ARPLANN_TOPIC#9: Environmental Planning (Agrarian, Forest, Coastal)

Environmental Planning (Agrarian, Forest,

Coastal)

Refers to the process of facilitating decision making to carry out land

development with the consideration given to the natural environment,

social, political, economic and governance factors and provides a

holistic framework to achieve.

It is concerned with society’s collective stewardship of the earth

resources.

Biophysical environment

comprising the earth life support system

Air minerals, soil and water and the biodiversity which these sustain.

Socio-economic environment

Composed of human social groupings, their cultural activities and the economic

process of which they are interrelated

Environmental Justice

Refers to the equitable inclusion and treatment of all human beings in all aspect of

environmental planning, as well as in the key part of environmental planning

Environmental Protection Agency

Declared it essential that residents should play an active role in the reshaping

of their neighborhoods

Government and international organizations agree on the need for equitable

and sustainable housing and transportation as core characteristics of

environmental justice

Republic Act 10587

Governs the practice of Environmental Planning in the Philippines

The law defines Environmental Planning as a “multi-disciplinary art and

science of analyzing, specifying, clarifying, harmonizing, managing and

regulating the use and development of land water resources, in relation to

their environs, for the development of sustainable communities and

ecosystem.

Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners

(PIEP)

Accredited organization for Environmental Planners in the Philippines.