Sustainability Assessment for Wastewater Treatment Systems in Developing Countries

As the assessment of the economic, environmental, institutional, and social sustainability of wastewater treatment systems may have several conceivable goals and intended recipients, there are numerous different approaches. This paper surveys certain aspects of sustainability assessment that may be of interest to the planners of wastewater treatment systems. Here, the key criteria assess the system’s costs and financing, including its affordability for the users, the environmental impact, the benefits for health and hygiene, the cultural acceptance of the system and its recycled products, the technical functioning, and the administrative, political, and legal framework for its construction and operation. A multi-criteria approach may then be used to analyze possible trade-offs and identify the most suitable system for a certain location.

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Comparative Study of Three Two-Stage Hybrid Ecological Wastewater Treatment Systems for Producing High Nutrient, Reclaimed Water for Irrigation Reuse in Developing Countries

Water Treatment in Developed and Developing Nations ◽

10.1201/b18650-3 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 3-24

Author(s):

Florentina Zurita ◽

John White

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Wastewater Treatment ◽

Comparative Study ◽

Reclaimed Water ◽

Two Stage ◽

High Nutrient ◽

Wastewater Treatment Systems

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Methodology to Identify and Prioritise the Social Aspects to Be Considered in the Design of More Sustainable Residential Buildings—Application to a Developing Country

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings8100130 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 130 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nisreen Ardda ◽

Ricardo Mateus ◽

Luís Bragança

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Social Indicators ◽

Social Sustainability ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Sustainability Indicators ◽

International Standards ◽

Social Aspects ◽

The Social

The priorities in the design of more sustainable buildings are quite dependent on the specific social context. In developing countries, the sustainability concept and priorities in the residential buildings sector are quite different from the ones of the developed countries, since there are still basic needs to answer. Therefore, this research is aimed at contributing to a better understanding of the concept of social sustainability in the residential building sector of the developing countries. A methodology to define and prioritise the social sustainability indicators is proposed and applied in the context of Palestine. The presented methodology is based on the sustainability indicators of international standards, on the most well know building sustainability assessment methods and in the analysis of their application to a specific context. It includes a methodology to prioritise the list of social indicators, by considering the expectations of two groups of building stakeholders: designers and building users. At the end, this research proposes a framework of social aspects to consider in the design of more sustainable residential buildings in West Bank, Palestine that is composed of twenty-one indicators, distributed among six sustainability categories and ranked according to their weight in the overall of sustainability level.

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