Marques Neto, José da Costa (2009) Study on municipal management of construction and demolition wastes in the turvo grande watershed (urghi-15). PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
The main problems faced by the cities related to construction and demolition wastes (CDW) are associated to the illegal disposal of huge quantities produced. The illegal CDW discharge may cause water and soil degradation problems. The accumulation of wastes scattered in different city locations leads to diseases caused by vectors proliferation with damage to public health. Moreover, they cause problems in urban drainage systems. From an economic perspective, the costs of public cleaning services for waste removal have indicated the nosustainability of the corrective model. This can be explained by the absence of specific policies for CDW management. By introduction of the national regulatory framework for the CDW, several municipalities have attempted to implement a more sustainable model, however difficulties related tosystem operation and maintenance have not allowed its continuance. So, the purpose of this study was to evaluate models for the management of construction and demolition wastes in Turvo Grande Watershed (RTG) which is included in the 15th Water Water Resources Unit Management (UGRHI-15) of São Paulo State, as well as to develop a prototype system to support municipal management of CDW - SISRCD. The work also includes and overview of Portugal CDW situation and the results of an experience carried out on a building location at Guimarães city - Portugal. Information and data related to construction and demolition wastes from 64 municipalities members of UGRHI-15 were collected in order to support and optimize the methodology. The data were collected for the years 2008 and 2009 based on a questionnaire applied to municipal managers and also technical visits to municipalities along with surveys of final disposal areas. The main evaluated issues encompassed management systems in operation, production of the CDW, management costs, and treatment and disposal models. Based on the results, it appears that only Sao Jose do Rio Preto has an Integrated Waste Management of Construction Plan, in accordance to guidelines of in the resolution 307 of the National Environmental Council. Thus, the implementation of a prototype system to support the management of municipal construction waste - SISRCD - may become an important tool for guidance and assistance to the control of municipal activities. The SISRCD is an original proposal for a computer tool based on a simple user interface. The system after is validation may have a broad application at different municipalities around the country.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Schalch, Valdir |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction and demolition waste; management support systems; rcd; solid waste management; Turvo Grande Basin; UGRHI-15 |
| Index terms: | Portugal, public health, water resource, degradation, construction waste, cleaning, implementation, solid waste management, resolution, operation and maintenance, management system, proposal, manager, survey, prototype, user interface, construction and demolition, validation, questionnaire, waste management, methodology, municipality, drainage |
| Subjects: | project planning, contractual arrangements, practitioner, waste management, human-computer interaction, research methods, maintenance engineering, Geography, modelling and simulation, material degradation and durability, data collection methods, conflict resolution, environmental health, environmental engineering, administrative law, infrastructure and transport systems, management, professional development |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Project Management, Geographical Context, Sustainability, Procurement, Legal Issues, Business Strategy, Construction Materials, Information Management, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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