La maîtrise des flux de polluants générés par temps de pluie en milieu urbain constitue un enjeu important pour limiter la dégradation des milieux aquatiques superficiels. Face à l’insuffisance des systèmes d’assainissement traditionnels, la gestion à la source des eaux pluviales, dans des dispositifs de stockage à ciel ouvert intégrés au milieu urbain, s’est progressivement imposée comme une solution permettant de réduire de façon significative les flux de contaminants dirigés vers les réseaux ou les milieux récepteurs, en favorisant notamment l’infiltration ou l’évapotranspiration des volumes ruisselés. Bien qu’offrant des perspectives pour la maîtrise des flux de polluants, l’efficacité des solutions mises en œuvre n’est à ce jour pas suffisamment maîtrisée. Ce travail de thèse s’intéresse donc à l’incidence du fonctionnement hydrologique des « techniques alternatives » de gestion à la source du ruissellement et vise en particulier à orienter leur conception pour garantir une meilleure maîtrise de la contamination des eaux pluviales urbaines.Les pratiques actuelles de gestion des eaux pluviales urbaines sont dans un premier temps analysées de manière à identifier les stratégies pouvant être préconisées pour la maîtrise à la source des flux de polluants. Ce travail permet alors de mettre en évidence l’hétérogénéité quant à la traduction de l’objectif de maîtrise des flux de polluants dans les préconisations à destination des aménageurs, qui ne garantissent pas nécessairement la mise en œuvre de solutions permettant de limiter efficacement les rejets de contaminants vers les milieux récepteurs.Une chaîne de modélisation « surface urbaine + ouvrage », destinée à simuler le fonctionnement des dispositifs de gestion à la source des eaux pluviales pour des périodes longues de précipitations, et en considérant des dynamiques variées de production des flux d’eau et de contaminants au niveau des bassins versants d’apport, est par la suite développée afin de préciser l’incidence de différents scénarios de gestion du ruissellement ou de dimensionnement des techniques alternatives sur les flux rejetés vers l’aval. Certaines composantes de cette chaîne de modélisation font l’objet d’un approfondissement, avec l’introduction (1) d’un schéma permettant de simuler l’évolution de l’état hydrique du sol pour mieux rendre compte de la variabilité temporelle des flux d’infiltration et (2) d’un modèle générique destiné à simuler des dynamiques contrastées d’émission des contaminants (matières en suspension lessivées au niveau des chaussées urbaines et zinc dissous au niveau d’éléments de toiture métalliques). Une analyse de sensibilité cette chaîne de modélisation est par la suite réalisée afin de préciser l’incidence de sa paramétrisation et d’évaluer l’importance de certaines hypothèses simplificatrices pour l’estimation de l’efficacité des techniques alternatives.L’intérêt de la chaîne de modélisation développée dans le cadre de ce travail est finalement illustré par la construction d’abaques permettant de relier l’efficacité des techniques alternatives à quelques paramètres de dimensionnement et d’évaluer la pertinence de différents scénarios de gestion du ruissellement. Les résultats, correspondant ici aux conditions météorologiques de la région Ile-de-France, indiquent que l’abattement d’une fraction modeste du ruissellement, grâce à un simple volume mort, pourrait donner lieu à une réduction importante des rejets de contaminants pour les sols de conductivité hydraulique supérieure à 10-6 m.s-1. Dans le cas sols présentant des capacités d’infiltration plus limitées, l’analyse met en revanche en évidence un risque de dysfonctionnement des dispositifs de gestion. Le recours à des solutions « plus diffuses », peu profondes et présentant des surfaces d’infiltration ou d’évapotranspiration importantes, apparaît alors préférable pour garantir des niveaux d’efficacité satisfaisants tout en évitant une sollicitation excessive de l’ouvrage. / Urban runoff discharge is today identified a major source of surface water impairment. In recent years, on-site stormwater control, in small and relatively simple vegetated systems, providing volume reduction through infiltration or evapotranspiration, has become increasingly popular due to the inability of conventional drainage systems to limit the amount of stormwater and pollutant directed to the environment. While such practices clearly offer opportunities to mitigate the adverse effects of urban runoff, their performance remains insufficient and is yet not completely understood. The main purpose of this Ph.D. thesis is therefore to investigate the relation between the hydrological behaviour of these source-control systems and pollutant removal efficiencies so as to provide design tools or guidelines that support practitioners in the implementation of efficient stormwater management practices.Current stormwater management practices are first examined on the basis of a literature review of various guidelines or regulatory documents so as to identify the strategies that may be promoted for on-site pollution control, in France or abroad. This analysis indicates that recommendations can be quite variable depending on the country or the community and do not systematically reflect on-site pollution control objectives, which may result in the implementation of inappropriate stormwater management systems.A modelling system based on the representation of a pervious facility collecting runoff and pollutant loads generated over a small urban catchment, allowing the simulation of different scenarios in terms of urban surfaces characteristics and source-control system design, for long rainfall periods, is later developed to investigate the relation between the hydrological behaviour and the pollutant removal efficiencies of on-site stormwater management practices. An improved description of the hydrological processes in the source control system is adopted with the introduction of an infiltration-redistribution scheme accounting for the evolution of soil moisture so as to better replicate the temporal variability of infiltration fluxes. The opportunity of implementing relatively simple conceptual runoff quality models to simulate distinctive pollutant emission dynamics is also investigated: a generic model formulation is adopted and calibrated to replicate suspended solids concentrations in urban street runoff or zinc concentrations from a metal roof. A sensitivity analysis of the modelling system is later conducted so as to evaluate the influence of the different input factors and better understand the effect of some modelling hypotheses for the assessment of the performance of stormwater source control practices.The practical value of the modelling system is finally illustrated with the production of sizing diagrams displaying pollution control efficiency estimates as a function a limited number of design parameters, from which the relevance of a large variety of runoff control scenarios may be evaluated. The results presented in this study, corresponding to the rainfall conditions encountered in Paris region, suggest that the infiltration or evapotranspiration of a relatively small fraction of runoff in a simple dead storage volume could result in a significant reduction of pollutant discharges for soils exhibiting saturated hydraulic conductivity values greater than 10-6 m.s-1. In the case of lower saturated hydraulic conductivity values, this study however evidences possible failures of source control system due to a limited drainage capacity (extended ponding duration and saturation of the soil profile over significant depths). Results therefore suggest that the implementation diffuse stormwater management practices, with large infiltration/evapotranspiration areas and limited storage depths, should generally be preferred to achieve pollution control and ensure correct hydrological functioning of the source control systems.

The question of how to create communities where people altruistically care for, and look out for each other’s health and well-being is increasingly a central question in academic literature. However, altruism has long been belittled or ignored in the literature in terms of its ability to influence human behaviour. This tendency appears to have been carried over into the management of West Nile Virus (WNV), a sometimes serious disease that has spread throughout North America since first arriving in 1999. Specifically, government health educators have focused only on telling the public how what are referred to here as Community Protective Measures (CPMs) such as the elimination of standing water, can reduce personal risk or protect family members from the disease, rather than explaining how these measures can help protect others in their community as a whole. As a different approach to addressing this issue, this study sought to determine which communities and people (1) were undertaking CPMs out of an altruistic concern for others in their community, or (2) could be encouraged to engage in CPMs by making salient the benefits of these measures to the community. Study results came back positive, those that live in urban areas, and married or widowed people as opposed to singles or divorcees, those with children exhibiting significantly more concern for others about the disease. Additionally, women; married or widowed people; those who have younger children (0-18 years old); and those who had certain strong positive feelings about their community, namely knowing people better in the community, being involved in the community, and having a sense that people help each other in the community; were significantly more likely to already be willing to take action against the disease at least partly for the purposes of protecting the health of others. Additionally, albeit not significantly, a trend was noted in this regard with respect to those that rented and those who had children.. With regard to those who could be encouraged for altruistic reasons to undertake CPMs, such was found to be significantly the case for those not living in an Adult Lifestyle Communities (ALCs); those living in a city, town, or hamlet for a long (11-25 years) period of time; younger individuals (18 -35 years old), and singles or divorcees as opposed to married or widowed individuals. Although not found to be significant, a trend in this regard was found with respect to those that perceived themselves to live in a small- or medium-sized neighbourhoods, urban as opposed to suburban areas, females, renters, and those without children. A pilot study in a community with the characteristics where respondents were found to respond to learning about the community benefits of CPMs, as well as efforts to instill the characteristics of places where people already tend to be altruistically inclined, is recommended. The thesis concludes by discussing how relying upon, and encouraging altruistic tendencies could be applied to a variety of issues ranging from the control of other infectious diseases, to encouraging other health promoting behaviour such as the donation of organs, to addressing wider national as well as global matters like poverty or global climate change. By doing so, health and other planners could potentially take a more holistic, less rational, and advocacy approach to planning that seeks to build community capacity to deal with problems rather than reacting on a problem-by-problem basis.

The question of how to create communities where people altruistically care for, and look out for each other’s health and well-being is increasingly a central question in academic literature. However, altruism has long been belittled or ignored in the literature in terms of its ability to influence human behaviour. This tendency appears to have been carried over into the management of West Nile Virus (WNV), a sometimes serious disease that has spread throughout North America since first arriving in 1999. Specifically, government health educators have focused only on telling the public how what are referred to here as Community Protective Measures (CPMs) such as the elimination of standing water, can reduce personal risk or protect family members from the disease, rather than explaining how these measures can help protect others in their community as a whole. As a different approach to addressing this issue, this study sought to determine which communities and people (1) were undertaking CPMs out of an altruistic concern for others in their community, or (2) could be encouraged to engage in CPMs by making salient the benefits of these measures to the community. Study results came back positive, those that live in urban areas, and married or widowed people as opposed to singles or divorcees, those with children exhibiting significantly more concern for others about the disease. Additionally, women; married or widowed people; those who have younger children (0-18 years old); and those who had certain strong positive feelings about their community, namely knowing people better in the community, being involved in the community, and having a sense that people help each other in the community; were significantly more likely to already be willing to take action against the disease at least partly for the purposes of protecting the health of others. Additionally, albeit not significantly, a trend was noted in this regard with respect to those that rented and those who had children.. With regard to those who could be encouraged for altruistic reasons to undertake CPMs, such was found to be significantly the case for those not living in an Adult Lifestyle Communities (ALCs); those living in a city, town, or hamlet for a long (11-25 years) period of time; younger individuals (18 -35 years old), and singles or divorcees as opposed to married or widowed individuals. Although not found to be significant, a trend in this regard was found with respect to those that perceived themselves to live in a small- or medium-sized neighbourhoods, urban as opposed to suburban areas, females, renters, and those without children. A pilot study in a community with the characteristics where respondents were found to respond to learning about the community benefits of CPMs, as well as efforts to instill the characteristics of places where people already tend to be altruistically inclined, is recommended. The thesis concludes by discussing how relying upon, and encouraging altruistic tendencies could be applied to a variety of issues ranging from the control of other infectious diseases, to encouraging other health promoting behaviour such as the donation of organs, to addressing wider national as well as global matters like poverty or global climate change. By doing so, health and other planners could potentially take a more holistic, less rational, and advocacy approach to planning that seeks to build community capacity to deal with problems rather than reacting on a problem-by-problem basis.

Os novos empreendimentos em construção na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP) ao não mitigar os impactos nos sistemas de drenagem repassam seus custos para a sociedade, a qual acaba por pagar grandes quantias em obras que se tornam rapidamente obsoletas devido ao constante aumento da impermeabilização da bacia. Em muitas cidades ao redor mundo, buscou-se contrabalancear os efeitos da urbanização através da implantação de medidas de controle na fonte encorajadas por regulamentações, leis ou decretos. Em muitos casos, a introdução deste tipo de solução levou a resultados adversos, não só devido à escolha do dispositivo, como também devido às normas dispostas nas regulamentações existentes. Foi realizado um estudo de caso para um grande empreendimento da RMSP, utilizando o software SWMM. O estudo avaliou quatro diferentes cenários de ocupação com análise do desempenho tanto na fonte quanto na bacia do empreendimento e na bacia de ordem superior. Entre os cenários incluíram-se situações com a instalação de microrreservatórios e jardins de chuva. Os resultados mostraram que, utilizando a lei das piscininhas aplicável ao município e ao estado de São Paulo (Lei municipal 41.814/02 e Lei estadual 12.526/07), foi possível abater o pico de cheia em 20% nas áreas diretamente controladas, e entre 11% e 9% no empreendimento e sua bacia. Na bacia de ordem superior foi observado uma piora em 0,4% no pico. Alterando a localização dos microrreservatórios foi possível dobrar sua eficácia. Os resultados para os jardins de chuva foram piores para os eventos pouco frequentes, porém, estes dispositivos conseguem diminuir em 64% o número de eventos com geração de escoamento superficial para as áreas controladas, eventos ligados fortemente à qualidade das águas. Concluiu-se que a lei vigente hoje na RMSP atende apenas parcialmente seu objetivo de controle de cheias. Considerando que essa lei apresenta boa oportunidade para aumentar a eficácia do sistema de drenagem, seu conteúdo deve ser revisto, à luz dos resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa. Além disso, é uma lei que permite controlar a poluição difusa, fator de degradação dos rios urbanos. / New urban developments may cause serious inconvenience on urban drainage systems when their hydrologic impacts are not properly mitigated. Many cities around the world tried to minimize the effects of urbanization by implementing source control measures encouraged by regulations, laws or ordinances. In many cases, the introduction of this type of solution has led to adverse outcomes, not only because of the choice of the device, but also due to regulations control standards. This study evaluated four different urbanization scenarios in order to analyze São Paulo´s ordinance efficacy on controlling hydrologic impacts of new developments. Among these scenarios, the installation of micro reservoir and rain gardens were evaluated. Results showed that it would possible to attenuate peak flows from source controlled areas by 20%., and by 11% and 9% considering the contribution from the whole development of the catchment, respectively. When the location of the micro reservoir was changed, it was possible to double the attenuation efficacy. The use of rain gardens showed worse results for peak flow attenuation. However, these devices can reduce by 64% the number of runoff events from controlled areas, which are strongly linked to water quality. It was concluded that the existing law (municipal law 41.814/02 and state law 12.526/07) only partially meets its goal for flood control. The law presents a good opportunity to increase the effectiveness of urban drainage systems and its contents should be revised in order to allow non point source pollution control and urban river degradation.

Os novos empreendimentos em construção na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP) ao não mitigar os impactos nos sistemas de drenagem repassam seus custos para a sociedade, a qual acaba por pagar grandes quantias em obras que se tornam rapidamente obsoletas devido ao constante aumento da impermeabilização da bacia. Em muitas cidades ao redor mundo, buscou-se contrabalancear os efeitos da urbanização através da implantação de medidas de controle na fonte encorajadas por regulamentações, leis ou decretos. Em muitos casos, a introdução deste tipo de solução levou a resultados adversos, não só devido à escolha do dispositivo, como também devido às normas dispostas nas regulamentações existentes. Foi realizado um estudo de caso para um grande empreendimento da RMSP, utilizando o software SWMM. O estudo avaliou quatro diferentes cenários de ocupação com análise do desempenho tanto na fonte quanto na bacia do empreendimento e na bacia de ordem superior. Entre os cenários incluíram-se situações com a instalação de microrreservatórios e jardins de chuva. Os resultados mostraram que, utilizando a lei das piscininhas aplicável ao município e ao estado de São Paulo (Lei municipal 41.814/02 e Lei estadual 12.526/07), foi possível abater o pico de cheia em 20% nas áreas diretamente controladas, e entre 11% e 9% no empreendimento e sua bacia. Na bacia de ordem superior foi observado uma piora em 0,4% no pico. Alterando a localização dos microrreservatórios foi possível dobrar sua eficácia. Os resultados para os jardins de chuva foram piores para os eventos pouco frequentes, porém, estes dispositivos conseguem diminuir em 64% o número de eventos com geração de escoamento superficial para as áreas controladas, eventos ligados fortemente à qualidade das águas. Concluiu-se que a lei vigente hoje na RMSP atende apenas parcialmente seu objetivo de controle de cheias. Considerando que essa lei apresenta boa oportunidade para aumentar a eficácia do sistema de drenagem, seu conteúdo deve ser revisto, à luz dos resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa. Além disso, é uma lei que permite controlar a poluição difusa, fator de degradação dos rios urbanos. / New urban developments may cause serious inconvenience on urban drainage systems when their hydrologic impacts are not properly mitigated. Many cities around the world tried to minimize the effects of urbanization by implementing source control measures encouraged by regulations, laws or ordinances. In many cases, the introduction of this type of solution has led to adverse outcomes, not only because of the choice of the device, but also due to regulations control standards. This study evaluated four different urbanization scenarios in order to analyze São Paulo´s ordinance efficacy on controlling hydrologic impacts of new developments. Among these scenarios, the installation of micro reservoir and rain gardens were evaluated. Results showed that it would possible to attenuate peak flows from source controlled areas by 20%., and by 11% and 9% considering the contribution from the whole development of the catchment, respectively. When the location of the micro reservoir was changed, it was possible to double the attenuation efficacy. The use of rain gardens showed worse results for peak flow attenuation. However, these devices can reduce by 64% the number of runoff events from controlled areas, which are strongly linked to water quality. It was concluded that the existing law (municipal law 41.814/02 and state law 12.526/07) only partially meets its goal for flood control. The law presents a good opportunity to increase the effectiveness of urban drainage systems and its contents should be revised in order to allow non point source pollution control and urban river degradation.

This project deals with design and implementation of management and monitoring of static power source via ethernet. Description of individual objects and instalations which are located in static power source. Design and implementation of a system for access control of individual users.

Benthic filter feeders (BFF) can reduce phytoplankton concentration (abundance) thereby controlling eutrophication in several ecosystems, including rivers. However, experiments suggest warming can alter the relationship between BFF grazing rate and the growth rate of (heterotrophic) planktonic prey. To investigate how eutrophication control by grazers is altered with temperature under the influence of other important abiotic (water depth, and speed, light, and turbidity) and biotic factors (initial phytoplankton concentration [hereafter: Pin value], BFF density and spatial BFF distribution), we developed a spatially-explicit computer simulation model. This model simulates the dynamics of a phytoplankton population traveling through a simplified river channel while being grazed by BFF. Our model includes the thermal responses of BFF grazing and phytoplankton growth. The results show that BFF grazing can qualitatively alter and, in some circumstances, even reverse the response of phytoplankton to warming. Moreover, the response of grazer-controlled phytoplankton to warming, water depth and Pin value is non-linear and phytoplankton can increase steeply with slight changes within some ranges of these variables. In addition, these variables can interact causing their combined effects on eutrophication to differ from what is expected considering their isolated effects. Generally, the effect of most variables, including temperature, Pin value and BFF density and spatial distribution, is larger at shallow waters. Moreover, our study shows that phytoplankton control can be substantially improved by heterogeneous BFF distributions where the BFF are located at the extremes of the river either upstream or downstream instead of homogenously distributed along the whole river. However, warming can cause a switch between these two optimal distributions or even can cause differences among the spatial distributions to disappear. In general, the homogeneous BFF distribution can be used as conservative estimate of eutrophication control. In conclusion, this work shows that trophic control can qualitatively alter the response of eutrophication to warming, supporting previous studies suggesting that the prediction of global warming effects requires considering not only the thermal responses of organisms but also their trophic interactions. In addition to these biotic variables, this thesis reveals that considering the interactions between abiotic and biotic variables and including their spatial distribution are important for eutrophication control. Especially, the detection of thresholds in the response of grazer-controlled phytoplankton to temperature, water depth, Pin value, and spatial BFF distribution indicates that one should be careful with predictions because of potential abrupt changes. Although further studies are needed to make specific recommendations for water quality management, our work provides preliminary suggestions on the conditions where grazers or Pin reductions can be more efficient to control eutrophication.

La gestion des eaux pluviales urbaines connait une évolution majeure depuis les années 1960 : d'une stratégie basée sur l'évacuation rapide et totale des eaux pluviales de la ville, on passe progressivement à une stratégie de contrôle à la source (CS). Ces 10 dernières années ont vu une généralisation du CS, ainsi qu'en témoigne l'augmentation du nombre de réglementations de rejet. Ces dernières imposent, dans les nouvelles parcelles urbanisées, la réalisation d'ouvrages ayant pour fonction de réguler et/ou de retenir les eaux pluviales : les techniques alternatives (TA). Une systématisation de ces réglementations ne va pas manquer de générer dans l'avenir de nombreux bassins versants urbains fortement équipés en TA, et dont le comportement hydrologique sera déterminé par les réglementations appliquées. Il apparaît que le choix d'une réglementation par une collectivité est un choix complexe et, d'une collectivité à l'autre, des logiques différentes sont appliquées, dont la cohérence globale peut être discutée. Cette thèse questionne et analyse les politiques de CS, et en particulier les réglementations de rejet, dans une perspective de compréhension de leurs effets hydrologiques dans le long terme. Elle comprend deux analyses complémentaires : nous étudions d'abord l'évolution des politiques de CS dans six collectivités en France, afin de déterminer les logiques appliquées dans le choix des réglementations. Nous présentons ensuite une analyse hydrologique des conséquences de ces réglementations sur le comportement de bassins versant urbains "modèles". Cette analyse, centrée sur la modélisation hydrologique des bassins, permet de questionner les politiques de CS actuelles, mais aussi de discuter des outils que l'hydrologie urbaine peut fournir pour permettre la mise en place de politiques de CS cohérentes, en phase avec le fonctionnement hydrologique des bassins versants / Urban stormwater management is facing a major evolution since 1960: from a strategy based on the complete and fast conveyance of stormwater outside of the urban area, to a strategy based on source control (SC). Recently, SC is becoming a common practice, in connection with the increasing diffusion of flow regulations. These regulations prescribe, for all new urban development, to build facilities (Best Management Practices, BMP) to reduce the flow-rate or the volume of stormwater entering the sewer system. A wide application of flow regulations will determine the future hydrological behaviour of many urban catchments. The choice of a regulation is a complex task for local authorities, involving several logics, whose global coherence can be discussed. This thesis analyses SC policies and regulations and discusses them in terms of their long-term hydrological effects. Two complementary approaches are developed. The first is based on the analysis of the evolution of SC policies in six French authorities, and it aims to define and discuss the logics applied. The second consists in the hydrological modelling of the consequences of SC regulations on the behaviour of two experimental catchments. This hydrological analysis allows (i) to evaluate the pertinence of actual SC policies and (ii) to discuss which tools urban hydrology can provide to support the development of coherent SC policies, according to the hydrological functioning of urban catchments

Les revêtements perméables se développent en France et à l’étranger comme une technique d’avenir en réponse aux enjeux de la protection des sols et de l’amélioration du cycle de l’eau en milieu urbain. Le développement de pavés drainants au sein du laboratoire de l’ESITC Caen a mis en évidence le besoin de quantifier les apports des revêtements perméables pour répondre aux attentes des acteurs locaux et favoriser l’utilisation de ces techniques par les aménageurs. Dans ce but, ce travail de thèse porte sur la description des processus hydrologiques au sein des revêtements perméables et la quantification de leurs bénéfices sur le ruissellement urbain. Deux modèles ont été développés pour répondre à ces objectifs.Le premier permet de modéliser les processus hydrologiques au sein des structures perméables avec une approche physique basée sur la résolution de l’équation de RICHARDS par la méthode des éléments finis. Cette modélisation apporte des éléments de compréhension sur l’influence des propriétés de la structure et de son environnement sur ses performances. Elle a abouti à la proposition d’une représentation conceptuelle du comportement hydrologique des structures perméables. Le second modèle permet de modéliser le comportement hydrologique d’un bassin versant avec une approche par systèmes multi-agents. Différents scénarios d’implantation de revêtements perméables ont été simulés sur un site d’étude réel situé à Ouistreham en Normandie. L’exploration de ce modèle apporte des éléments de quantification des bénéfices de l’implantation des revêtements perméables sur le ruissellement de surface. Les résultats obtenus mettent en évidence le lien entre le ratio de surface perméable sur la surface imperméable et la réduction du ruissellement. Ils soulignent l’importance de la dispersion des zones de revêtements perméables pour optimiser leurs bénéfices. / Permeable pavements are developing in France and abroad as a promising response to the growing issues of ground protection and the improvement of the water cycle in urban areas. The development of pervious concrete within the laboratory of ESITC Caen had highlighted the need to quantify the contributions of the permeable pavement, and thus meeting the expectations of local authorities and encouraging the use of these techniques by urban planners. In this purpose, this Phd aims at describing the hydrological mechanisms of the permeable pavements and quantifying their benefits on surface runoff. Two models were developed to respond to these objectives. The first one allows modeling the hydrological processes inside permeable pavement structures with a physically-based approach, which solves RICHARD’s law with a finite element method. This modeling enables the understanding of the influence of the properties of the structure and its environment on its performances. Results have led to the proposal of a conceptual representation of permeable structures. The second model allows modeling the hydrological behavior of an urban catchment with an agent-based approach. Various scenarios of permeable pavement implemantations were simulated on a real study site located at Ouistreham in Normandy. The analysis of this model enables the quantifying of the benefits of the implementation of permeable pavements on surface runoff. Results highlight the link between the permeable surface on the impermeable surface ratio and the reduction of runoff. They emphasize the importance of dispersing permeable pavement areas to maximize their benefits.

This thesis explores mining the evolutionary history of a software system to support software developers and managers in their endeavors to build and maintain complex software systems. We introduce the idea of evolutionary extractors which are specialized extractors that can recover the history of software projects from software repositories, such as source control systems. The challenges faced in building C-REX, an evolutionary extractor for the C programming language, are discussed. We examine the use of source control systems in industry and the quality of the recovered C-REX data through a survey of several software practitioners. Using the data recovered by C-REX, we develop several approaches and techniques to assist developers and managers in their activities. We propose <em>Source Sticky Notes</em> to assist developers in understanding legacy software systems by attaching historical information to the dependency graph. We present the <em>Development Replay</em> approach to estimate the benefits of adopting new software maintenance tools by reenacting the development history. We propose the <em>Top Ten List</em> which assists managers in allocating testing resources to the subsystems that are most susceptible to have faults. To assist managers in improving the quality of their projects, we present a complexity metric which quantifies the complexity of the changes to the code instead of quantifying the complexity of the source code itself. All presented approaches are validated empirically using data from several large open source systems. The presented work highlights the benefits of transforming software repositories from static record keeping repositories to active repositories used by researchers to gain empirically based understanding of software development, and by software practitioners to predict, plan and understand various aspects of their project.