Urban - Matches

The enactment of two pro-poor housing legislations in the 1990s--the Urban Development and Housing Act (UDHA) of 1992 and the Comprehensive Shelter Fi..

Philippine cities provide the highest levels of service and living standards in the country. Much of what happens to the country in terms of productio..

This paper traces the urbanization experience of Tagbilaran City, Bohol taking into account the demographic development that took place, as well as th..

Population processes and outcomes (in this case, urbanization) influences and changes the development of an area and vice versa. In the case of Tagum ..

Trends in economic development influence population outcomes in an area. Increasing economic opportunities that are typically linked to industrializat..

The paper focuses on the socioeconomic development experience of Lipa in its journey to being an emerging city. Specifically, it presents the urbaniza..

The paper discusses critical land issues in the Philippines and assesses the integration of those issues in the national development agenda and povert..

Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 1) is the first of two volumes on urban management. It documents the urbaniza..

Managing Urbanization Under a Decentralized Governance Framework (Volume 2) is a companion piece to Volume 1, which offers the institutional deta..

There are good reasons to believe that provision of water for the poor and poor communities can be a potent tool for poverty alleviation. As such, the..

In the Philippines, the Public-Private-Community Partnerships (PPCPs) are serving the poor with water through public faucets, group taps, bulk water, ..

This paper attempts to approximate the competitiveness of the country’s ten leading emerging urban centers: Angeles, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Davao C..

The paper provides an assessment of the Community Mortgage Program as a government-housing program for households belonging to the lowest income decil..

This paper examines land use planning in Metro Manila and the urban fringe and analyzes its effect on transactions in the urban land and real estate m..

The formation of metropolitan arrangements has recently become the trend. As these are still in the early stage of developing their identity, t..