Urban planning aims to provide orderly expansion of cities, rational allocation of land use, and efficient transportation and waste management systems. It began in ancient Greece with Hippodamus laying out the grid pattern for Paleopolis. In the 19th-20th centuries, Napoleon III planned improvements to Paris and the first zoning regulations and regional plans were developed. Transportation planning considers strategies and designs for mobility while waste management addresses waste generation, facilities, and reducing waste streams. The Philippines faces challenges of centralized development in Manila, congestion issues, inconsistent planning models, and waste management problems, while solutions include vertical development, improved transit, and decentralization. Jakarta struggles with poor transit and traffic but is addressing issues through decentralization
2. introductio
n
Urban planning and its
purposes
Timely availability
of infrastructure
Orderly
expansio
n
Rational
allocation of
land
Good waste
management
3. introductio
n
Urban planning and its
purposes
Efficient
transportation
management
Preservatio
n of nature
Preservation of
important
infrastructures
4. histor
y
Urban planning : how it
began
{Gree
ce
}
Hippodamus: Greek
lawyer, 5th century, B.C.E.First street layout: grid
patternPaleopolis
(old town)
>>>
Roman medieval times
Neopolis
(new town)
5. histor
y
Urban planning : 19th &
20th century
{Urban
Renewal
}
Napoleon III,
1853: Paris,
France
First zoning regulations:
Rotterdam, Frankfurt, NYC
First regional plan, 1929:
New York City
6. Aspects of urban
planning
Transportation planning &
management
{Transportation
System
}
Provides for mobility
of people and goods
Its performance affects
public concerns
Influences economic
activity
7. Aspects of urban
planning
Transportation planning &
management
Consideration of
possible strategies
Participation of
transportation
agencies
Strategic designs for
trip distributions
Develop
financial
plans
8. Aspects of urban
planning
Waste management
Quality and size of
generated waste
Land for
waste
facilities
Waste stream
reduction
Compliance of
the residents
9. Aspects of urban
planning
Sewerage system
management
Proper drainage and
disposal of wastewater
Preserving
receiving water
quality
Flood prevention (proper
disposal of rainwater)
12. urban planning in the
PhilippinesS
{ }
Spanish settlers - town
planning based on Italian
renaissanceAmericans installed
urban planning based
from famous US
architects (but poor
implementation)
1946 NUPC was
founded
Brief
History
13. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
CHallenges currently
facing
Centralizati
on of Metro
Manila- People from the
province come
to Metro Manila
thinking they
have better
career options
- Concentration of
National
14. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
CHallenges currently
facing
Transportation
and congestion- low quality transportation
systems
- Inefficient mobility
- Bottlenecking is caused by
traffic interruption, merging,
lane reduction and
distraction
15. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
CHallenges currently
facing
Government intervention
-- Poor allocation of funds
-- Planned projects not
being executed
Poor implementation of
urban planning model-- Inconsistent urban
planning models
-- Similar to urban planning
of the US
16. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Challenges currently
facing
Waste Management
- Clean air act of 1999 led to
dumping most of our waste
- Landfills
- segregation of trash
17. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
SOlutions
Adaptation of vertical urbanis
Improved public transportatio
Decentralization of Metro Ma
18. urban planning IN THE
PHILIPPINES
SOlutions
Improvement of disaster man
Proper division of sectors/dis
Urban planning and its purposes:
To ensure the timely availability of infrastructure and government services (like roads, schools, utilities, etc.)
Ensure the rational allocation of land (this certain parcel of land is best used for what?)
Orderly expansion (to ensure a satisfactory quality of life for residents)
Good waste management
Urban planning and its purposes:
5. Efficient transportation management
6. Preservation of important infrastructures (this means historically important and culturally important. For example: the century-old churches in Intramuros like the Manila Cathedral and the San Augustin Church and infrastructures such as the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros where the governor-general resided during the Spanish-Colonial era of the Philippines)
7. And most importantly, for the preservation of nature (should come up with sustainable and environmentally friendly urban designs and plans)
Urban planning began in the ancient cities of Greece. Hippodamus, a Greek lawyer who lived in the 5th century, B.C.E., was one of the precursors of urban planning as he was the one who designed the first street layout (the grid pattern) for Grecian towns. People in these towns (paleopolis, “old town”) maximized the carrying capacity and helped in forming a new town: neopolis. These new towns were then considered as “planned cities”. Urban planning continued throughout Europe during the Roman medieval times (Renaissance and Enlightenment periods) and during pre-colonial America. Most cities in the New World like Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Jamestown were planned cities.
Urban planning in the 19th and early 20th century consisted mostly of urban renewal projects. In 1853, Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and first president of the French Second Republic, had nearly one-half of the buildings in Paris tore down in an effort to improve the city’s street system as one of his urban renewal projects. In the early twentieth century, the first zoning regulations to separate land uses were enacted in Rotterdam, Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; and New York City. And in 1929, New York City enacted the first regional plan to regulate housing, highways, building heights and open spaces.
One of the aspects of urban planning is the transportation planning and management but before we delve into an overview of that aspect, what exactly is the transportation system? Transportation helps shape an area’s economic health and quality of life. Not only does the transportation system provide for the mobility of people and goods, it also influences patterns of growth and economic activity by providing access to land. Road planning and traffic management falls under this aspect of urban planning because it is the transportation system that provides access and roads are gateways to these lands while transportation is one of the causes of traffic. The performance of the system affects public policy concerns like air quality, environmental resource consumption, social equity, land use, urban growth, economic development, safety, and security.
PROCESS
Transportation planning then recognizes the critical links between the transportation system and other societal goals. The planning process includes:
1. a comprehensive consideration of possible strategies (strategies designed to foster involvement by all users of the system)
2. strategic designs for trip distributions (for example: in the Philippines, trip assignments of the jeepneys like Angono to Cubao)
3. ensures the collaborative participation of relevant transportation-related agencies and organizations
4. Develop financial plans (this is to ensure sufficient revenue like the minimum fare for the jeepney and the rise of the LRT/MRT fare)
PROCESS
Another aspect of urban planning is the waste management. The waste management planning process first and foremost determines the quality and the size of the waste generated by the residents. It then develops technologies that would aid in reducing waste as much as possible (technologies that involve recycling and producing biodegradable products) and the government also helps in implementing policies like no plastic bags. Under waste management is also of course the provision of land for waste facilities (landfills, incineration, recycling, etc.) and ensuring that these facilities have strategic locations and are well-maintained so as not to affect the residents’ health and the environment as well. The most difficult part of the waste management process is ensuring the compliance of the residents (because a common problem of most cities is the stubbornness of the people like not throwing their garbage properly).
PROCESS
The sewerage system management is closely linked to the waste management as it involves the disposal of human waste and wastewater. Sewerage system planning ensures the proper drainage and disposal of human waste and wastewater. It also ensures flood prevention through the proper disposal of rainwater. The sewerage system management, however, is not limited to the disposal of waste underground. It also ensures the preservation of the receiving water quality as cities nowadays have designed the recycling of water for toilet flushing and sinks.
Last aspect of urban planning is the infrastructure planning which focuses on generally land usage. It is to control the rapid urban growth by considering whether a new building would be okay for a certain parcel of land or will it be harmful to the environment or harmful to the residents. It is also to control the height of the buildings and other infrastructures because when they are too tall, they can be detrimental to the life of the residents. It also ensures that the infrastructures are strategically placed (meaning important buildings such as the hospital and important transportation systems such as the train stations are accessible by the residents).
Landscaping is under this aspect as there should be nature in every infrastructure so that the environment wouldn’t be harmed.
1958 ph asked assistance from the UN because of concerns regarding land pricing, cogged roads and informal settlers
NUPC- National Urban Planning Commision
1958 ph asked assistance from the UN because of concerns regarding land pricing, cogged roads and informal settlers
NUPC- National Urban Planning Commision
Note: Research articles on examples of bad transportation systems
Transportation: Roads don’t grow in conjunction with vehicle ownership
Note: Research articles on examples of bad transportation systems
Transportation: Roads don’t grow in conjunction with vehicle ownership
- no integration between transportation planning and land use (difficult mobility)
congestion: a lot of different sectors are mixed together
Urban planning of the Philippines should be similar to that of other Asian countries rather than other western countries
Note : Research actual - Metro Manila patterned after LA California
Clean Air Act of 1999- ban the burning of trash
1. To increase increase urbanisation in other provinces (and at the same time slowing Metro Manila’s rate of urbanization)
To distribute central functions of Metro Manila
2. Increasing the size of roads is only a temporary solution
3. Expanding upwards, usage of high rise buildings to create more land space
we are starting to build a lot of high rise buildings
movement of middle upper classes to skyscrapers (best to market it because some don’t want to)
- cheaper housing incentive
4. ex. canal systems
emphasize 3 R’s, segregation of trash
mention our filipino culture (sense of family, but no sense country)
5. NOTE : a very long term solution
ex. when squatters live near factories with harmful gases
to lessen congestion
to provide convenience for outside factors
how to do it? - relocation of squatters
One of the biggest manifestations of poor urban planning is traffic
City cannot cope with the growth of the population
Jakarta has around 28M people
A research conducted by Indonesia Effort for Environment revealed that in 2013, vehicle growth amounts to 1,600 to 2,400 units per day. From that amount, 16.5 percent consists of cars, while the rest of the pie consists of motorcycle, buses, and trucks.
“Decentralization after the fall of Soeharto has put much infrastructure responsibility into the hands of local governments. They prepare their budgets annually, so many of their contracts have to be re-negotiated every year. This increases transaction costs and limits ability to prepare and implement large-scale multi-year projects,”
In January 2013, many parts of Jakarta were inundated following heavy rain and killed at least 20 people and sent at least 33,502 fleeing their houses as reported by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) (The Jakarta Globe, January 22, 2013)
During 1995-2005 the average number of people who migrated to the peripheral areas of Jakarta was 1.6 million people per year.
FLOODING:
In January 2013, many parts of Jakarta were inundated following heavy rain and killed at least 20 people and sent at least 33,502 fleeing their houses as reported by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) (The Jakarta Globe, January 22, 2013)
A research conducted by Indonesia Effort for Environment revealed that in 2013, vehicle growth amounts to 1,600 to 2,400 units per day. From that amount, 16.5 percent consists of cars, while the rest of the pie consists of motorcycle, buses, and trucks.