A two-stage model of the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and the fuzzy synthetic evaluation technique to prioritize sustainable sanitation services under uncertainty.

ABSTRACT: In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which strive to ensure comprehensive access to fundamental water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, it is extremely imperative to prioritize communities in need and still disadvantaged. Moreover, tackling the worldwide sanitation crisis entails advancing the development of productive and sustainable sanitation systems and infrastructure. Sanitation planning is a multidimensional exercise encompassing multiple dimensions, stakeholders, and strategies, typically with conflicting objectives. Poor planning, funding obstacles, stakeholder priorities, climatic changes, growing populations, system constraints, and user engagement all complicate the entire process. Intelligent strategic decision-making is crucial, particularly for

SUBMITTER: Zyoud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782565 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature