Structuring the process of constructing and prioritizing best sustainable management methods for small dams in the urban center of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso (Bibliographic synthesis
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Introduction.The sustainable management of small dams (water reservoir) is a complex problem because it
requires the consideration of several conflicting dimensions. This article is a bibliographic synthesis of works on
structuring of the process of constructing and prioritizing best sustainable management methods for small dams in
the urban center of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso.
Litterature. Based on a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach, this article illustrate how to build
alternatives, i.e., management methods, namely scenarii, based on elementary actions of fighting dams degradation
in interaction with stakeholders. It describes the process of searching for relevant criteria for assessing the
sustainability of these scenarii. It operationalizes the approach and show its effectiveness in prioritizing best
sustainable management methods for small dams in the urban center of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and give
quickly first results based on weighted sum model (WSM) and weighted product model (WPM).
Conclusion.The Prioritizing of the best dams sustainable management methods involves complex decision aid
situations that require efficient structuring process and appropriate evaluation methods to make decisions. In future
studies, the structuring process could be revised taking into account new contraints formulated by the stakeholders.
Olivier Combelem, Stéphane Aimé Metchebon Takougang, Gilbert Tapsoba, Samuel Yonkeu
