title: Decision support for sustainable urban drainage system management: a case study of Jijel, Algeria.
abstract: This paper aims to develop a methodology to support the sustainable management of Urban Drainage Systems (UDSs) in Algeria. This research is motivated by the various difficulties that the National Sanitation Office (ONA) has in managing this complex infrastructure. The method mainly consists of two approaches: the top-down approach and the bottom-up approach. The former facilitates the identification of factors related to a sustainable UDS, the development priorities and the criteria available to managers. The latter assesses UDS performance using the weighted sum method to aggregate indicators or criteria weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The method is demonstrated through its application to the UDS in the city of Jijel, Algeria.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, France; INSA-Lyon, LGCIE, Villeurbanne, France. benzerra@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benzerra
authors.forename: Marzouk
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cherrared
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chocat
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cherqui
authors.forename: Tarik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zekiouk
mesh_terms: D057914:Agricultural Irrigation; D000462:Algeria; D002947:Cities; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005068:Eutrophication; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000379:methods; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014876:Water Pollution