Dominican Republic

This report reviews the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy, which includes natural and environmental disasters as one of its themes and means of

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

This booklet describes ECHO's disaster risk reduction focus on awareness, preparedness and prevention activities by providing a background and cases from Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, the Greater Horn of Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean

This fact sheet presents a project that supports local population in planning and implementing reconstruction in the aftermath of heavy rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

In Spanish:

El plan nacional de emergencia establece el marco institucional e interinstitucional para les acciones del Gobierno y de la sociedad civil ante la amenaza o existencia de un desastre, con el fin de salvaguardar la vida, proteger lo bienes y

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

More than 400 professionals from 48 countries attended this meeting to identify lessons learned with regard to the preparedness for and response to two of the most devastating hurricanes of the last decades: Georges and Mitch. The recommendations in this

Disaster Risk Management Working Paper Series, no. 5.

This paper examines the ways in which natural resources management and environmental degradation affect natural hazard risk, and makes a preliminary assessment of the importance of such linkages and