Deconstructing disaster: Economic and environmental impacts of deconstruction in post-Katrina New Orleans

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-204

  Denhart, Hazel ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Deconstruction; Demolition; Disaster; Katrina; Material reuse; Mercy Corps; Recovery; UN Millennium Development Goals; Waste

Indexed keywords

DECONSTRUCTION; KATRINA; MATERIAL REUSE; MERCY CORPS; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEBRIS; DEMOLITION; LAND FILL; PROFITABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DEMOLITION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL DISASTER; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70749095819     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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