Building Climate Resiliency through Urban Plans and DesignsMr. Thomas Stellmach, Urban Planning Expert 18 October 2017, ManilaUN-Habitatthomas.stellmach@unhabitat.org

1 Planning Instruments,Urban Design,Resiliency

Planning instruments• Philippine Development Plan / Regional Development Plan

Comprehensive Plans, NEDA – National Economic and Development Authority

• The Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP)~1:40 000 - 1: 20 000strategic planning approach, specific proposals for guiding, regulating growth and development; considers all sectors significant in the development process consistent with and supportive of provincial plan provides guidelines for city/municipality, including

• Zoning Ordinances (implementing tool of the CLUP), divides a territory into zones (residential, commercial, industrial, open space, etc) and specifies the nature and intensity of use of each zone. It is required to be updated every 5 years.

• Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP)Medium-term plan of action implementing the CLUP (3-6 years), covers the social, economic, infrastructure, environment and institutional sectors

• Barangay Development Plan (BDP)socio-economic and physical plan of the barangay; includes priority programmes, projects and activities of the barangay development council enumerates specific programmes and projects and their costs; justifies the use of the Barangay’s share of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) coming from the national government. Usually a list of projects.

Levels of scale

Private Space

Metropolitan

City-wide (urban area)

Urban District

Neighborhood

Street

National scale

• National level plans aim to develop and communicate a vision for an entire

country

“Main national spatial structure”The Netherlands

Regional scale

• The purpose of plans at this scale is to develop and communicate a spatial

planning vision for an entire region: how different cities interact with each

other, how the region interacts with its surroundings, which dynamics need

emphasis or revealing. is vision is likely demanded to adhere to and further

elaborate the national frame.

“Proposed spatial structure”GCR Metro Manila

“Regional spatial strategy” Region of Davao

City-Region and Metropolitan scale

• City-region and metropolitan scale plans either develop a vision on the

development of a (large) city with its surroundings or facilitate the

implementation of an already developed vision stemming from higher level

planning.

“Specific policy zone map”Metro Manila

“Territorial mosaic plan”Barcelona metropolitan region

City and Municipal scale

• The purpose of plans at the city and municipal scale is either to develop a

vision on one or a set of topics, or the implementation of an already

developed vision. In extreme cases, plans can describe the development

of entirely new cities (cf. Al-Alamein new city, Egypt).

CLUPManila City

“Urban metabolism”strategic plan Rotterdam

District scale

• Plans on the district scale have either a regulatory purpose for a certain

part of the city (for e.g. citizen participation, zoning, building prescriptions)

or serve the development of a large scale urban extension.

“spatial strategy for agricultural land”Bogota capital district

Neighbourhood scale

• On the neighbourhood scale, the purpose of the plans is either a focus on

the transformation of an existing urban neighbourhood, or on the

development of a smaller scale urban extension.

Taguig City, Metro Manila

“Matet entre vies” neighborhood - Barcelona

“CityLife Masterplan” - Milano

Comments on planning instruments

• With decreasing scale, plans become increasingly detailed and

spatial.

• To rely solely on zoning plans might not lead to the desired results,

particularly in dynamic environments. Planning systems, which employ

plans ranging from non-binding to binding, from sectoral to comprehensive,

and from abstract to detailed, offer the best equilibrium between

adaptability, flexibility and implementability.

• Readability and coherence between plans are crucial

Buildings

Infrastructure

Natural environment

Planning process – Layer by layer

2 Planning Process & Resiliency

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Planning process - CLUP

1) Does this generic planning process diagram reflect the steps of your CLUP process? Is anything missing? Please add the steps of the CLUP process in the top row, using the cards!

Planning process - Resilience

2) What could be the instruments and measures to inject resilience into the process? In which way? Add your suggestions to the bottom row, using the cards.

THANK YOU!

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