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  • 1Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. wilsonlu@hku.hk

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This study develops a framework to understand construction and demolition (C&D) waste management research. Key findings highlight C&D generation, reduction, and recycling as major topics, guiding future research directions.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Civil Engineering
  • Waste Management

Background:

  • Construction and demolition (C&D) waste management (WM) research has proliferated globally.
  • A comprehensive understanding of the existing C&D WM research landscape is lacking.
  • This study addresses the need for a structured overview of C&D WM scholarly work.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a framework for understanding C&D waste management research.
  • To provide a bibliometric and in-depth literature analysis of C&D WM.
  • To identify key research areas and suggest future research directions in C&D WM.

Main Methods:

  • Retrieval of C&D WM papers from selected journals using rigorous procedures.
  • Analysis of retrieved paper information using Qualitative Social Research (QSR) software NVivo.
  • Development of a research framework based on analytic results, followed by bibliometric and literature analysis.

Main Results:

  • C&D generation, reduction, and recycling are identified as the three primary research topics in C&D WM.
  • A framework for understanding C&D WM research has been successfully created.
  • Bibliometric and in-depth literature analyses were conducted using the developed framework.

Conclusions:

  • Future research should broaden scope to include design, maintenance, and demolition phases.
  • A unified measurement for C&D waste generation is needed for performance comparison.
  • Enhancing WM approaches effectiveness through new concepts like Extended Producer Responsibility is recommended.