ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Cities
Sec. Urban Resource Management
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frsc.2025.1642816
This article is part of the Research TopicExploring the Role of Construction in Achieving UN Sustainable Development GoalsView all 8 articles
Research on key factors and decision-making in the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings into hotels n third-tier cities in northern China --Taking the large machinery maintenance workshop in Hohhot as an example
Provisionally accepted
- 1Academy Of Agricultural Planning And Engineering, Beijing, China
- 2Inner Mongolia Urban Planning & Municipal Engineering Design Research Institute, Hohhot, China
- 3Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Institute of Agricultural Information and Economics, Shijiazhuang, China
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With the acceleration of urbanisation and industrial upgrading in China, vacant industrial buildings in many third-tier cities have gradually emerged as significant resources, playing a crucial role in urban carbon reduction and cultural continuity. This study identified the influencing factors using the fuzzy hierarchical analysis method and ranked them in descending order: market, sustainability, economy, building physics, legal policy, location environment, and public interest. Through expert discussions, it was further clarified that (1) the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings should prioritise functional transformation, and an accurate customer profile is an important basis for decision-making; (2) green building renovations can leverage government policy benefits while enhancing the competitiveness of the hotel market; (3) policies and the local environment are not the primary influencing factors in third-tier cities in northern China. which contrasts with findings from previous studies. The research results provide a valuable reference for the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings in third-tier cities of developing countries and offer stakeholders better decision-making insights regarding transformation functions.
Keywords: ：FAHP, Adaptive reuse, reuse, Industrial buildings, Hotels, factor
Received: 07 Jun 2025; Accepted: 31 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Gong, Si, Lv and Ron. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Yang Si, Inner Mongolia Urban Planning & Municipal Engineering Design Research Institute, Hohhot, China
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