Lima, Rosimeire Midori Suzuki Rosa (2012) Evaluation system of integrated construction and demolition waste management at the municipal level. PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is an important environmental issue to be considered in Municipal Urban Management. The large volume generated and its disposal have caused several environmental impacts to the urban environment, with obvious effects on population health. This requires public managers to adopt more effective solutions to manage these wastes such as the implementation of integrated strategic planning and evaluation of actions which are extremely necessary. The aim of this work is to propose an evaluation system for municipal construction waste management, according to the premises of the National Policy for Solid Waste; Resolution 307 issued by the National Environmental Council (CONAMA) and other theme related resolutions. Exploratory research was carried out in three steps: i) literature review; ii) development of the system, considering three main pillars: scope of the service, environmental health protection and preservation of natural resources, based on the FPEEEA tool (methods for building environmental health indicators) and iii) assessment of CDW management in a Brazilian city using the proposed system to verify its applicability and identify its management strengths and weaknesses. As a result, the Evaluation System of Integrated CDW Management - called SAGI-CDW is presented to give support to management at a municipal level. This system proposes action towards integrated management and the respective indicators to monitorate, so that it becomes a tool to be inserted in CDW Municipal Management Continuous Improvement Processes. This system aims at inducing city managers to reflect on CDW management, and SAGI-CDW can assess the CDW management action strategies in terms of extension of sustainability at a municipal level. Moreover, it can be applied to different situations, because the parameters for evaluation are adapted to local conditions. When applied to a medium size city (approximately 500.000 inhabitants), it was found that the set of indicators that make up the SAGI-CDW is relevant as it covers the different dimensions of sustainability for integrated management established by the National Policy for Solid Waste, and also identifies weaknesses and strengths of this municipalitys CDW management.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Günther, Wanda Maria Risso |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction and demolition waste; evaluation system; indicators; integrated solid waste management; national policy for solid waste; solid waste management |
| Index terms: | natural resource, national policy, environmental health, continuous improvement, exploratory research, strategic planning, construction waste, dimension, resolution, solid waste management, implementation, manager, environmental issue, literature review, strategy, construction and demolition, waste management, environmental impact, population, urban environment, municipality |
| Subjects: | waste management, environmental impact, environmental issues, practitioner, environmental resource management, public policy, contractual arrangements, research methods, demography, urban sustainability, data analysis and analytics, health monitoring assessment and metrics, management, performance measurement, conflict resolution, administrative law, environmental health |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Governance, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Urban Studies, Sustainability, Procurement, Health and Safety, Legal Issues, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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