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|a Case Study Summary - Dominican Republic |h [electronic resource] |b Legislation and disaster risk reduction at the community level |y English. |
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|a [S.l.] : |b International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, |c 2011. |
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|a Refer to main document/publisher for use rights. |
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|a (2011). Legislation and disaster risk reduction at the community level: case study summary—Dominican Republic. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). |
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|a The document presents a short synopsis of the Dominican Republic’s efforts to develop a comprehensive disaster risk reduction (DRR) platform. It covers the various legislative initiatives and institutional arrangements being implemented in the Dominican Republic to address the countries vulnerabilities to a multitude of natural hazards. The summary of the Dominican Republic’s actions related to DRR begins with a discussion of the country’s risk profile. After the country that it shares the island of Hispaniola with, Haiti, the Dominican Republic is the next most vulnerable country in the Caribbean. It faces the yearly barrage of tropical storms and hurricanes, and corresponding floods and landslides, which are juxtaposed to periods of drought and wildfire. The country is also susceptible to earthquakes and tsunamis. These hazards, coupled with rapid unregulated urbanization, make the Dominican Republic in dire need of a DRR plan. In 2002 the government passed the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRM), a framework for disaster prevention, mitigation, and response. The development of a National Fund for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Response is another component of the country’s efforts. Additional national laws on environmental protection, natural resource management, building and construction guidelines, and education, complement the overarching DRM policy. Some early successes of the DRM Act include provisions for the participation of community-based organizations in the decision-making government bodies for DRR, the decentralization of DRR through emphasis on strengthening governance at the local level, the incorporation of DRR objectives into the General Education Act, and government support for projects that combine poverty reduction through the improvement of livelihoods with natural resource management initiatives. Despite initial successes, the summary does address a number of lapses in the implementation of the DRR framework that persist. One significant hole in the country’s efforts involves failure of the national government to allocate a set percentage of its revenue to municipalities for DRR as established in legislation. Another deals with the lack of a clear mechanism for citizens to claim their rights to DRR. And lastly, the lack of enforcement mechanisms against those who ignore land-use, construction, and environmental regulations is also highly problematic. |
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|a Disaster Risk Reduction |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2013. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Natural hazards and disasters. |
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|a International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. |
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|a Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU), |e summary contributor. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042192/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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