...Yan Hong; Fei Chen Purpose Adaptive reuse of building assets is an important approach to sustainability. Adapting a building for new uses often involves complex factors in the decision-making process, particularly in conservation areas. The paper aims to show an evaluation process of the adaptive...

... as offices, residential dwellings or service trades (pubs, for example) depending on market demand. Polluting trades and trades incompatible with the character of the Chinatown conservation area are excluded. The types of trades in the shops within the conservation area are shown in Table VIII . This shows...