Journal of Social Safety Science
Online ISSN : 2187-9842
Print ISSN : 1345-2088
ISSN-L : 1345-2088
Quantity of Disaster Waste for Emergency Response of Public Authorities on Flood Disaster
Nagahisa HIRAYAMAYoshiaki KAWATA
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2005 Volume 7 Pages 325-330

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A questionnaire survey about the disaster waste for local governments where the Disaster Relief Act due to the flood disaster after 1999 had been applied was carried out, and the per unit generation waste was estimated. The per unit generation waste of flood damage above the floor level was estimated 4.6 tons per a household and the per unit generation waste of inundation damage below the floor level per a household was estimated 0.62 tons. The procedure to estimate weight of disaster waste due to flood disaster considering the number of house damages was presented. As a result, it was showed that the relative quantity of disaster waste could be available to assistance for emergency responses of public authorities on flood disaster.

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