Introduction

The built environment continues

to grow along with the population
exponential advance. Every individual
added to the population will require
additional space for living, work,
entertainment and infrastructure
support. Rapid urbanization in the built
environment is an important aspect of
global transformation since it will require
monitoring and managing limited urban
areas. A built-up area is primarily covered
by buildings which are important in urban planning, population layout, land analysis and other surveys. It
also includes natural objects such as vegetation and open parks. Analyzing built-up area is a fundamental
activity in urban and regional planning specifically in preparing the CLUP (Comprehensive Land Use Plan)
and also other urban development research. Examining the past and present built-up form will guide in
preparing for the framework necessary in projecting the future demands/need of the population.

Objectives:

1. This activity will provide the student with a deeper understanding of urban and regional
planning.
2. This will also help the students become aware of and appreciate the complexity of the issues
(physical, social, economic and environmental) surrounding urban planning.
3. The student is tasked to explore the historical component of the urban core.
4. This task will also determine the built-up density of urban barangays including the road
networks.

Procedure:

1. Download a satellite image of the urban core of your chosen town from Google earth or google
map. Insert the image in Autocad or any Computer Aided Program.
2. Scale the image using the generated bar scale on the map.
3. Prepare two maps; first is the satellite image of the urban core and second the built-up map.
Outline or trace the built-up areas consisting of buildings, roads, bodies of water (if applicable)
and natural vegetation. Identify landmarks and point of interest on the second map through the
use of typical map symbols for structures or buildings.
4. Layout the map using A3 size paper and the standard color codes provided by HLURB to indicate
the type of use. The layout should also include legend, northing, bar scale and name of urban
barangays.
5. If available, add the administrative boundaries of the urban barangays to the built-up map.

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 6. Extract and scale up some significant part of the core where most social and economic activities
converge. This interactive feature allows the viewer to explore and appreciate the map in
greater detail.

7. Provide a write-up containing the following information;

 Historical background of the urban core
 Describe the geometric pattern of the built-up area.
 Existing condition of the watershed or any part of a water near or inside the urban core.
A watershed is defined as any surface area from which runoff resulting from rainfall is
collected and drained through a common point. It can be a small pond or a river.
 Discuss the existing condition of the area using SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis is used in
an organization or research to identify its internal strength, weaknesses, opportunity
and threats.

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 Internal Factors- assets and operational efficiencies.
a. Internal Strength -strongest asset, competitive advantage, existing resources, what
is performing well
b. Weaknesses- characteristics that place the built environment at a disadvantage i.e.,
Areas for improvement, lacking resources
External Factors- policies
c. Opportunities -elements in the environment that can provide opportunities for
improvement, new policies and development
d. Threats- elements in the environment that can cause problem to future development.

RUBRICS

The grading system for this activity will use rubric scoring tool which demonstrate four level
performance category and five scoring level. This serves as a guideline to follow in order to complete the
work to the best of your ability and areas that may need improvement in order for you to score the
maximum number of points required from the output.

Performance Areas Exceeds Satisfactory Met Criteria Less Satisfactory Did not meet
Expectation Criteria
Presentation of Complete Clearly uses Shows a basic An attempt to Bare minimum of
Built-up Map presentation of the principles of level of coverage present a map but content covered.
distribution and mapping to clarify of built-up map 60% of the urban
intensity of connections of but do not have core’s built-up
different types of land uses lack necessary environment were
land use including some map information to not shown.
the use of legends information guide the
and other viewer/reader.
information
Demonstration of Provides required Provides much of Provides limited Provides limited There are missing
the urban core’s information in a the required amount of amount of data, clearly
urban planning complete and information in information, have information, does contrived.
history. detailed manner, incomplete sources of not include sources
includes source of manner but have information but and does not reflect
information and source(s) of lacks analysis. meaningful
reflect critical information, analysis of
thinking reflects limited information
analysis
Synthesis of data Provides Compile and Provides synthesis An attempt to Output is
amalgamation of compose various of data but lacks synthesize all data unorganized and
data presented in and different coherent critical presented. majority of the
detailed which can viewpoints to thinking. required output is
be used in construct a viable missing.
generating solution.
solution
Time management The output is The output is Submitted one Submitted threes Submitted one
submitted before submitted within week after the week after the month after the
due date. the required due submittal date. submittal date. deadline
date
100% 90% 80% 70% 60%
Computation: 35%A + %25B + 30%C +10%D= 100%

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