PLANS RELATED TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

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Comprehensive plan, regional plan, transportation plan, housing plan, economic and development plan, parks and open spaces plan, critical and sensitive areas plan

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PLANS RELATED TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

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The adopted official statement of a local government’s legislative body for future development and conservation

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Comprehensive and Land Use Plan (CLUP)

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• It is prepared on a community-wide basis and in the context of a wider region.
• Sets forth goals;
• Analyzes existing conditions and trends;
• Describes and illustrates a vision for the physical, social, and economic characteristics of a community in the years ahead;
• Outlines policies and guidelines intended to implement that vision.

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Comprehensive and Land Use Plan (CLUP)

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specific proposals and strategies for guiding, regulating growth and/or; development that is implemented through the Zoning Ordinance

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Technical document embodying

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Main Components of the CLUP

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• Land use plan and sectoral studies including:
• Demography,
• Ecosystems Analysis (Terrestrial and Coastal), and;
• Special Area Studies (i.e. Climate Change Adaptation,Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Ancestral Domain, Biodiversity, Heritage Conservation, and Green Urbanism)

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Function of the CLUP:

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• to provide valuable guidance to those in the public and private sectors when making decisions that affect the natural and built environment as well as the quality of life of present and future residents

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Considerations of the CLUP:

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• Land use
• Economy
• Transportation
• Community facilities and services
• Housing
• The environment
• Human services

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• Shows the general distribution, location, and characteristics of current and future land uses and urban form, including the: Future land use map
• Land use projections

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Land Use Map

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• Describes the local government’s role in the region’s economy
• Identifies particular types of commercial, industrial and institutional uses desired by the local government
• Focuses on job creation/retention, increase in wages, a stable tax base, and job diversification

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National Economic Development Plan

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• cover geographic areas transcending the
  boundaries of individual governmental units often serve as the skeleton or framework for local government plans, supplying unifying assumptions, forecasts, and strategies

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Regional Plans

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Factors that define regions:

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• Geographic and topographic features
• Political boundaries
• Transportation patterns
• Region-serving facilities
• Interrelated social/economic problems
• Population distribution
• Urbanized area boundaries

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Regional Comprehensive Plan

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• intended to address facilities or resources that affect more than jurisdiction
• It provides guidance and forecasts so that local plans and decisions are made with a common set of assumptions
• will propose a more schematic pattern of development than a comprehensive plan
• For example: land use pattern is generally simple, demarcating land into urban and rural. But in a comprehensive plan, land
  use pattern is much more specific in zoning and demarcation.
• Map components:
• Location of urban growth area boundaries
• Existing and proposed transportation facilities
• Public facilities of region-wide significance
• Potential areas of critical concern Natural hazard areas Urban and rural growth centers

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(Davao Region) Physical Framework Plan

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• Guidepost for the rational use of the region’s land and other physical resources,
• based on the spatial distribution of its population and considering the development vision, growth
• trends and fundamental characteristics of the physical

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Under Philippine Land Classification
-areas that the government can transfer to private individuals or entities, allowing diverse use, both transferable and can be sold or leased:
- Agricultural
- Residential, commercial, industrial, or for similar productive purposes
- Educational, charitable, or other similar purposes
- Reservations for town sites and for public and quasi- public uses

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Alienable and Disposable Lands

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Under Philippine Land Classification
- primarily valued for their potential for timber production, and may be subject to regulations and restrictions to ensure sustainable timber harvesting and forest conservation

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Timber Lands

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Under Philippine Land Classification
- primarily valued for their potential mineral resources, such as minerals, ores, or precious metals, and may be subject to regulations and restrictions to ensure responsible extraction and mineral resource conservation.

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Mineral Lands

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Under Philippine Land Classification
- protected areas / NIPAS: designated for the conservation of native plants and animals, their associated habitats and cultural diversity (DENR)
- PUBLIC LAND ACT (CA 141)

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National Parks

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Under Philippine Land Classification
- PUBLIC LAND ACT (CA 141)

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National Parks

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• recognizes the land rights of indigenous communities, enabling them to secure titles for their ancestral domains and lands, safeguarding their unique land classification

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Ancestral Domains

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Ancestral Domains Law

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS ACT (RA 8371)

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• are designated protected areas such as strict nature reserve, natural parks, natural monuments, wildlife sanctuaries, protected landscapes and seascapes, resource reserves, natural biotic area and other categories established by law or international agreements of which the Philippines is a signatory
• The most famous is the Mt.Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary which was recently named a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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NIPAS (National Integrated Protected Areas System)

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Non-NIPAs

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Riparian Zones
Second-Growth Forest Areas

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Under Non-NIPAs
- are buffer zones from rivers and creeks or ecosystems located along the banks of rivers, streams, creeks or any other water networks. They are usually the narrow strips of land that line the borders of a water source.

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Riparian Zones

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Under Non-NIPAs
-are classified as Open Forests comprising 65% of the total forest’s areas while the rests or 35% are closed forests

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Second-Growth Forest Areas

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• are collectively owned, enduring through generations, and not for sale or destruction, including traditional resource rights the right of ownership and possession of the ICCs/Ips to their ancestral domains shall be recognized and protected;
  Right of ownership
  Right to develop lands and natural resources
  Right to stay in the territories
  Right in case of displacement
  Right to regulate entry of migrants
  Right to safe and clean air and water
  Right to claim parts of reservations
  Right to resolve conflict

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Ancestral Domains

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• provides the city with an overarching local plan (and builds on the work of the DOTr, ADB, Japanese International
  Cooperation Agency (JICA), and others)

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Transportation Plan

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• to support the development of sustainable and integrated network of land-based transportation in the city.

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Transportation Plan

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• purpose of the Road map is to support the improvement of transportation so that it prioritizes modes according to their economic, environmental and community sustainability.
• The Road map sets the framework, over the next 20 years with a focus on the first 10 years, for transport networks and systems to be integrated and be more efficient.

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(Davao City) Transport Map