be "contextualized" so that it is as relevant as possible, to answer the needs of sustainability. In this paper, a reflection is undertaken of the adaptability of an evaluation method- originally developped for o different context when applied to the Mediteranian setting. This study also looks at a system for repositioning objectives by weighting them according to the importance of each objective selected from among those targeted by existing sustainable development assessment tools in a given context. The application of this method to the case study enabled us to observe a reduction in the gap between the profile obtained and the reality on the ground, compared with the 'crude' application of pre-established imported methods, and consequently to take a more concrete look at the project being assessed. At the same time, the case study, which is a 'pilot sustainable district', has a fairly satisfactory sustainability profile in terms of the local context. A few improvements could be made to improve its sustainability profile, mainly by optimising the use of non-renewable energy and using new technologies for the promotion of renewable and renewable energy.

Citation

DERRICHE, Z., KACEMI, M. and SEDDIKI, M. 2025. Multi-criteria evaluation applied to a pilot sustainable neighbourhood project in Algeria: the El Ryad neighbourhood concerning sustainability indicators. Architecture papers of the Faculty of architecture and design STU (ALFA) [online], 30(1), pages 5-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2025-0002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 17, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Mar 18, 2025
• Publication Date: Mar 31, 2025
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 18, 2025
• Journal: Architecture papers of the Faculty of architecture and design STU (ALFA)
• Electronic ISSN: 2729-7640
• Publisher: Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/alfa-2025-0002
• Keywords: Eco-neighbourhood; Evaluation; Sustainable development indicator; Sustainable urbanism; Oran
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2695868