Collaborative Efforts of Disaster Waste Management Regions

Abstract

There has been important progress with regard to collaboration and coordinated efforts among regions that have tackled disaster waste management strategies. Among others, this includes integrated support programs at the time of disaster occurrence ; arrangement of roles and systems in the guidelines, achievements, and lessons on how to be supportive have now been documented following several disasters. For example, push-type support is seen to be rather effective and a wide range of well-managed support efforts is crucial. An analysis of promptly-reported information on support provided during the repeated disasters that occurred in 2018 indicates that all viewpoints must be taken into consideration. For instance, advance planning for receiving support proves to be helpful in order to avoid mismatched support and establishing the proper base is important to competent management by the national government. In the future, the current system may not be adequate for responding to the large-scale and less-tragic disasters occurring simultaneously, frequently, or successively. New systems that complement or expand the functions of headquarters, as well as human resource development and collaboration systems between region blocks under normal circumstances, must now be determined.