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November 11, 2025SustainabilityOpen Access

A New Decision-Making Tool for Guiding the Sustainability of Adaptive Reuse of Earthen Heritage Complexes in Desert Oases

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MKMarwa KhalilOPOriol Pons-ValladaresMGMontserrat Bosch González

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Implication

Novel tool guides adaptive reuse of earthen heritage in desert oases, showing significant cultural and environmental benefits.

Key Points

  • Karshif traditional earthen technique achieved the highest sustainability index at 0.77, emphasizing its cultural and social strengths.
  • Evaluation combined quantitative and qualitative methods, using Delphi technique to weigh cultural, economic, environmental, and social indicators.
  • The proposed methodology demonstrated effective assessment of building technologies for sustainable adaptive reuse in heritage complexes.
  • Findings support the viability of traditional techniques, calling for broader application to enhance sustainability in similar contexts.

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Khalil et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252e9ec0ce034ddc356536https://doi.org/10.3390/su172210086
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