Waste from leaks in the pipes may account for part of the shortage in several urban areas. Management, Staffing and Billing One of the more intractable issues involved in the distribution of water in Metro Manila is the low level of billing activity. Etherington, describes one system that uses filtered rainwater captured in the roof of the house to either.
William P. Paterson
A newly emerging and important economic use of the coastal area is activity related to tourism and recreation. Due to human influence on the landscape, the boundaries or character of the coast sometimes change to its detriment. 34; The coastal area can be considered as consisting of coastal waters and adjacent shoals, which influence each other;.
The following section will briefly review some of these special characteristics and issues of the tropical coastline. Sign and/or ratify existing global and regional conventions for the protection of the marine environment';. The scope and details of the marine resource inventory vary considerably, depending on the natural characteristics of the coastline.
The next step would be the adoption of the selected development alternative along with. One of the greatest current needs in coastal planning and management in the tropics is research.
Legislation Affecting
In a sense, these problems can be considered as peculiar to coastal lands which are different from other categories of lands. The fact that one of the main pillars of the current administration's development activities is tourism has intensified the desirability of coastal lands. 1 Coastal lands refer to that part of the coast which is alternately covered and uncovered by ebb and flow of the tide.
This is a Webster's Dictionary definition accepted by the Bureau of Lands. 2Foreshore land earner made headlines when the Tondo foreshore lands became the subject of so many controversies affecting land ownership. The Tondo foreshore lands were reclaimed by the national government in the late 1940s, part of a plan to expand and improve the city's port facilities.
Through a series of laws, the coastal lands were sold to their bona fide owners at a nominal price (see R.A. As many of the coastal owners had still not received their titles to the lands, this declaration was met with outcry from the residents who had always hoped to become owners and not tenants of land.
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This is because they have become the site of some serious land and water pollution problems and also conflicts over rights between private tenants or owners of property adjacent to them. Their characteristic is that they lend themselves to a variety of uses that are unique to them and that require access to water as a necessary element. The land tenure issue resurfaced in 1974 following the 1974 declaration by President Ferdinand E.
In order to study and formulate solutions to the problems of land ownership in the Tondo coastal area, an ad hoc Committee for Land Tenure in the Tondo Forestry Land was established with Memorandum Circular No.
Asteya M. Santiago
The relevant provisions of the Act on Public Lands from point 3 are as follows:9. Hector Fabros, Head of Research and Legislation, all at the Lands Office. Many current coastal land uses have led to serious land and water pollution problems.
22 Activities resulting from the use of foreshores as jetties have affected the cleanliness and sanitation of the surrounding areas and have further contributed to noise and traffic in the vicinity. This refers to the restriction or even actual exclusion of the public from the free use and enjoyment of waters and beaches in coastal areas. The effect of this. however. has been limited, if not actually excluded. the public from the free and unimpeded access to the surrounding areas of the foreshore. Especially the sea 22This information was provided by the District Officer from Davao Inan in an interview at the Land Office.
The broad provisions of the new Civil Code and other general laws should be translated into more specific provisions suitable for coastal lands. Their details should also be included in the implementing rules and regulations of the Bureau and where possible, in the lease agreement. In connection with this, a revaluation of the value of the land or improvements is made every ten years.
At some point in the past, it was proposed that the rents be used to build Bureau of Lands district offices.
ECO-SETTLEMENTS
An Alternative Solution For Human Settlements
A. Bruce Etherington
Before any social planning of the community, an analysis of the composition, characteristics and origin of the target settlers must be done. Finally, the implementation of resettlement or rehabilitation should proceed in stages which are within the self-help capabilities of the target settlers. To convey surface water effectively to reservoirs), both lanes and roads have a V-section with the lowest part of the road in the center.
An effective and responsive government is essential for the successful economic and social development of a community. A possible organizational/political hierarchy could include elected representatives from each group sitting on a community council. Selected settlers will build prototype houses and components of assembled units under expert supervision.
Safety during construction is more easily ensured as one individual from the assembly group can control the properties and materials of the entire assembly. And since infrastructure and community facilities and material costs are already included in the cost of the lot, the home mortgage can also be expected to absorb the cost of the infrastructure.
HABITAT 1976: A REPORT by
Jose Conrado Benitez
She spoke of the Philippine experiment as far as human settlement planning is concerned, and of the government's determination to improve the quality of life of the Filipinos. A number of countries felt that they could not support the Declaration because it contained political implications which they felt were beyond the scope of the conference. 59 As chairman of the Group of 77, the Philippines was the most active in the deliberations and negotiations.
The collaborative effort of the people themselves, their transformation from passive receptor to active subjects and contributors was seen as an essential component in the human settlement planning process. Viloria has since accepted the Deanship of the Institute, a position he held before his U. As mentioned above, the question of the organizational link -whether the secretariat should fall under the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, or under the United Nations Environment Program - was referred to the General Assembly for decision.
The selection of the site of the proposed human settlement unit was also submitted to the General Assembly. Before her appointment at the faculty, she was a research assistant with the Institute's research staff for some time.
Manila hosts International Conference on the Survival of Humankind
After five days of discussions of what may have been the largest gathering of scientific minds Manila has seen or will see again in a long time. President Marcos immediately directed his cabinet to study the proposals of the conference to see how they could be used by the country. As a postscript to the conference, the Technology Resource Center in Makati was established.
Meier lectures on "Practical Planning Approaches of Large-Scale Urban
Developments in Developing Countries"
AT LOS BANOS A New College Rises
As envisaged, the Foundation will establish grants and chairs in the various fields and disciplines of planning. In addition, the Foundation will organize workshops, seminars, educational campaigns, conferences, conventions, forums and symposia on matters vital to planning. It will also initiate, sponsor and support, promote, assist or carry out base activities. and applied research and development programs and projects in the various fields of spatial planning. Finally, it aims to provide consultancy services to the public and private sector, in particular in the field of project evaluation or project elaboration.
This includes organizing masters courses in planning at the agencies requesting such extension services. This is also in line with the stated national policy 'to strengthen and assist government agencies in the study of their development problems, to facilitate the realization of development proposals at all levels, and to improve human settlements and their environment through the integration of social , economic, physical and administrative considerations to produce coordinated and comprehensive development studies and plans." Overall, this will lead to the achievement of the civil service's objective to develop and maintain a competent and efficient workforce in the face of the current development drive of the government.
Even as the first ten-month Special Course in Urban and Regional Planning rolls into its second half, the Institute is already inundated with booking requests for next year's session. So far, at least three foreign countries have shown interest in the program and may send participants next year.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BOOK REVIEW
Marissa Pablo
Meier's contribution to planning knowledge is his realistic assessment of the politics and economics of scarcity as well as his description of the social adjustments that must be made to complement the new forms of technology required. An attractive feature of this book for Asian planners is that it deals extensively with the developing countries of Asia. The path of the scarcity economy may not always run, and indeed does not run parallel to the politics of scarcity in these areas.
The adopted Westernized pace of consumption in Asia may serve functions as unobtrusive as their manifestations are conspicuous. But this will require a major overhaul of the institutional support of this particular value system. Please enter my/our subscription to tile Philippine Planning Journal for one year, commencing with the October 1976 issue (Vol. 8. No. 1t EnclosedisP12.00 or US$S.OO.
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