Sustainable development-based evaluation model for investment efficiency of the residential district

Residential real estate is invested overheated in a long time in China, and excessive residential districts were constructed. However, the investment efficiency was not considered adequately. At the same time, the concept of sustainable development gets gradual perfection, which is widely used in evaluations. An evaluation model based on analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique for investment efficiency of residential districts, considering sustainable developmentpsila requirement is presented in this paper. The model developed consists of three components: evaluation index system, relative weightings and result analyses. These were based on the quantitative data provided by 27 experts in relevant fields, who are residential district investors, architects and designers, urban planners, environmental experts, sociologists. The applicability, reliability and accuracy are proved by a case study.