Applying analytic network process (ANP) to rank critical success factors of waterfront redevelopment

A Comparative Study of Key Critical Factors of Waterfront Port Development: Case Studies of the Incheon and Bangkok Ports

“…Lee et al. () found significant differences between the AHP and the ANP results, confirming that the AHP is more meaningful in explaining the failed and successful cases of WPD. Moreover, they claimed that although the AHP is simple and less time‐consuming when conducting questionnaires, its test results have little utility for a WPD case where complex interdependencies are involved among criteria.…”

“…To manage the complex ANP data collection process, this paper adopted an efficient ANP questionnaire designed by Lee et al. (), which reduced the number of pairwise comparisons and corresponding questions compared with a normal ANP questionnaire, at the same time, enabled a comparison of the AHP and ANP test results. The questionnaire consists of five parts with a four‐dimension network structure and 18 criteria (on their list, see Figure and Tables and ) to draw key WPD success factors.…”

“…Further details on the questionnaire structure and criteria definition are available at Lee et al. ().…”

“…Note: *For detailed information, see Lee et al. (: 11). Respondents were from 18 countries: Africa (South Africa), America (Chile, El Salvador, Peru, U.S.), Asia (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand), Europe (Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK), and Oceania (Australia).…”

“…Lee et al. () explored the key critical success factors of waterfront development by applying analytic network process (ANP) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to cases worldwide. They developed a network structure of four dimensions (economic, port, communication, and city‐branding functions) and 18 criteria under the four functions, referring to field interviews (Bess ; de Langen ; Hoyle ; McManus ; Oliver and Slack ; Sairinen and Kumpulainen ).…”