Author:
Hao J.L.,Hills M.J.,Huang T.
Abstract
PurposeAs construction and demolition(C&D) waste is one of the main solid waste generators in Hong Kong, its impact on the environment has become an imperative issue to the involved stakeholders. Although, C&D waste management has been receiving increasing attention from stakeholders and researchers since the early 1980s, how to manage C&D waste efficiently and effectively is, however, still in its early stages. Past research on C&D waste management has mainly focused on the separate aspects of waste management including waste reduction, reuse, recycle and response. A new approach is made in this paper to improve C&D waste management.Design/methodology/approachA simulation model is developed based on system dynamics methodology for strategic planning of C&D waste in Hong Kong by incorporating the relationship of major activities inherently involved in C&D waste management.FindingsFinds that such an integrated simulation model will have the potential to assist decision makers and practitioners to better understand the complexity of information and processes involved in managing C&D waste throughout a project's life‐cycle.Originality/valueThis has shown that management of C&D waste can be facilitated by means of system dynamics to provide a better understanding of the dynamic interactions and interdependencies of the key areas of the C&D waste management process.
Subject
Building and Construction,Architecture,Civil and Structural Engineering,General Computer Science,Control and Systems Engineering
Reference34 articles.
1. Belt, M.J. (2000), “Mediated modelling: a collaborated approach for the development of shared understanding and evaluation of environmental policy scenarios, with case studies in the Fox River Basin, Wisconsin and Ria Formosa Portugal”, PhD thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
2. Chen, Z., Li, H. and Wong, C.T.C. (2003), “Webfill before landfill: an e‐commerce model for waste exchange in Hong Kong”, Construction Innovation, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 27‐43.
3. Chi, G. (1998), “Integrated planning of a solid waste management system in the City of Regina”, MSc thesis, The University of Regina, Canada.
4. Chung, S.S. and Poon, C.S. (1996), “Evaluating waste management alternatives by the multiple criteria approach”, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 189‐210.
5. Costanza, R. and Ruth, M. (1998), “Using dynamic modelling to scope environmental problems and build consensus”, Environmental Management, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 183‐95.
Cited by
80 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献