Movement System and SWOT Analysis

Movement Systems

- Pedestrian
- Road layouts
- Vehicular circulation

Pedestrian

An important facet of architectural and urban design

Attractors

objects which distract pedestrians from following a direct path towards their destinations

Road Layouts

- Grid system
- Radial system
- Linear system
- Curvilinear system

Grid system

equally spaced streets or roads which are PERPENDICULAR to each other

Grid system

often used for its regularity, simplicity, and convenience

Radial system

has a COMMON CENTER, with straight channels of circulation radiating from this center point.

Radial system

The typical pattern created by TRADITIONAL CITY GROWTH from the original settlement

Linear system

Typical road layout in the Philippines

Linear system

Circulation connects FLOW BETWEEN TWO POINTS

Curvilinear system

ADAPTS TO THE TOPOGRAPHY of the land

Curvilinear system

most COMON to RESIDENTIAL neighborhoods/suburbs

vehicular traffic flow

ROAD HIERARCHY is based on [blank], from high intensity to low intensity

Freeways/expressways/motorways

designed to allow movement of LARGE VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC between, around, or through urban areas

Freeways/expressways/motorways

has no grade-level intersections

Arterial Streets/ highways

CONTINUOUS VEHICULAR CHANNELS that connect with expressways

Arterial Streets/ highways

typically TWO-THREE LANES wide in each direction

Arterial Streets/ highways

All crossings are controlled by traffic signals

Collector-distributor streets

TRANSITION between arterial streets and the local access streets of a neighborhood

Collector-distributor streets

provides access to adjacent residential properties

Local access streets

provides access to LOW INTENSITY USES

Local access streets

streets consist of loops and CUL-DE-SACS or combination of the two

Cul-de-sac

a street or passage closed at one end

National Primary Roads

• A contiguous length of significant road sections extending linearly without any breaks or forks that connect major cities (at least around 100,000 population) comprising the main trunk line or the Provincial Roads backbone of the national road system.

National Secondary Roads

• Directly connect cities to national primary roads, except in metropolitan areas
• Directly connect major ports and major ferry terminals to national primary roads Municipal and City Roads
• Directly connect major airports to national primary roads
• Directly connect tourist service centers to national primary roads
• Directly connect cities (not included in the category of major Barangay Roads cities) Directly connect provincial capitals within the same region Expressways
• Directly connect major national government infrastructure to national primary roads or other national secondary roads

Bypass/Diversion Roads

These roads divert through traffic away from the city/municipality business centers.

Primary and Secondary roads

- Bypass/Diversion Roads
- roads that would connect or fill the gap between ADJOINING NATIONAL ROADS (protruding) to form a continuous national road network.

National Tertiary Road

Other existing roads under DPWH which perform a LOCAL FUNCTION

Provincial Roads

• Connect cities and municipalities without traversing National Roads.
• Connect National Roads to barangays through rural areas.
• Connect to major provincial government infrastructure.

Municipal and City Roads

Roads within the Poblacion
Roads that connect to Provincial and National Roads
Roads that provide Inter-Barangay connections to Major Municipal and
City Infrastructure without traversing Provincial Roads

Barangay Roads

Other Public Roads (officially turned over) within the barangay and not covered in the above definitions

Expressways

Highways with limited access, normally with interchanges; may include facilities for levying tolls for passage in an open or closed system

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

SWOT

SWOT

this framework facilitates better decision-making by capitalizing on advantages, minimizing risks, and optimizing the use of resources

strengths and weaknesses

Internal factors in SWOT analysis

opportunities and threats

external factors in SWOT analysis

Strengths

• Existing infrastructure on-site
• Accessibility
• Good PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES (topography, soils and geology)
• NATURAL FEATURES on-site (bodies of water, earth and rock formations, notable flora and fauna)
• HISTORICAL attributes

Weaknesses

• Inadequate infrastructure
• Issues in accessibility
• Environmental and man-made HAZARDS
• Building and zoning restrictions

Opportunities

• Nearby GOVERNMENT PROJECTS which are beneficial to the site (ex. upgrading of infrastructure )
• Improving ECONOMY, increasing demand for services

Threats

• Changes in governance
• Adjacent development (ex. high-rise building)
• Social and political risks (ex. lack of peace and order)
• Pandemic

Example of Strengths

- Existing runway and passenger terminal building
- Existing road to Catbalogan City

Example of Weaknesses

- Need to upgrade airport facilities
- Some areas are SLOPING
- Some areas are prone to GROUND SHAKING, FLOODING
- Existing communities near the airport facilities

Example of Opportunities

- focus on the PLGU of Samar on TOURISM INITIATIVES
- PLGU of Samar intends to UPGRADE THE AIRPORT (bigger aircraft, night operations.

Example of Threats

- Low travel DEMAND (partly due to the PANDEMIC)