GDRR 523 - Land Use Planning and Management

Fundamental principles, laws and procedures involved in the environmental planning of towns and cities with emphasis on the use of concepts of sustainable development in providing solutions to environmental problems such as pollution, flooding, blighted areas and its rehabilitation; eradication of slums; zoning and subdivision control; concept and use of environmental impact assessment; prediction of impact in air, water and land environment, in the biological and socio-economic environments; methods of analysis of laws and regulations pertinent to the administration of environmental policies and programs.  The subject integrates Geomatics in Diaster Risk Reduction as input to land use planning. 

Contact Hours

56 hours
1 meeting per week 4 hours per meeting
14 weeks

Course Learning Objectives

1. CLO 1:  Identify and evaluate the Laws and Policy on Land Use Planning
   
2. CLO 2: Research, analyze and demonstrate a critical understanding of how the aspects of the Land Use Plan are being implemented.
   
3. CLO 3: Evaluate the integration of Land Use within the comprehensive Planning Process.

Serote, E. M. (2004). Property, Patrimony & Territory. Foundations of Land Use Planning in the Philippines. School of Urban and Regional 

Planning (SURP) University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City and the UP Planning and Development Research Foundation, Inc.

HLURB Guide Book Volume 1. (2013). The Planning Process. A Guide to Comprehensive Land Use Plan Preparation. Retrieved 06/28/2018 from Guidebooks on Sustainable Land use plan Volume I (1997). Retrieved 06/28/2018 from http://www.mekonginfo.org/assets/midocs/0001463-society-laws-and-legal- issuances-relevant-to-sustainable-land-use-planning-and-management-volume-vi.pdf

HLURB Guide Book Volume 2. (2014). Sectoral Analysis and Tools for Situational Analysis. A Guide to Comprehensive Land Use Plan 

Preparation. Retrieved 06/28/2018 from Guidebooks on Sustainable Land use planning and management Sustainable Development Series Volume VI (1997). Laws and Regulations

Relevant to Sustainable Land Use Planning.  Retrieved 06/28/2018 from http://www.mekonginfo.org/assets/midocs/0001463-society-laws-and-legal-issuances-relevant-to-sustainable-land-use-planning-and-management-volume-vi.pdf Guidebook 5 Land Use/Structure Planning

Haines, A., W.K. Et al. (2005). A guide to preparing the land use element of a local comprehensive plan Land Use. Retrieved 06/28/2018 from https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Documents/Comprehensive_Planning/Land_Use_Resource_Guide.pdf United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Land Use Planning Handbook (2005).  Retrieved 06/28/2018 from http://dnr.alaska.gov/commis/opmp/land_planning/documents/landuse_hb.pdf