MODULE 2.3 Flashcards
Interlocking dimensions of land use planning
- technical
- political
- ideological
approaches, methods and techniques used to determine the proper allocation of land
technical
relates to development of policies, guidelines and criteria for the proper management of land resources including sharing of responsibility between the national and local governments in various aspects of land use planning
political
underlying social philosophy of land
ideological
Laying out of towns and cities, erection
of infrastructure, design and settlements gives order and organization
- Pre-colonial barangay system
- Colonial towns and cities
- Spanish, American, Japanese
- Commonwealth period to present day
practiced communal land tenure
Pre-Colonial practice of Pre-Hispanic Filipinos
Responsibility of for continuing and
prudent management of something held in trust, to improve and augment
stewardship
Concept of dividing land; Trade or barter land to others
rudimentary form of ownership of lowland (tagalog and pampanganos)
Communal land was also in practice: woods, open spaces, grasslands, mangroves, beyond the parcel is also considered belonging to them e.g. river, lake or sea coast
rudimentary form of ownership of lowland (tagalog and pampanganos)
believe that private property in land was non-existent in the pre-Spanish Filipino Society
(Constantino, 1975; Agoncillo,
1990; and Tan, 1997)
administered the lands in the name of barangay
Brgy. Chief
brought in the institution of private land ownership
Spanish colonization
by virtue of which all lands belonged to the King because he had invested in the expedition of discovery, conquest and pacification
regalian doctrine
right or privileged bestowed by the king to the natives
ownership
Consolidated scattered barangays into ________________
pueblos or towns
equivalent to the concept of public
domain
Realengas (crown land)
Consequence of the ideal Greco-Roman city concept
The use of grid-pattern for the urban fabric and adherence to architectural rules
Towns were built in conformity w/ planning procedures set by a proclamation known as
Laws of the Indies
__________________ established a criterion in city planning for Spanish colonies in the ____________________ and ___________________
Royal Ordinance, Americas, Philippines
What is the size of plaza according to law of the indies
in proportion to possible growth of town
Plaza shall not be smaller than ______ wide and ________ long; nor larger than _______ long and _____ wide
200 ft, 300 ft
800 ft, 300 ft
Well-proportioned, medium sized-plaza is _______ long and _______ wide
600 ft, 400 ft
Four principal streets are to diverge to:
Four principal streets are to diverge – One from the middle of each of its sides – Two streets are to meet at its corners
* Cold climate = wider streets
* Hot climate = narrower streets
– For defense purposes, streets where horses are kept will be made wide
Certain distances in the town, __________________ shall be laid-out for churches & monasteries
smaller plazas
What are the exception in the structures of churches and monasteries?
structures that contribute to their commodiousness or beauty
Churches and monasteries shall not occupy an entire block, so that no other structure can be built beside it
FALSE; shall occupy
What are next site after allocation for the church?
Site for Royal & Town Council and then arsenal house
What will complete the cloister?
A hospital for the poor and sick
Sites for slaughter-house, fisheries, & garbage disposal areas shall be situated that the latter cannot be easily disposed of
FALSE; can be easilly disposed
It is better that inland towns be built alongside rivers that will connect them to
coastal counterparts
TRUE
Building lot surrounding the main plaza will be given to public individuals (reserved for the church, royal town & house, & merchants)
FALSE; no building are be given to PRIVATE individuals
authority recognized and co-opted by the Spaniards to assist them in administering the pueblos e.g. gobernadorcillos (towns), alcaldes (provinces)
role of native principalia
Aids in the collection of taxes, organizing of forced-labour is a role of Gobernadorcillo
FALSE; native principalia
Unequal distribution of land in the Philippines - Spaniard leaders become the large landowners
FALSE; native
land sales took place in the wet rice areas around Manila
land acquisition
selling of communal land by native principalias to Spaniard
land acquisition
brought new social structure
haciendas
hired salaried administrators ran the estates and receives rent from the renters
absentee landowners
Two types of renters insurance areas
- small inquilinos
- big inquilinos
worked and lived on the estate and were allowed to work a small plot
small inquilinos
NON CULTIVATING TENANTS; became the new hacienderos after the change of colonial rule from Spaniards to the Americans
big inquilinos
came from the landless vagamundos and worked on the estate as salaried workers or share croppers
aparceros
purchase of friar estates for redistribution to the tenants becomes owners in 25 years in what era?
western (americans) colonization
All lands ended up as haciendas owned by Filipinos of all the classes
FALSE; upper class only