Construction and Demolition Waste Management Research: A Science Mapping Analysis

Nehal Elshaboury, Abobakr Al-Sakkaf, Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader and Ghasan Alfalah
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Nehal Elshaboury: Construction and Project Management Research Institute, Housing and Building National Research Centre, Giza 12311, Egypt
Abobakr Al-Sakkaf: Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader: Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
Ghasan Alfalah: Department of Architecture and Building Science, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, Riyadh 145111, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-25

Abstract: Construction and demolition waste treatment has become an increasingly pressing economic, social, and environmental concern across the world. This study employs a science mapping approach to provide a thorough and systematic examination of the literature on waste management research. This study identifies the most significant journals, authors, publications, keywords, and active countries using bibliometric and scientometric analysis. The search retrieved 895 publications from the Scopus database between 2001 and 2021. The findings reveal that the annual number of publications has risen from less than 15 in 2006 to more than 100 in 2020 and 2021. The results declare that the papers originated in 80 countries and were published in 213 journals. Review, urbanization, resource recovery, waste recycling, and environmental assessment are the top five keywords. Estimation and quantification, comprehensive analysis and assessment, environmental impacts, performance and behavior tests, management plan, diversion practices, and emerging technologies are the key emerging research topics. To identify research gaps and propose a framework for future research studies, an in-depth qualitative analysis is performed. This study serves as a multi-disciplinary reference for researchers and practitioners to relate current study areas to future trends by presenting a broad picture of the latest research in this field.

Keywords: construction and demolition waste; waste management; bibliometric search; scientometric analysis; science mapping; holistic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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