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Taking the averages of the 13 villages in Barangay
Santo Tomas and comparing it to the ideal standards thru
GIS, the results are in Table 8 and Table 9.
Except for the 300m distance for the local shops, the
rest of the accessibility distance compared exceeded
the sustainable criteria of average direct line distance
radius of the pre-selected 100ppha. (See Table 8)
Similarly, except for the bendy routes at 700 catchment
area radius that resulted in a lower area of 611.94m, the
rest of both the direct routes and bendy routes compared
exceeded the sustainable criteria of gross residential density
of pre-selected 100ppha.
CONCLUSIONS
In Barangay Sto. Tomas, the GIS/ GPS results indicated
most of the average direct line radius distance from the
accessibility standards as well as the average catchment
population (100ppha pre-selected) thru the catchment
area radius of local activities.
Hence, it can be assumed that most neighborhoods
in the country need to be exposed to the benefits of
sustainable local urban area development. Performance
indicators are an essential tool to measure sustainability.
Neighborhood site planning guides are very essential.
It can open up further studies in such site planning guides
in neighborhood design codes; neighborhood character
and identifying its key structuring elements; and in green
network/ water network studies. The master planning of new
towns/ subdivisions/ villages development do not take into
account neighborhood design codes. Design codes can
be used in the context of street making through cohesive
set of streetscapes which addresses the three elements of a
holistic street; i.e., the street, the buildings on both side, and
the site plots.
Further studies of neighborhood character in the
existing built environment can show local distinctiveness
and can even illustrate various types of neighborhood in
the country. Areas of neighborhood qualities and using
these design codes can further define and reinforce
neighborhood qualities. Studies in green network/ water
network lay down threshold levels in resource management
and economics in the community. The socio-economic
aspects in the barangay neighborhood can also enhance
the demographic data base in population, labor, income,
education, health.
Ma. Concepcion V.
Roxas, PhD
All stakeholders (whether public and private) need to
be involved and even educated to the CLUP concept and
process. The integration of sustainable development theory/
principles and process of the proposed KABATI-AN Model
calls to action the CLUP in local area planning.
ROXAS is an Assistant Professor 2 in
the College of Architecture and the
Graduate School of the University of
Santo Tomas. She is also a Research
Associate in the Research Center
for Culture, Education and Social
Issues (RCCSI) of the same university. She graduated PhD
Development Studies in 2007 from the University of Santo
Tomas Graduate School, Manila, Philippines. She finished
her Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning from the
University of the Philippines, School of Urban and Regional
Planning, Diliman, with honors via a two-year scholarship grant
from the Planning Office of then Metro Manila Commission
(now MMDA).
ROXAS dissertation ‘In Search of a Sustainable Model for Local
Urban Planning -The Kabatian Spatial Design Model‘(2007)
is on-going for publication in the UST Publishing House,
University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines 1008. Her other
research (refereed): ‘Green Streets’ Initiatives in the Central
Business District of Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines from
the UST Social Research Center has also been accepted
for international publication in the 14th International
Sustainable Development Research Conference held 21-23
September,2008, in New Delhi, India.
ROXAS specializes in the field of developmental planning with
over ten (10) years supervisory experience in developmental
projects and twenty (20) years professional practice of
architecture in the Philippines, in Singapore and in Chicago,
Illinois, USA. She has developed her expertise in land use
development studies, particularly in green and sustainable
designs, alternative passive resources in spatial communities,
towns and cities. She can also be tapped to developed
curriculum studies in lifelong learning activities.
ROXAS is a core group member of the Green Architecture
Movement (GAM) of the UAP. She is also currently rendering her
services to both the public and private sector, in her capacity
as technical consultant for planning and design architects
for commercial and institutional clients in Metro Manila.
The computerized system of GIS/GPS is a very efficient
analytical tool in determining standards. It is able to
determine the availability and capability of the land and
its resources using the same variables with computed
walkable destination of local activities/ services destinations
in quantifying terms.
It can also be co