Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

Valino, Julius Caezar Jr. C. | 4-A

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
NEUST - SUMACAB

SECTION: 4-A
SUBJECT: PLANNING 3 | INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

ACTIVITY NO.: RESEARCH WORK No. M1

TITLE: “URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING”
DUE: FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Reference/s:

Web Source:
C.Ghesleni, Urban Planning. January 29, 2023 retrieved from,

https://www.archdaily.com/984049/what-is-urban-planning

F.Comin, Urban and Rural Areas. January 29, 2023 retrieved from,

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3_95

Y.Ergen, Urban and Regional Planning. January 29, 2023 retrieved from,

https://www.intechopen.com/books/7470

STUDENT: Valino, Julius Caezar Jr. C.

INSTRUCTOR: Ar. John Lester H. Rosete

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 Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

Valino, Julius Caezar Jr. C. | 4-A

Q. What is Urban Planning?

The process of developing solutions with the intention of both establishing a new
urbanization and enhancing or requalifying an existing urban area is known as
urban planning. Urban planning deals with the processes of producing, structuring,
and appropriating urban space as a discipline and as a method of action. In this
sense, its primary goal is to highlight the steps that should be taken to improve the
residents' quality of life, including transportation, safety, access options, and even
interaction with the natural environment.

Urban planners are just one part of a multidisciplinary field that includes sociologists,
historians, economists, and geographers. Local authorities, whether from the
government, private businesses, or international organizations, are also included in
the process. When urban planning is integrated with a government, a master plan—
also known as a blueprint for a region's future development—can be produced.

So, issues like pollution, traffic jams, urban voids, and ecological impacts are
addressed during the process of urban planning. This is important in the current
context, where a lot is said about the future of cities and the goals of sustainability
and mobility to combat climate change.

The organization of metropolitan areas is the primary focus of the architectural

subfield of urban planning. This practice, which combines elements from
engineering and social science, was developed to address issues brought on by
cities expanding without planning. The fundamental objective of city planning is to
provide residents of new and established towns with a safe, well-organized, and
pleasurable place to live and work. Today, the locations of buildings, zoning,
transportation, and appearance of a town or city are some of the most pressing
issues in urban planning. Planners also try to keep the area's natural environment
intact and get rid of abandoned areas and stop their development.

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 Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

Valino, Julius Caezar Jr. C. | 4-A

Q. The difference between Urban and Regional Planning

The design and placement of infrastructure and other components over a large area is the
focus of regional planning, a subfield of planning and development. Planning zones might
include a number of towns, cities, or even parts of states or regions, and each one might
have its own "urban planning" office. Predicting a community's or group of communities'
needs in advance is crucial to regional planning. In this area, experts might try to predict
how and where a region's population will grow over the next ten years and suggest building
roads and other infrastructure to support that growth before it happens. Planning
commissioners are people who work in the field. They collaborate with local governments
and urban planners in their planning zone to talk about things like regional development,
land use, community development, long-term planning, environmental planning, housing,
and economic development.

The control of land use and the design of the urban environment, including transportation
networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities
are the goals of urban planning, a technical and political process. It is concerned with
research and analysis, strategic thinking, architecture, urban design, public consultation,
policy recommendations, implementation, and management. Also included are urban
design and architecture. Strategic plans, comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans,
regulatory and incentive strategies, and historic preservation plans are all examples of types
of plans. Frequently, planners are also accountable for enforcing the selected policies. The
modern movement for urban reform, which emerged in the middle of the 19th century as a
response to the disorder of the industrial city, is where urban planning got its start. By
adapting methods of urban planning to cities that are already in decline, urban planning
can include urban renewal. At the end of the 20th century, the term "sustainable
development" came to refer to an ideal outcome when all planning goals are taken
together.

REGIONAL PLANNING
URBAN PLANNING Those involved in the field
-LARGE SCALE are often called planning
-It concerns itself with commissioners, and they
research and analysis, -IN CONTROL
work with local
strategic thinking, governments and urban
OF LAND USE
architecture, urban design, planners within their
public consultation, policy -THEIR GOAL IS planning zone to discuss
recommendations, TO MAKE such issues as regional
implementation and PEOPLE’S AND
THE development, land use,
management. COMMUNITIES community development,
LIFE BETTER long-range
planning, environmental
planning, housing, and
economic development.

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