A multicriteria decision analysis for selecting rainwater harvesting systems in rural areas: a tool for developing countries.

ABSTRACT: Global water provision challenges have promoted decentralized water supply alternatives such as rainwater harvesting systems (RWHS). RWHS sustainability demands involve social, technical, and economic criteria in planning. Generally, in rural areas, water provision is more complex due to multiple uses of water, scattering of households, and low economies of scale. This research proposes a multicriteria tool for selecting RWHS in rural areas, considering social, technical, and economic criteria. The tool was developed by systematically identifying subcriteria and their hierarchization through the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), and a case study validation. Seven subcriteria were identified. The hierarchy of

SUBMITTER: Prieto-Jimenez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11219541 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature