CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT TOWARDS A NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT

par Guy Leclerc, France Bernard, Yves Dion et Luca Rossi

The 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics ISAS/SCI

22 au 25 juillet 2001 Orlando, Florida, USA

Delivery of services to a municipal population covers a wide spectrum of activities ranging from an answer to land use query to the construction of a new water main or the planning of solid waste collection routes. These activities are conducted by municipal employees and often by consultants or private firms. Data collection and treatment as well as communication channels used to transmit information to the citizens or between city departments are often activity-dependant and at the same time common to several activities. Pertinent data cover permanent physical data on the urban infrastructures; they also include a wide variety of thematic socio-economic information, environmental and project management data used for estimating the demand for a service, the impact of a proposed intervention, and so on. Treatment of these data may vary from a single request or work order to their common use for a multidisciplinary project involving higher levels of government, consultants and citizens groups. The planning of the various municipal services provided to the population normally involved several municipal departments and the daily operation activities, several groups of employees. Several activities take place simultaneously in the city and not only these have to be performed under resources, legal, technical and financial constraints but have to be coordinated among them. This paper presents a conceptual model of the planning, operation and rehabilitation of

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