Overpopulation in Metro Manila

GOMARQUEZ

Employment in Metro Manila Metro Manila is overpopulated is because

job opportunities are concentrated in this urban area as compared to other region in the Philippines.

Employment Rate in Metro Manila

Reference Mode

Urban vs. Rural Population

Why overpopulation is a problem?

high rates of urban population growth results to crowding

Housing becomes scarce lesser job opportunities for the other

regions increase of informal settlers

Audience

Land Transportation Office (LTO)

Government of the Philippines – to disperse job offerings through out the Regions.

Objective

To be able to know if Dick Gordon’s road and infrastructure and job openings for the people in the province, will help decrease the population and squatting in Metro Manila

Major variables

Population in Metro Manila Migrants Job offering Cost of transportation

Casual Loop Diagram

Population ofMetro Manila

Mirgrants

Job Offering

TransportationCost

Product Cost

Traffic Jams

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Poverty

Informal Settlers

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Infrastructure-

Next Step

Research on other factors such as the rehabilitation and modernization of the railroads (Gordon)

References

National Economic Development Authority http://www.bles.dole.gov.ph/ http://localweb.neda.gov.ph/Asian/VitalStat.html National Statistics

Office-http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/datalfs.html

http://www.country-studies.com/philippines/population.html Look-at-bets-track-recordsDick-and-Bayani Slums and Squatter Areas as Entrepots for Rural--Urban

Migrants in a Less Developed Societyhttp://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=96379594

http://www.mmda.gov.ph/metromla.html