Asas, James Earl P.

2012-01791-MN-0

November 16, 2015

Ar. Anthony Yan

URBAN DESIGN
It involves the arrangement and design of buildings, public spaces, transport systems,
services, and amenities. Urban design is the process of giving form, shape, and character to
groups of buildings, to whole neighborhoods, and the city.
It is a framework that orders the elements into a network of streets, squares, and
blocks. Urban design blends architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning together
to make urban areas functional and attractive.
Urban design is derived from but transcends planning and transportation policy,
architectural design, development economics, engineering and landscape. It draws these and
other strands together creating a vision for an area and then deploying the resources and skills
needed to bring the vision to life.
In Urban Design, it involves place making, the creation of a setting that imparts a sense
of place to an area. This process is achieved by establishing identifiable neighborhoods,
unique architecture, aesthetically pleasing public places and vistas, identifiable landmarks and
focal points, and a human element established by compatible scales of development and
ongoing public stewardship.
Examples of great urban design:

Portofino, Italy

Cartagena, Colombia

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Asas, James Earl P.

2012-01791-MN-0

November 16, 2015

Ar. Anthony Yan

URBAN PLANNING
It is a dynamic profession that works to improve the welfare of people and their
communities by creating more convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places
for present and future generations.
Urban planning can be described as a technical and political process concerned with
the welfare of people, control of the use of land, design of the urban environment including
transportation and communication networks, and protection and enhancement of the natural
environment.
Urban Planners work with elected and appointed officials, such as mayors and
planning commissioners, to lead the planning process with the goal of creating communities
of lasting value. Planners help civic leaders, businesses, and citizens envision new
possibilities and solutions to community problems.
Professional planners help create a broad vision for the community. The basic element
is the creation of a plan. Planners develop a plan through analysis of data and identification of
goals for the community or the project.
Example of successful Urban Planning:
1. Amsterdam, Netherlands
The capital and largest city in the Netherlands, Amsterdam has flourished from
the 14th century. In the early 17th century, a comprehensive plan was developed that
was based on four concentric half-circles of canals with their ends emerging at the IJ
bay. Today, with little expansion, only 20 percent of trips around the city are in a car.
Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly large cities in the world.
2. Eugene, Oregon
If you want to know about green cities, Eugene make the top five in the Popular
Science Americas 50 Greenest Cities. But, it is the most ambitious in this goal, it
seems, as wind-generated and hydroelectric sources now generate 85 percent of its
energy. They also introduced a hybrid transit system and plans to be carbon neutral
with no waste by 2020. Eugene is known as a walkable, bikeable, accessible, active
and involved community.
3. Greensburg, Kansas
On 4 May 2007, an F-5 class tornado touched down more than 75 times, took 12 lives,
and leveled the town of Greensburg, Kansas. Residents translated this tragedy as an
opportunity to rebuild. The Greensburg City Council enacted a requirement that all
publicly funded buildings over 4,000 square feet must be built to the U.S. Green
Building Councils LEED Platinum certification level, the only city in the world with that
level of commitment to sustainable building standards.

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Asas, James Earl P.

2012-01791-MN-0

November 16, 2015

Ar. Anthony Yan

SITE PLANNING
It involves arranging structures on the land and shaping spaces between them. It is an
art linked to architecture, and city planning. The site plan locates objects and activities in space
and time. It may be concerned with a small cluster of houses, a single building and the
surrounding space, or a small community built in a single operation.
Site Planning is defined by Kevin Lynch as the art of arranging structures on the land
and shaping the spaces between; an art linked to architecture, engineering, landscape
architecture and city planning.
In site planning, as in other forms of problem-solving, the critical thinking process of
research, analysis and synthesis makes a major contribution to the formation of design
decisions.
Research material may be gathered from existing projects, books photographs, or
experiments. A program is then formulated and the elements required to develop the project
is listed.
Analysis of the site shall consider all existing features, both natural and man-made in
order to determine those inherent qualities that give a site its personality. A topographical
analysis is mandatory. Emphasis should be made on the sites relationship with the total
environment and its special values or potentials.

Government 2016 budget allotted for the provinces and municipalities (per region).
According to the letter submitted by the Department of Budget and Management to the
LGUs, it shows the Internal Revenue Allotment for the fiscal year 2016 based upon the
computation of BIR through the Internal Revenue Taxes from fiscal year 2015.
In addition, the IRA of the LGU for the fiscal year 2016 is 428.619 Billion. On the next
page is a detailed table of budget distribution per region.

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