Description: Dominican Republic - Environmental Priorities and Strategic Options : Country Environmental Analysis

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Dominican Republic - Environmental Priorities and Strategic Options : Country Environmental Analysis

This report discusses the affects of rapid economic growth and increased urbanization on the environmental quality of the Dominican Republic's natural resource base (e.g., water resources management--water quality, quantity and watershed manag...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ADEQUATE PROVISION ADEQUATE SUPPLY ADEQUATE WATER ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR POLLUTION AQUATIC LIFE AQUEDUCTS AQUIFERS AVAILABLE WATER BOD CADMIUM CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLEAN WATER COASTAL AREAS COASTAL WATER COASTAL WATERS COLLECTION PERFORMANCE COMMERCIAL WATER COMPETITION FOR WATER COMPETITION OVER WATER CONSENSUS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINATED WATER CORAL REEFS COST OF WATER COST RECOVERY COST RECOVERY MECHANISMS CUBIC METERS DEFORESTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT DISCHARGE DIVERSION DOMESTIC USE DROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC VALUE EFFLUENT EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EROSION CONTROL EXPLOITATION FARMERS FARMING FARMS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL VIABILITY FISH FISHERIES FLOOD PROTECTION FORESTRY FRESH WATER FRESHWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RESERVES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAVY METALS HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLD USE HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL AREAS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS INDUSTRIAL SOURCES INSURANCE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION WATER LAND DEGRADATION LAND USE LEGISLATION LIMESTONE LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY LOCAL COMMUNITIES MANGROVE MERCURY METROPOLITAN AREAS MORTALITY RATE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN NUTRIENTS OIL ORGANIC MATTER PERMITS PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS PESTICIDES PIPED WATER POINT SOURCES POLLUTERS POLLUTION POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH POTABLE WATER POTABLE WATER SUPPLY POVERTY LINE POWER GENERATION PRECIPITATION PROTECTED AREAS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC STANDPIPE QUALITY QUANTITY SAFE DRINKING WATER SALINITY SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION FACILITY SANITATION SERVICES SEA SEAWATER SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SEWERAGE SYSTEM SOIL EROSION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE TOURISM URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER DISPOSAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODIES WATER CARRYING CAPACITY WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANIES WATER COMPANY WATER CONNECTIONS WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEFICITS WATER DEMAND WATER LAW WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SANITATION WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER USE WATER USER WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4935212/dominican-republic-environmental-priorities-strategic-options-country-environmental-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15678

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Summary:	This report discusses the affects of rapid economic growth and increased urbanization on the environmental quality of the Dominican Republic's natural resource base (e.g., water resources management--water quality, quantity and watershed management and solid waste collection and disposal have become major environmental concerns). It notes that the lack of systematic data limits an accurate and detailed assessment of the scope of the problems, however, the consensus is that: (i) the overall poor quality of surface, groundwater and coastal water resources is the result of a lack of waste water management and agricultural run-off, causing health problems that disproportionately affect the poor; (ii) water scarcity is a regional problem resulting from poor demand management in irrigation, urban water supply and tourist infrastructure in drier regions; (iii) weak watershed management leads to soil erosion and amplifies the damage and frequency of flooding; and (4) the overall lack of solid waste management pollutes water sources, causes disease and is a nuisance for both inhabitants and visitors. To rectify these problems, the country established the Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARN) in 2000, bringing all public institutions dealing with environmental issues under one roof. The World Bank has supported SEMARN through a Learning and Innovation Loan, and SEMARN has made significant progress since its inception by issuing environmental regulations, standards and impact assessment procedures, among other reforms and improvements. This report provides some indicative priority setting the Government could adopt or adjust in function of political and economic factors.