Abstract
After a seism, sanitation is an issue that requires immediate attention at different levels, with the aim of minimizing the latent risks to the public health. The aim of this study is to develop a methodological framework proposal to analyze the possibility of earthquake waste management, considering technical aspects and legal frameworks after an earthquake in a developing country. The implementation case study, the 2017 Mexico City earthquake, has presented data collection of the types of waste and quantities carried out in the field, as well as from government reports and calculations; furthermore, a study was developed to analyze the capacity installed to earthquake waste management, by means of interviews conducted in the field due to the lack of public and congruent institutional information. Finally, an analysis was conducted of the current legal framework and public policy of disaster waste management. In this sense, earthquake rubble totaled 344,211.3 tons and the estimated weight of households items per collapsed dwelling amounted to 424.16 kg. This manuscript deals with the management of earthquake waste in Mexico, based on the data of the 2017 earthquake; the study also explains possible problems and political challenges about the earthquake waste management with the limited conditions of a developing country.
Highlights
Earthquakes, as any disaster, can generate large amounts of waste that threaten public health, hinder reconstruction and affect the environment [1,2,3,4,5,6]
In accordance with the Sendai Framework [7], one of the goals for disaster risk reduction is to increase the number of countries with national and local strategies for disaster recovery, which includes disaster waste management
Taking into account the best practices, problems and challenges described by other studies, as well as the situation and particular context of Mexico, the objective of this research is to analyze the possibility of earthquake waste management in developing countries considering technical aspects and the current legal framework after Mexico City
Summary
Earthquakes, as any disaster, can generate large amounts of waste that threaten public health, hinder reconstruction and affect the environment [1,2,3,4,5,6]. In accordance with the Sendai Framework [7], one of the goals for disaster risk reduction is to increase the number of countries with national and local strategies for disaster recovery, which includes disaster waste management. Explain, financial resources and technical expertise in developing countries are generally a limiting, if not prohibitive, factor in achieving disaster risk reduction goals. Brown et al pointed out that the main barrier to analyzing and developing a methodological approach to waste composition and quantity estimation is the availability and consistency of postdisaster waste data; in this sense, developing congruent and public databases about waste after disasters is not yet a reality in a developing country as Mexico
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