Capacity building for post disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste
type: CreativeWork
description: Though increasing nature of impacts from disasters has made post disaster management asignificant area of concern, management of disaster waste is identified as an area of leastconcern. It presents momentous challenges for those with inadequate capacities due tolarge volumes and hazardous constituents created, particularly in developing countries.This is equally applicable to Sri Lanka which was severely affected by the Indian OceanTsunami in 2004 and from three decades of civil war. In this context, it is vital to explorecapacities which need to be enhanced for post disaster waste management. Accordingly,this study focuses on identification of existing capacities of post disaster wastemanagement with special emphasise on Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste atnational level entities in Sri Lanka. Disaster C&D waste comprises of waste such asdebris generated from totally or partially damaged buildings and infrastructure as a directimpact of disasters or from demolished buildings and infrastructure at rehabilitation orearly recovery stages. Literature revealed that after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004,collected disaster waste containing a considerable proportion of C&D waste was notrecycled or reused at its optimum capacity in Sri Lanka, instead disposing it at landfillsites.Initially, a literature review and document survey was conducted on capacity buildingwith special emphasise on post disaster waste management to identify capacity buildingprinciples, strategies, evaluation measures and challenges, if there are any. Pilotinterviews were conducted to identify current post disaster waste management practicesin Sri Lanka. Multiple case studies and expert interviews were subsequently conducted togather primary data on existing capacities of post disaster waste management in SriLanka. Three case studies which included fourteen individuals and seven expertsrepresenting government and non governmental organisations and other sector entitieswere selected for data col…
abstract: Though increasing nature of impacts from disasters has made post disaster management asignificant area of concern, management of disaster waste is identified as an area of leastconcern. It presents momentous challenges for those with inadequate capacities due tolarge volumes and hazardous constituents created, particularly in developing countries.This is equally applicable to Sri Lanka which was severely affected by the Indian OceanTsunami in 2004 and from three decades of civil war. In this context, it is vital to explorecapacities which need to be enhanced for post disaster waste management. Accordingly,this study focuses on identification of existing capacities of post disaster wastemanagement with special emphasise on Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste atnational level entities in Sri Lanka. Disaster C&D waste comprises of waste such asdebris generated from totally or partially damaged buildings and infrastructure as a directimpact of disasters or from demolished buildings and infrastructure at rehabilitation orearly recovery stages. Literature revealed that after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004,collected disaster waste containing a considerable proportion of C&D waste was notrecycled or reused at its optimum capacity in Sri Lanka, instead disposing it at landfillsites.Initially, a literature review and document survey was conducted on capacity buildingwith special emphasise on post disaster waste management to identify capacity buildingprinciples, strategies, evaluation measures and challenges, if there are any. Pilotinterviews were conducted to identify current post disaster waste management practicesin Sri Lanka. Multiple case studies and expert interviews were subsequently conducted togather primary data on existing capacities of post disaster waste management in SriLanka. Three case studies which included fourteen individuals and seven expertsrepresenting government and non governmental organisations and other sector entitieswere selected for data col…
author: Karunasena, GI
language: en
date published: 2026
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:26:44Z
provider: U. of Salford
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: U. of Salford