阪神・淡路大震災における災害廃棄物の発生と処理の実態について

Abstract

The 1995 Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake of January 17, 1995 resulted in a devastating damages to the highly developed urbanized region of Kansai, and created a total of 20, 000 Gg (20, 000, 000 ton) of debris. Debris clearance in two years became an urgent and difficult emergency management issue for the disaster managers in Kobe city and Hyogo prefecture. The status of debris clearance was summarized for each of the demolition operation phase, transportation, crushing and separation at a temporary storage location, disposal at final landfill site phases in terms of problems and state of progress. In practice, most of the debris may be either disposed of at landfill sites or reused as materials for construction. Management state by the Kobe Municipal Government, Itami City and Osaka Bay Regional Offshore Environmental Center is reviewed in detail.