A p -ary Choquet-based multi-criteria decision-making approach for assessing sustainability indicators in urban development

This research acknowledges the existence of a dichotomy between the weak sustainability (WS) and strong sustainability (SST) paradigms, which can heavily influence decision-making analysis methods. Rather than entering the debate between WS and SST, we take the need for SST as a starting point and concern ourselves with its applicability. To do so, we introduce an original three-tier SST performance range corresponding to as many ways of aggregating and presenting indicators. We adopt the p-ary Choquet integral to encompass these three declinations, and a parsimonious elicitation method introduced by Labreuche and Grabisch to ensure that the problem remains manageable. The advantages of this method in supporting the awareness of Decision Makers regarding their choices are illustrated through the application to a case study concerning the transformation of a historic building located in the city of Turin, Italy.