Definition Of Planning Flashcards
Is deliberate, organized and continuous process of identifying different elements and aspects of the environment
Planning
Refers to the scientific, orderly, and aesthetic disposition of land, buildings, resources and facilities
URP
Is the unified development of urban communities and their environs and of states, regions, and the nation as a whole
URP
Is an art of anticipating change, and arbitrating between the economic, social, political and physical forces
URP
The making of an orderly sequence of action that will lead to the achievement of stated goals
Planning
The art and science of ordering the use of land and siting of buildings and communication routes
Town planning
An attempt to formulate the principles that should guide us in creating a civilized physical background for human life
Town planning
Concerned with providing the right site, at the right time, in the right place, for the right people
Town planning
Rationale of town and country planning
• it would avoid unnecessary implementation expenditures
• it would enable the area to have a rational and sound basis
• it would serve as the basis for enacting a zoning ordinance
• it allows the introduction of new trends in planning and management of territories
• it ensures the development would take a sustainable path
• the plan will facilitate the sourcing of funds
Creating livable human spaces and natural communities
Place making
Goals of planning
• efficiency
• effectiveness
• ecology
• equity
• empowerment of people
Efficiency generic strategy
Engineering & entrepreneurial innovation
Effectiveness generic strategy
Enforcement & policies
Ecology generic strategy
Equilibrium and balance
Equity generic strategy
Evenhandedness
Empowerment of people generic strategy
Education & engagement of many sectors
Some shifts of modern planning
• before, “ top-down”; now “bottom-up”
• before open participation; now focused participation
• before all-inclusive; now strategic
Attributes of planning process
• science and art
• multi-disciplinary
• comprehensive
• dynamic
• continuous / iterative
• participatory
• cyclic/spiral
• time bound
Requires quantifiable tools as well as subjective creativity
Science and art
Requires the expertise of various disciplines; economics; engineering;
Multi-disciplinary
Covers all aspects of man/women and his/her environment
Comprehensive
Changes overtime, technological change
Dynamic
Plan is prepared, approved, implemented
Continuous
Values the engagement
Participatory
Unending process
Spiral
Plan must have a time perspective
Time bound
Levels of planning
• scope or coverage of planning
• timeframe/duration of plan
Scope of coverage of planning
Narrow: concept
Moderate: framework structure
Broad: detailed
Timeframe
Short term: 1-3 years expenditure plan
Medium term: 5-7 years development plan
Long range: 10-30 years CLUP
30-50 years masterplan
A group of people and a number of permanent structures within a limited geographical area
City
RA 7160
Local government code of the Philippines
Minimum income of a city is
20M
At least _____ in land area
10,000 hectares
Minimum population of
150,000
Total population by region rank 1
IV-A CALABARZON
Region 7 rank in total population by region
4th
Provinces with more than one million population rank 1
Cavite
Bohol rank in provinces with more than 1 million population
20
Ten provinces with the least population rank 1
Batanes
Population of Philippines on 2020
109,035,343
Highly urbanized city population
200,000
Highly urbanized city income
50M above
As of 2020, the Philippines has ____ highly urbanized cities
33
Four of the HUCs had surpassed the 1 million population rank
Quezon city
Manila
City of davao
City of caloocan
Population and income is below those highly urbanized city
Component city
The Philippines has ___ component cities
108
The largest component city
Antipolo in Rizal
As defined by NSO
Urban Area
All cities and municipalities with a density of at least 1000 people/sqkm
Urban area
exhibits a street pattern of street network
Urban area
NSO
National statistics office
Operational rather than conceptual definition
National statistics office
Is determined by physico-spatial, economic, demographic and cultural characteristic
Urban
Is defined by charter or legal act after complying with income, territorial size, population, referendum requirements
City
An important permanent settlement possessing the characteristics of size
Modern concept of city
Common characteristics of urban place and city are
They are aggregations of people to better realize some activities and perform vital functions.
Characteristics of urban are:
• population size
• population density
• cultural heterogeneity
• multiple functions
• level of administration
Refers to a city or central place plus the outlying territories that are functionally integrated with it
Region
Is based on natural/ physical as well as economic/political relationships
Region
Economic linkages of region
• journeys to work
• food, water and labor supplies
• industries
Infrastructures linkages of region
• major transport nodes
• utility trunks
• landfill
