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Editorial -
Voices & Ideas:
- Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit
- Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance
- Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed
- Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster
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This country document for the Dominican Republic represents a collaborative effort between DIPECHO partners in country and national authorities to provide a country document for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This document aims not only to orient ECHO/DIPECHO funding as with previous Country Documents, but provide a more holistic approach to DRR at the…
In Spanish:
Este documento contiene los resultados de una evaluación sobre las vulnerabilidades de la República Dominicana ante un fenómeno natural y cuál es el nivel de preparación con que se cuenta para poder disminuir sus efectos o responder con mayor efectividad. A la vez, el diagnóstico identifica una serie de desafíos que sirven de base para ava…
This paper argues that a human rights-based approach (HRBA), i.e. participation in political life, consultation of affected groups in decision-making processes, access to justice, due process, transparency and accountability, provides excellent tools towards a real positive change in disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation and mitigatio…