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Port-au-Prince.– The Haitian government believes that 150,000 deaths from the magnitude-7.0 earthquake will be confirmed by Sunday night, Communications Minister Marie Laurence Lassec said on Saturday.

However, the minister denied that her government believes that rescue operations are done with, and said that Mexican and Dominican teams were continuing at least all day Saturday to search for possible survivors 11 days after the devastating Jan. 12 quake.

Lassec confirmed the figures given by the Interior Ministry indicating that up to Friday 111,499 bodies had been located, but said that “unfortunately we think that by Sunday 150,000 bodies will have been found.”

With regard to plans to relocate the 610,000 displaced persons –most of them from Port-au-Prince–, the minister would only say that large camps will be set up for them, but did not say where.


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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 1:36 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
rip
Written by: glomarexplorer, 24 Jan 2010 2:12 AM
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes

Perhaps it should prove prudent to to abandon P-a-P and move the capital to another location. This should prove less costly than all required clean up and infinitely easier. For starters, we could begin with proper streets and sewers and water distribution layouts; also, all new construction should be earthquake-resistant. I would also refrain from creating such a large city, and instead would advocate several smaller cities, perhaps of 300k-800k inhabitants. This could lessen future disasters impact and maybe create more and better economic opportunities for the people.

Moving a capital is not unprecedented in history. Brazil and Nigeria have done it, and so have others. This idea has merit and is worth pursuing.

MJEV.
Written by: etiennc01, 24 Jan 2010 2:34 AM
From: United States
well said
Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 10:30 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Dr. Strangelove,

I would agree that the Haitians should be consulted and informed of the benefits of rebuilding a Smaller capital.

I also agree on decentralizing and the downsizing of cities and metropolises.

This is why I have consistently called for a building MORATORIUM in Santo Calcutta before it becomes more unmanageable than it already is and comes to halt under the pressure of unsustainable basic infrastructure needs.

I think the Dominican government is seeing the “hand writing on the wall” with what has occurred in Haiti’s capital and it would be the height of irresponsibility not to learn this lesson and not act upon it.

Just look at the chaos New York City experienced with just the collapse of two buildings on 9/11. Granted that was not due to a natural disaster, but the point is the difficulty one of the best equipped and manned Fire and Police departments in the world had in managing that crisis.

Written by: corky01, 24 Jan 2010 11:32 AM
From: United States
if they rebuild, they shouldn't be using concrete without a building code. but i doubt they can afflord steel reinforcement or will enforce building to any kind of earhquake resistant standard. this is haiti after all.
Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 4:50 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia

No, this is called POVERTY "AFTERALL"!
Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:17 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Dr. Strangelove more support for our positions:

"Desorden

El informe de Desarrollo Humano del 2007 estableció que la experiencia del crecimiento de las ciudades en el país ha sido el desorden, la falta de planes, ciudades sucias, sin servicios públicos, peligrosas, incómodas, tensas; con un caos vial en donde se buscan soluciones individuales y caras a problemas colectivos. Pone como ejemplo el motoconcho, la planta eléctrica, el inversor, el “wachiman”, el tinaco y la cisterna.'


23 Enero 2010, 10:25 PM

Constructores han hecho crecer en caos a la Ciudad

¿Por qué la Ciudad ha crecido tan caóticamente? Porque no se han seguido reglas y se carece de un plan nacional de ordenamiento territorial

Escrito por: ODALIS MEJIA (o.mejia@hoy.com.do)

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:19 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
A esos vacíos se añade una cultura permisiva que alienta las decisiones unilaterales en materia de construcciones. A estas conclusiones permite llegar un estudio de la Oficina de Desarrollo Humano que indica que los promotores inmobiliarios han hecho aquí lo que les ha dado la gana.

El desarrollo urbano en el país se ha realizado de manera informal por la ausencia de una ley y un plan nacional de ordenamiento territorial que permitan regular la ocupación de suelos y la construcción de viviendas, pero también por la cultura política y social permisiva que posibilita la violación de las normas que existen, sin ninguna consecuencia judicial.

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:20 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Así se establece en el informe “Política social: capacidades y derechos’’, que ha sido realizado por la Oficina de Desarrollo Humano a solicitud de la Secretaría de Economía Planificación y Desarrollo, el cual además apunta que el patrón de crecimiento urbano ha sido definido principalmente por los promotores inmobiliarios y por otros actores privados y no por normas establecidas por el Estado, provocando una expansión desordenada.

”El denominador común ha sido el crecimiento desordenado sin la efectiva planificación de los servicios e infraestructuras que garanticen el desarrollo”, expresa el informe que aborda varios aspectos sociales.

Señala que los planes de ordenamiento territorial han sido escasos y no vinculantes, aunque destaca la existencia de numerosos estudios que tratan de manera fragmentada el territorio.

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:21 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Urbanismo

Cita además que el incremento en la cantidad de municipios ha influido de manera directa en el número de habitantes que residen en zonas urbanas, porque automáticamente son creados, la cabecera de los municipios pasa a formar parte de las zonas urbanas, lo que resulta una alta concentración.

Para este año, la Oficina Nacional de Estadística estima que cerca de seis millones de personas (66.5% de la población) vivirá en zonas urbanas.

Mientras que el informe cita que en los últimos 50 años el país ha seguido un modelo de crecimiento que concentra casi la tercera parte de la población en la capital y su área metropolitana, verificándose en los últimos años un proceso de conurbación con Haina, San Cristóbal, Boca Chica y Villa Mella.

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:22 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Agrega el estudio que fenómenos parecidos pero no de la misma magnitud se presentan en otras ciudades como Santiago, San Pedro de Macorís, La Romana y San Cristóbal, donde el denominador común ha sido el crecimiento desordenado sin la efectiva planificación de los servicios que garanticen el desarrollo.

Marco legal

El informe destaca que a pesar de haberse desarrollado diagnósticos territoriales, planificaciones sectoriales y acuerdos internacionales, que constituyen antecedentes a la elaboración de un plan nacional de ordenamiento territorial, no existe marco legislativo claro en este tema.

Señala que pese a que existen cuatro leyes que abordan el tema del ordenamiento territorial, ese marco legal exhibe debilidades.

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:23 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
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Desorden

El informe de Desarrollo Humano del 2007 estableció que la experiencia del crecimiento de las ciudades en el país ha sido el desorden, la falta de planes, ciudades sucias, sin servicios públicos, peligrosas, incómodas, tensas; con un caos vial en donde se buscan soluciones individuales y caras a problemas colectivos. Pone como ejemplo el motoconcho, la planta eléctrica, el inversor, el “wachiman”, el tinaco y la cisterna.

Experiencias

Los primeros esfuerzos del ordenamiento urbano son el Plan Regulador de Ciudad Trujillo en 1956, los Planes de Desarrollo (Plandes), elaborados por Onaplan en 1978. Recientemente se han elaborado planes estratégicos municipales en ciudades como Santiago, Jarabacoa, Constanza, Villa Tapia, Samaná, Pedro Santana, Pedernales, Duvergé, Cristóbal y Mella (estas tres en Independencia), Yaguate, San Pedro de Macorís, Monte Plata, Bayaguana y también está el del Ayuntamiento delDistrito Nacional.

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Written by: josean, 24 Jan 2010 5:27 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
El antiguo Consejo Nacional de Asuntos Urbanos (Conau) levantó importantes datos para ordenamiento territorial de zonas urbanas de la capital.

La Federación Dominicana de Municipios abrió en 2008 una oficina de ordenamiento territorial para ayudar a los municipios en su planificación.

En algunos municipios se han elaborado planes de ordenamiento de recursos naturales como en Pedernales pero el nivel de ejecución es muy bajo por falta de una organización local responsable de su ejecución.

También algunos parques nacionales y zonas conservadas cuentan con planes de ordenamiento como Los Haitises, Parque del Este, Lago Enriquillo, Cuenca Alta de Sabana Yegua y otros.

http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/201....-hecho-crecer-en-caos-a-la-Ciudad

See why I refer to it as Santo Calcutta!

MORATORIUM ON BUILDING IN LA CAPITAL NOW!

This should be every concerned Domincan's cry immediately!
Written by: PatDiamond, 24 Jan 2010 6:10 PM
From: Botswana, La reconnaissance est une lachete'
Glomarexplorer

Very good point in 1986 P-au-P population was only 800k. The problem is the capital got expanded without any urban planning. Don't forget essencially since the fall of Jean Claude Duvalier until recently under Preval Haiti did not have a functioning government capable of enforcing development codes. I believe Iles de la Gonave, which seats in the bay of P-au-P can be used for a capital. It's 275 square miles with a population of only 50k. With a ferry system P-au-P can simply become a suburb. Down town P-au-P was becoming unmanageble which is why Petion ville was quickly becoming a new business center. The plan to decentralized P-au-P as part of the new economic plan that was in the works should be accelarated. The textile industry that was coming back should be relocated to the provinces not the industrial parks of P-au-P
Written by: glomarexplorer, 24 Jan 2010 11:53 PM
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Josean & Pat,

Let's just hope others in power will see things as we do and that this unique opportunity, precipitated by this calamity, is not wasted. This could be win/win for everyone: Haitian people, UN, DR and rest of world. I hope somebody will listen, please.

Thank you for your support; let's make sure the idea doesn't die.

MJEV.
Written by: alejandro, 25 Jan 2010 5:58 PM
From: United States
This number is BULL SHIT.. how can they estimate the deaths.. by the number of dump trucks they fill and drop in unmarked graves.. The reality is that no one knows .. This is exactly what will happen in the D.R. if they don't get their act together.. we are a developing country tied by our balls to the U.S. and any other country that feels like throwing us a bone.. The goverment is corrupt and the president cant do shit about it.. Wyclef should be in France trying to get the money that was stolen from Haiti.. What the hell is Leonel going to do..?? By the way where are our fighter jets..??
Matbe they will appear in some AIR SHOW..
Written by: glomarexplorer, 25 Jan 2010 10:42 PM
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Alejandro,

Best of my knowledge, we have no fighter jets. We purchased a few Surer Tucano turbo-prop aircraft from Brazil, and I believe two of them have already arrived in country and are parked next to the Harley Davidson motorcycles we had acquired a while ago.

I suppose the earthquake in Haiti has disrupted drug trade a little bit-maybe, so they are probably not as needed right now. However, unless they are given "shoot-down" authority, I don't see how they would ever be effective.

Anyway, don't hold your breath waiting for jet fighters, because we don't have any.

MJEV.
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