Impact of Institutions on the Management of Disaster Wastes in the Great East Japan Earthquake

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  • Tajima Ryo
    Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Osako Masahiro
    Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Tasaki Tomohiro
    Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies

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  • 東日本大震災における災害廃棄物処理に対する制度の影響
  • ヒガシニホン ダイシンサイ ニ オケル サイガイ ハイキブツ ショリ ニ タイスル セイド ノ エイキョウ

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Despite its significance, Disaster Waste Management (DWM) has rarely been studied from the viewpoint of the institutions involved in it. This paper aims to clarify the impact of institutions on DWM by analyzing the case of the Great East Japan Earthquake. For this, firstly, institutional arrangements made after the disaster were reviewed and categorized to reveal its characteristics. Their impact on the actual DWM process and outcome in three selected devastated municipalities were then analyzed, using a modified version of the policy implementation process model originally developed by Mazmanian and Sabatier.<br>Results showed that while some of the institutions were related directly to the DWM process or the public management aspects of DWM, others affected the DWM process via its effect on public management. In particular, the analysis clarified that partial simplification of the permission processes for waste facility installation and the requirements for waste disposal procedures enhanced quick DWM, especially when additional measures for simplifying were taken up by municipalities. It was also suggested that the adverse effects on DWM, derived from some of the institutional arrangements, could be mitigated by accelerating their issuance and enhancing the capacity of municipalities to deal with the additional administrative burden.

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