Blog Posts on urban planning

HISTORY 101 Ganito ang urban planning nila dati noong panahon... by Love me now, and I'll court you forever on Feb 16, 2012HISTORY 101 Ganito ang urban planning nila dati noong panahon ng Kastila. Ang pinakaimportante na building ng bayan ay ang SIMBAHAN. Malapit sa simbahan ay ang PLAZA at nasa vicinity na din ang GOVERNMENT BUILDING o kaya ang BAHAY NG GOBERNADOR or...

Our City Needs a Facelift by The Lens & The Stories Behind on Feb 4, 2012From being considered ‘the most beautiful, magnificent, and regal city of the Orient’ by the Spaniards and ‘the Pearl of the Orient’ by the Americans, our capital city now has relegated to an inferior status compared to its Asian neighbors. T...

Urban Planning and Urban Management - Planning Visions, Urban Realities by Thinking Made Easy on Jan 2, 2012Ebenezer Howard is a very famous farmer, urban planner, and non-traditionalist who put forward various radical and innovative ideas. He is most popular for his contributions in the field of urban development. Through his travels, Ebenezer Howard deve...

Unmanaged Urbanization in Kathmandu Valley by Thinking Made Easy on Aug 10, 2011Mismanagement Urbanization in Kathmandu Valley Rapid population growth is the major factor for local environmental change; which is happening in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal nowadays. The long-time conflict in the rural areas has been the reason for mor...

What Exactly Is Urban Planning All About? A Novice’s Guide by I'm Only Sleeping on May 13, 2011What Exactly Is Urban Planning All About? A Novice’s Guide, You hear about urban planning from time to time but unless you work inthe field there’s a good chance that you don’t actually know what it is.This is understandable because...

Conflict Management as a Change Strategy for Urban Planners by The green architect on Jan 7, 2011The urban planner can either be an external agent of conflict management or be an integral part of the conflict itself, depending on the kind of conflict being considered. Because the urban planner is often placed in the role of a third party consult...

Conflict Management as a Change Strategy for Urban Planners by The green architect on Jan 7, 2011The urban planner can either be an external agent of conflict management or be an integral part of the conflict itself, depending on the kind of conflict being considered. Because the urban planner is often placed in the role of a third party consult...

Siren (Wang-Wang) Free Philippines by House of Onika on Jul 18, 2010Unlike the last presidential candidate who built an overlapping highway to favor his real estate development projects (and fortunately lost), architect Jaime Lerner conceived and implemented an innovative and cost-effective master plan to alleviate C...

Fault certification for Nuvali by Philippine Real Estate and Construction on Jun 27, 2010Last Friday, I was finally told to pick up at Phivolcs the fault certification that I applied for Nuvali. But first, let me tell you about a blunder that I made in my last post, I hinted that the Valley Fault System appears distant from Nuvali based...

Is there really a fault line in Sta. Rosa, Laguna? by Philippine Real Estate and Construction on Jun 18, 2010October of last year, upon a tip of a friend, I wrote in this site that there is an active fault line that traverses part of Sta. Rosa. The image on the left below was released by the online version of ABS-CBN News showing the so-called Valley Fault...