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Session 6.1 - CLUP Overview
Session 6.1 - CLUP Overview
SESSION 6.1
Comprehensive Land Use Planning: An Overview
A. Duration
B. Learning Objective
1. Understood the difference and relationship between the CLUP and the CDP;
3. Acquired a working knowledge of the CLUP – CDP Process Flow and Convergence
Points in Plan Preparation and Implementation.
1. The Resource Person starts the session by recalling that the CLUP is one of two
plans mandated by the Local Government Code, the other being the CDP. He
flashes on the screen parameters that differentiate one from the other.
2. He/she goes on by presenting the CLUP – CDP Process Flow to show emphasize
and explain further the relationship between the two plans.
3. He/she also points out the Convergence Points of the CLUP and CDP in Plan
Preparation and Implementation
ii. Taxation provides funds to finance implementation of both CLUP and CDP
iii. Public investment programs in the CDP have a very strong impact on the realization of
the preferred spatial strategy or urban form.
iv. Private investments contribute substantially to total capital build-up, hence, are
encouraged in both plans.
3. He/she then proceeds to expound on the legal bases for its formulation. He/she also
reminds the participants that these have already been taken up in the discussion on
the Rationalized Local Planning System under Module I.
a. Constitutional Bases
To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use,
and disposition of property and its increments.
Section 20 (c)
The local government units shall, in conformity with existing laws, continue to
prepare their respective comprehensive land use plans enacted through
zoning ordinances, which shall be the primary and dominant bases for the
future use of land resources: Provided, That, the requirements for food
production, human settlements, and industrial expansion shall be taken into
consideration in the preparation of such plans.
Responsibility of Sanggunian
Section 3 (i)
Local government units shall share with the national government the responsibility in the
management and maintenance of ecological balance within their territorial jurisdiction, subject
to the provisions of this Code and national policies.
4. He/she continues the lecture by explaining the functions and meaning of the term
“comprehensive” in CLUP.
i. A policy guide for the regulation of land uses within the LGU territory
ii. The skeletal-circulatory framework for the physical development of the
territory
iii. The plan for the long-term management of the local territory
“Comprehensive” also pertains to policy coverage, i.e. the general land use policies
cover the four land use categories, namely:
a. A policy guide for the regulation of land uses within the LGU territory
b. The skeletal-circulatory framework for the physical development of the territory
c. The plan for the long-term management of the local territory
6. He/she proceeds by enumerating and giving short explanations about the basic
contents of a CLUP:
i. The creative combination of the built and the unbuilt environment to support
the generic goals of physical development listed below:
o At the local level, rational population distribution can take the form of
safe, hazard-free and well-serviced human settlements. In the case of
fragile ecosystems such as uplands and small islands, the population
should not exceed the area’s carrying capacity.
ii. The organizing concept for the proper location of space-using activities to
ensure sustainable environment for human habitat
iii. The “form works” to shape the built environment and to preserve the unbuilt
one
Dispersed Sheet This pattern is similar to the native New growth allowed to occur at the
settlements prior to the coming of the periphery at very low densities with
Spanish colonizers – very small clusters of substantial interstices of open lands kept
huts in widely scattered barangays. in reserve.
Developments spread evenly over wide
continuous tract; circulation carried out by
individual vehicles.
Very high accessibility to open land;
outdoor recreational possibilities are
plentiful.
Transport network a continuous grid
designed for even movement in all
directions. There is no road hierarchy, no
major nodal points, no major terminals.
Activity areas evenly distributed.
There is maximum flexibility, personal
comfort, independence, local participation
highly possible.
Galaxy of Settlements The Spaniards reduced the number of small, Development clustered into relatively
scattered settlements into fewer but larger small units, each with an internal peak of
pueblos or towns. Later some barrios grew density and separated from the next by a
into large settlements that rivalled the old zone of low or zero density.
poblacion in population size and complexity Each cluster is equal to the next in
of services. importance although specialization say,
financial center, cultural center, etc. is
possible.
Circulation mainly by private vehicle but
supplementary public transport is
possible.
All advantages of the dispersed sheet
except flexibility are present.
If clusters are not too specialized, need
for commuting is reduced.
Access to open country is assured if
interstitial open spaces are maintained.
Visual image of local communities
improved but not of the whole town.
Local centers may develop monotonous
similarity unless deliberately made unique
and different.
The Core City Some towns accommodate their urban Development packed into one
growth in the poblacion because of physical continuous body.
and policy constraints to expanding sidewise There is no single-detached single-
or horizontally. Examples are found in family housing; only high-rise apartments
Sampaloc and Lucban in Quezon province. available.
No private vehicles; movement is by
pedestrian on foot or on mechanical
devices like elevators, escalators,
conveyor belts.
Accessibility is high both to activity
centers and to open country at the edge
of the city.
High density increases discomfort due
to noise, pollution, and poor climate.
Range of housing choice available is
narrow
It produces strong visual image for the
whole town.
Initial investments are high but running
costs may be low.
Highly rigid and inflexible; any change
or rearrangement is very expensive.
The Urban Star When more radial roads were built traversing A dominant core surrounded by
the town center urban growth tended to secondary centers distributed along main
follow along the roads thus preventing the radials.
town center from becoming very large. Thus Tongues of open land incorporated in
the urban form resembles a star. Ex. the design resulting in a pattern with a
Koronadal City or Tacurong City. star shaped high-density core with fingers
of moderate densities along lines of radial
routes.
System of flow radial patterns; efficient
public transport along radials and inside
the core, supplementary concentric rings
to connect secondary centers improves
circulation in general.
Private vehicles allowed in the fringes
but may have to be curtailed in the
center.
Central core accommodates rapid
communications & specialized services;
offers wide variety of choice of habitat &
activities.
Very strong visual image.
Flexible, could easily accommodate
future growth.
Costly circumferential road network.
Congestion occurs at central core and
main radials.
The Ring When there are constraints to urban Doughnut-like form; center kept open or
expansion at the center settlements tend to at very low density surrounded by high-
go around like a ring. A good example is La density developments & special
Trinidad, Benguet. activities.
Circulation is through a series of rings
serving the rim supplemented by feeder
radials converging at empty center.
No single dominant center but several
centers which might be specialized.
Other activities are distributed along
ring roads.
High accessibility to services and open
land.
Wide range of choice of housing and
services.
Congestion avoided, circulation very
efficient.
Strong visual image due to contrast
provided by the empty core.
Rigid and inflexible as a form.
Preserving the open character of the
core and the fringes of the built up ring
entails very strong political will and very
high civic consciousness.
7. The RP then presents the five sets of activities in the CLUP Process and informs the
participants that the details of each activity will be discussed in detail in the succeeding
sessions.
a. Balancing the future demand for, and supply of land for urban development;
b. Generation and characterization of alternative spatial strategies or urban forms;
c. Evaluating the alternatives and selecting the preferred strategy;
d. Detailing the preferred urban form; and
e. Formulating the land use policy framework.
D. Methodology
1. Lecture - discussion
E. Resource Pool
1. Resource Person (RP) – the principal lecturer-presenter of the topics covered under
the session
2. Facilitator – assistant to the principal lecturer-presenter. He/she shall:
a. introduce the RP and give overview of the topic or activity;
b. assist in the preparation and organization of the electronic visuals before the
session starts;
c. prompts the RP about time limit of his/her lecture/presentation;
d. assist in operating the LCD Projector and laptop during the presentation; and
e. moderates discussion or open forum after the lecture/presentation.
4. Secretariat
a. ensures the readiness of the venue, sound system, materials and equipment
needed for the session, e.g., laptop, screen, LCD projector before the session
starts;
b. takes charge of the registration of participants;
c. coordinates with concerned venue personnel and ensures the security of
equipment, supplies and materials used before, during and after each day’s
session/s;
d. prompts caterer or food servers for punctual serving of snacks and meals at
appropriate periods of the day.
1. One large room that can accommodate 45 – 50 persons, set up in clusters, with each
cluster comprising of a rectangular table and chairs for about 10 – 12 participants;
with clear view from audience to presenters' stations; one (1) small square or
rectangular table for an LCD projector at the front section of the room facing a
screen; 1 rectangular table at the back section of the room, behind the clusters of
tables for the Secretariat.
2. LCD Projector
3. Laptop compatible with the LCD projector
4. Whiteboard
5. Whiteboard markers
6. Masking tape
7. Push pins
8. Rolls of craft or manila paper
G. Presentation Materials