Developing Capacity for Post-Typhoon Disaster Waste Management in Lautoka, Fiji and Makati, Philippines

• Main Authors: Fernandez, Glenn, Asari, Misuzu, Uy, Noralene, Veitata, Sainimere, Fayazi, Mahmood, Ling, Yuewei, Xu, Qing, Wang, Hongtao, Ramos, Liza Velle, Singh, Shalend
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Circular economy; contingency planning; debris management; disaster waste management; Global South; resource recovery; Environmental Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Sustainability; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/138; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Rex0bsSerrUnmYfHvl5wi3M_CKu7UBT/view?usp=sharing
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In recent years, Asia and the Pacific have been ravaged by strong typhoons that caused widespread destruction. The powerful winds from these typhoons ripped off roofs, windows, doors and walls from houses, and destroyed trees and other vegetation, leaving a vast amount of wooden, metallic, plastic,...