PLN3 - Urban and Regional Planning in the Phiilippines & Ekistics

Urban and Regional Planning

Calls for development of land use plans and programs that help create communities, accommodate population growth, and revitalize physical facilities

Planning

________ as a general activity is the making of an orderly sequence of action that will lead to the achievement of a stated goal or goals.

National Urban Planning Commission

NUPC stands for?

Technical Committee on Population and Housing Statistics

TCPHS stands for?

5,000

If a barangay has a population size of ______ or more, then a barangay is considered urban

True

True or False:

A barangay is also considered urban if it has:

• At least one establishment with a minimum of 100 employees

• 5 or more establishments with a minimum of 10 employees and 5 or more facilities within the 2km radius from the barangay hall

True

True or False: All barangays in the National Capital Region are automatically classified as urban

NSO

Conduct parallel runs for generation of data on urban population using the old and new definitions in the 2005 PopCen

NSCB

The NSO and _____ spearhead the conduct of an advocacy campaign to inform users on the new definition of urban barangays.

17

As of June 30, 2019, the Philippines is divided into _____ regions

Region

Is a dynamic concept which has been defined differently by different geographers. In the concluding part of the 19th century

True

True or False: A more comprehensive and widely acceptable definition of region can be given as:

“an area having the homogeneity of the physical and cultural phenomena”.

True

True or False: Region has also been defined as:

“an area that is differentiated from other areas according to the specified criteria”.

Constantinos Doxiadis

Ekistics was developed by ____________

Oikizo

Ekistics was derived from the ancient Greek term ______ meaning “creating a settlement”

5 Ekistic Elements

Nature, Man, Society, Shells, Networks

Man

In the center is the individual human being

Society

Deals with people and their interaction with population trends, group behavior, social customs, occupation, income and government

Nature

Represents the ecosystem within which man and society operate and cities and settlements are placed

• “Carrying Capacity”

Shells

Used as the generic term for all buildings and structures

Networks

For transportation, communication and utilities that support the settlements and tie them together with their organization and structure

Safety and Happiness

The goal of human settlements is derived from Aristotle’s postulation for ______________

Maximum Contacts

Ekistics Principle: (material, aesthetic, intellectual) with nature and other people elements

Minimum Effort

Ekistics Principle: to achieve maximum contacts and to reduce energy, time and cost a minimum. => Higher densities

True

True or False: Man needs optimum space but not necessarily maximum space