ESTIMATING WASTE INDUCED BY EARTHQUAKES WITHIN DAMAGE SCENARIOS

Overview & Synopsis

Post-disaster waste is an important, often underestimated, aspect in territory resilience. Brown et al. (2011) observe the waste management after Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. They underline that significant work needs to be done not only from a technical but also an organizational point of view. The objective of this work was to find and test tools to estimate waste tonnage caused by earthquakes 3 methods to estimate waste quantities after earthquakes  Hirayama et al. (2010). The simplest method, in tons/household and damage state  MECADEPI & HAZUS. Hybrid method developed in the framework of this project.-MECADEPI (Beraud et al. 2013): methodology built in France for post-floods wastes. Estimation of contents per household-HAZUS (FEMA). Method adapted to USA current building. % of waste coming from structural and non-structural elements.  L'Aquila observations (ITC-CNVF 2010). Based on demolition ratios observed in some buildings after L'Aquila earthquake in Italy.