Post-disaster construction & demolition debris management: A Sri Lanka case study

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-468

  Karunasena, Gayani ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^b   Haigh, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

construction and demolition debris; disaster waste; post disaster; Sri Lanka; waste management strategies

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; DEBRIS MANAGEMENT; DEMOLITION DEBRIS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; POST-DISASTER; POST-DISASTER MANAGEMENT; RULES AND REGULATIONS; SINGLE POINT; SRI LANKA;

DEBRIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866376105     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2012.699913     Document Type: Article

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