More data needed on settlements

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The National Council of Urban Affairs (CONAU) reported that because of the dispersed nature of the required data and the lack of property titles, the council cannot resolve the problems associated with people living in dangerous areas. An addition problem is the inability to carry out urban planning and environmental management within the structure of municipal governments. According to the report in today's Hoy newspaper, "few municipalities have planning offices, and those that do lack the needed personnel trained in the use of modern urban planning methods" The council report addresses the situation in the Dominican Republic in the context of the United Nations Millennium Goals, and Objective 11 of Goal 7, which refers to improving the lives of people living in dangerous locations and reaching sustainable environmental conditions by 2015.

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