TITLE:
Managing the Urban Environment of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic
AUTHORS:
David J. Edelman
KEYWORDS:
Urban Environmental Management, Regional Planning, Developing Countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, Metropolitan Santo Domingo
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.7 No.1,
March
29,
2019
ABSTRACT: This article brings the contemporary
thinking and practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution
of real problems in a major city of a developing country in Latin America and
the Caribbean (LAC). Such cities face more immediate problems than the
developed world and have fewer resources to deal with them. The study first
considers the context of the Dominican Republic and then reviews issues of
poverty alleviation, industry, sewage and sanitation, water, energy,
transportation and finance in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. Finally,
it proposes a 5-year plan to help solve the urban environmental problems of
Metropolitan Santo Domingo, the largest city in the Caribbean, utilizing a
real-world database and a limited budget.