Incorporating disaster debris into sustainable construction research and practice

Several interdependent technical, environmental, social, economic, funding, and regulatory factors affect the sustainable management of post-disaster materials and their valorization in the built environment. Creating value in the end-of-life materials requires conducting a data-based investigation of these diverse factors that impact the feasibility of post-disaster recycling and reuse. Critical design factors in the process of sustainably managing disaster debris within the built environment are the quantity and composition of the disaster debris.