URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Q385
RESEARCH METHOD

A PROPOSED REviTAlizATiOn Of lAnDSCAPinG in uRDAnETA

CiTy bAlikbAyAn PARk

Submitted by:

CARDINAL
LUBRIN
GANGANO
PERALTA

Submitted to:

AR. MAYDICKSON A. CRUZ, UAP

CEA- Instructor
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

A PROPOSED REviTAlizATiOn Of lAnDSCAPinG in uRDAnETA CiTy

bAlikbAyAn PARk

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND:

Balikbayan Park is located at Gracia Village, Nancayasan, Urdaneta City. It is

near Our Lady of Lilies Academy, and less than 500 meters away from CB Mall. An
auditorium, a basketball court, the Urdaneta City Tennis Club court, Bahay Pag-Asa
Youth Home Center, a chapel, the building of Philippine National Red Cross in
Urdaneta, a playground, and the City’s Senior Citizens’ Center is situated in its
compound, with a building of Civil Service Commission on the rise. It is one of the
places where people from different walks of life hang out during an afternoon.

Today, children are overwhelmed with an abundance of activities and fewer

opportunities to enjoy outside play. Video games, TV, after-school activities and an
increasing focus on academics have led to disappearing playgrounds and playtime.
This reduction in free play can negatively impact the development of children.
Playgrounds are a vital aspect of healthy development, providing a place for children
to get a full-body workout, including exercises that strengthen their arms, legs, torso
and so on. From the cardiovascular system to the circulatory system, each is nurtured
and benefited through vigorous play.

The researchers aim to revive the playground to make it playable and harmless
for the children, to add plants that will help the environment in reducing air pollution,
tolerating heat and humidity, and for beautification purposes. This will benefits the
children of a healthy playground environment.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:

1. What are the existing condition of the Balikbayan Park?

2. What are the design considerations to improve Balikbayan Park in terms of

landscaping?

OBJECTIVES:

1. To know the existing condition of the balikbayan park.

2. To know the design considerations for the improvement of the landscape of

Balikbayan Park.
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

In recent years interest in urban mobility has grown considerably, not only due to the
urban increase in negative externalities generated by transport, but even because
recent theoretical innovations strategy are offering effective solutions especially in
public health context. In particular, the introduction of Physical Activity(PA) could
radically change the mobility scenario allowing in physical activity, improving the
attractiveness of Balikbayan Park, and on the other, the revitalization of landscaping
in Balikbayan Park measures on wide scale, without take the risk of environment
accessibility and creating social exclusion.The case study analyzed is represented by
the public area of Urdaneta City Balikbayan Park. Several scenarios have been
simulated and compared by means of (economic, environmental and social)
sustainability indicators.

For this study, researchers conducted extensive literature review scientific research
papers. As a result, researchers identified 3 (three) key-elements and introduced them
as PLACE: Economic Profile, Physical Activity, and Environment, of the Balikbayan
park. The Balikbayan Profile is defined as a combination of the following key-
attributes: physical condition; mobility choice; employment and education
background; social and cultural capital; playground type; and public interactive usage.
The Physical Activity is defined by the key-attributes as follow: walking-related
purposes; social interaction; walking intensity; walking habits; and transport health
interaction. Then the Balikbayan Environment is defined by the key-attributes of:
spatial planning features; children’s academically; children’s live-ability; children’s
playable; playground landscaping (hard elements); playground facilities (movable,
and recycled elements); to environmental quality. Based on this, authors suggest that
those key-elements and their key-attributes need to be carefully addressed in the
planning process of a sustainable environment.

This chapter primarily presents the different researches and other literature's form
both
foreign and local researchers, which have significant bearings on the variables
included in the research. It focuses on several aspects that will help in the
development of this study. The study is generally concentrating on the feasibility of
creating an online student information system for College of Urdaneta City University
(UCU). The literature's of this study come from books,journals, articles, electronic
materials such as PDF or Email, and other existing thesis and dissertations, foreign
and local that are believed to be useful in the advancement of awareness
concerning the study.