EnP Language of Environmental Planning PDF
EnP Language of Environmental Planning PDF
EnP Language of Environmental Planning PDF
expropriation, but which was not utilized by the owner for his
benefit for the past five years prior to such notice of expropriation
(D-8)
Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund - the fund established under RA 6846 as amended by RA 7836,
which shall be used exclusively for enhancing the affordability of
low-cost housing by low-income families; providing
developmental financing for low-cost housing projects; and
eliminating risks for the funding agencies involved in housing,
namely: the Social Security System (SSS), the Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Home Development
Mutual Fund (HDMF), or their accredited financial institutions. (C-
7)
The Fund shall also allocate funds for liquidity support and interest
subsidy to the secondary market operation of the National Home
Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) to serve as an
alternative mechanism for sourcing housing funds, tapping in the
process private and public long-term funds.
Absolute Poverty - the condition of the household below the food threshold level.
(C-24)
Accessoria or Row House - a house of not more than two storeys, composed of a row of
dwelling units entirely separated from one another by a party wall
or walls and with an independent entrance for each dwelling unit.
(B-21)
Accessory Building - a building subordinate to the main building on the same lot and
used for purposes customarily incidental to those of the main
building such as servants’ quarters, garage, pump house, laundry,
etc. (B-21)
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Active Mining Area - actual areas under exploration, development, exploitation or
commercial production as determined by the Secretary after the
necessary field investigation or verification including contiguous
and geologically related areas belonging to the same claim
owner/or under contract with an operator, but in no case to exceed
the maximum area allowed by law. (D-4)
Actual Use - the purpose for which the property is principally or predominantly
utilized by the person in possession thereof. (A-3)
Aesthetic Potential
Tourist Spots - areas declared and reserved by the Department of Tourism or
other appropriate authorities for tourism development. (E-16)
Affordable Cost - the most reasonable price of land and shelter based on the
needs and financial capability of program beneficiaries and
appropriate financing schemes. (B-17)
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The most reasonable price of land and shelter based on the needs
and financial capability of the Program beneficiaries under RA
7279 and appropriate financing schemes. (C-5)
Affordable Housing Loan - to determine affordable housing loan, multiply the monthly
capital costs for housing by the annuity factor. (C-14)
Age Dependency Ratio - the extent to which those who are too young or too old to earn a
living depend for support on those who work. People who are
below 15 years of age are considered too young, and those 65
years and above are too old to work. (C-3)
Where:
Agrarian Reform
Communities (ARCs) - a geographical area composed of a barangay at the minimum,
or a cluster of barangays where there is a critical mass of farmers
and farmworkers awaiting the full implementation of agrarian
reform. (D-7)
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Agrarian Reform
Community - a barangay or a cluster of contiguous barangays where there is a
critical mass of farmers or farm workers and which features the
main thrust of agrarian development, land tenure improvement
and effective delivery of support services. (D-12)
Agricultural Activity - the cultivation of the soil; planting of crops; growing of fruit trees;
raising of livestock, poultry, fish or aquaculture products, including
the harvesting and immediate processing of such products, and
other farm activities and practices performed in conjunction with
such farming operations (B-7)
Agricultural Land - land devoted principally to the planting of trees, raising of crops,
livestock and poultry, dairying, salt making, inland fishing and
similar aquacultural activities, and other agricultural activities. (A-
3)
Agricultural Product - the yield of the soil, such as corn, rice, wheat, rye, hay,
coconuts, sugarcane, tobacco, root crops, vegetables, fruits,
flowers, and their by-products; ordinary salt; all kinds of fish;
poultry; and livestock and animal products, whether in their
original form or not. (A-3)
Agricultural Sector – the sector engaged in the cultivation of the soil, planting of
crops, growing of fruit trees, raising of livestock, poultry, or fish,
including the harvesting and marketing of such farm products, and
other farm activities and practices. (D-12)
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g. Pastoral activities such as goat raising and cattle fattening;
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Agriculture and Fisheries
Infrastructure Support
Services –technical and engineering support necessary in carrying out the
smooth and expeditious implementation of agricultural
infrastructure projects. (D-12)
a. Food security
b. Poverty alleviation and social equity
c. Income enhancement and profitability, especially for farmers
and fisherfolk
d. Global competitiveness
e. Sustainability
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Agro-Industrial Croplands - lands presently planted to industrial crops that support the
economic viability to existing agricultural infrastructure and agro-
based enterprises (BSWM). (B-7)
Agro-Industrial Development
Area (AIDA) - areas/villages which have been identified as strategic centers for
agro-industrial development. Projects which seek to adopt the
AIDA must have the following key components: capability-building,
livelihood development, and rural infrastructure support. (D-7)
Agro-Industrial Estates - areas where agricultural and industrial development are made to
complement each other, or areas designated for the simultaneous
or complementary development of agriculture and industry. (B-1)
k. Manufacture of charcoal
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m. Canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices;
vegetable sauces and miscellaneous canning and preserving
of fruits and vegetables not elsewhere classified;
Agro-Processing
Activities - the processing of raw materials and fishery products into semi-
processed or finished products which include materials for the
manufacture of food and/or non-food products, pharmaceuticals
and other industrial products. (D-12)
Air Quality Map - a map showing highly polluted to no or minimal polluted areas.
(B-4)
- lands of the public domain which have been the subject of the
present system of classification and declared as not needed for
forest purposes. (E-7)
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No land of the public domain 18% in slope or over shall be
classified as alienable and disposable.
Alienable Public Lands - any of those which are not yet covered by any claim of
ownership or have been allocated or acquired. (C-7)
Alleys - narrow minor streets which are used primarily for vehicular
service and access to the rear or the side of abutting
properties usually without a sidewalk. (DPWH) (B-13)
Ambient Air Quality – the average atmospheric purity as distinguished from discharge
measurements taken at the source of pollution. It is the general
amount of pollution present in a broad area. (E-12)
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Amusement Places – theaters, cinemas, concert halls, circuses and other places of
amusement where one seeks admission to entertain oneself by
seeing or viewing the show or performances. (A-3)
Analytical Map - a map that illustrates the derived results on an analysis and
synthesis of two or more variable factors according to desired
output, e.g., analysis of soil and slope characteristics of an area
delineates land subject to erosion. (B-4)
Ancestral Lands – land, subject to property rights within the ancestral domains
already existing and/or vested upon effectivity of RA 8371 of “The
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1987”, occupied, possessed
and utilized by individuals, families and clans who are members
of the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples
since time immemorial, by themselves or through their
predecessors-in-interest, under claims of individual or traditional
group ownership, continuously to the present except when
interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement by force, deceit,
stealth, or as a consequence of government and private
individuals, corporations, including but not limited to, residential
lots, rice terraces or paddies, private forests, swidden farms and
tree lots. (E-14)
Ancillary Building/
Structure – a secondary building/structure located within the same premises
the use of which is incidental to that of the main
building/structure. (B-21)
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Ancillary Industries – firms or companies related to the supply, construction and
maintenance of fishing vessels, gears, nets, and other fishing
paraphernalia; fishery machine shops; and other facilities such as
hatcheries, nurseries, feed plants, cold storage and refrigeration,
processing plants and other pre-harvest and post-harvest
facilities. (D-13)
Anthropological Area - any place where studies of specific cultural groups are
being/should be undertaken in the field of anthropology.
Anthropology in this case is descriptive, interpretative and
comparative study of all aspects of various cultural linguistic
groups including the collection and analysis of their particular
material culture. (B-18)
Antiques – cultural properties which are one hundred years or more in age
or even less, but their production having ceased, they have
therefore become or are becoming rare. (B-15)
Apartment House – any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented,
leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as the
home or residence of three or more families living independently
of each other and doing their own cooking in the building, and
shall include flats and apartments. (B-21)
Approach/Departure Zone
of an Airport – that area with an inner edge located 60 meters from the end
of the runway, perpendicular and symmetrical about the
prolongation of the runway centerline, both sides of which have
a divergence of 12.5% towards the outside, and with the inner
edge as the short base of the isosceles trapezoid thus formed. (B-
21)
Aquaculture Areas - areas utilized for coastal and inland fisheries. They cover areas
used for fishponds, fish pens, floating cages and related fisheries
projects. These include also the marine municipal waters up to
fifteen (15) kilometers from the shoreline where maricultural
activities and municipal fishery rights are extended to individuals
and cooperatives as provided for under RA 8550 and Section 149
of RA 7160. (E-18)
Aquatic Resources – fish, all other aquatic flora and fauna and other living resources
of the aquatic environment, including but not limited to, salt and
corals. (D-13)
Arcade – any portion of a building above the first floor projecting over the
sidewalk beyond the first-storey wall used as protection for
pedestrians against rain or sun. (B-21)
Area Coverage - indicates the area, location, boundaries of the planning area
expressed through political boundaries or natural boundaries. For
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purposes of systematic recording and referral, however, the
coordinates as reference points in the map are used. (B-4)
Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern – areas where uncontrolled development could result in
irreparable damage to important historic, cultural or aesthetic
values or natural systems or processes of national significance.
(E-12)
Artesian Well – well which taps a confined or artesian aquifer in which static
water level is above water table. (B-14)
Artificial Reef - a structure created by people and installed in a certain part of the
sea for fisheries productivity and/or habitat enhancement. It
mimics natural reefs. (B-7)
Artisanal Fisherfolk – municipal, small scale subsistence fishermen who use fishing
gear which do not require boats or which only require boats below
three (3) tons. (C-24)
Assembly Building or
Hall – a building or a portion of a building used for the gathering of fifty
(50) or more persons for such purposes as deliberation,
workshop, entertainment, amusement, or awaiting transportation
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or of a hundred or more persons in drinking and dining
establishments. (B-21)
Assessed Value – the fair market value of the real property multiplied by the
assessment level. It is synonymous to taxable value. (A-3)
Assessment Level – the percentage applied to the fair market value to determine the
taxable value of the property. (A-3)
Athletic Field - the allocation of external space for the athletic field should allow
adequate provision for the laying out of the following basic
components, among others: (C-23)
Atomic Energy Facility – any equipment or device which the Philippine Atomic Energy
Commission may determine from time to time, by regulation, to be
capable of producing or utilizing atomic energy material in such
quantity or in such manner as to be of significance to the national
interest or to the health and safety of the public. (B-10)
Atomic Energy Material - “source material”, “special fissionable material” and any other
radioactive material. (B-10)
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Backward Integration - the process by which the development or increased production
of a product or products in a certain stage in the industry results
into the development or increased production of products in
preceding stages. (D-5)
Balanced Housing
Development - a provision in RA 7279 which requires developers of proposed
subdivision projects to develop an area for socialized housing
equivalent to at least twenty percent (20%) of the total
subdivision area or total subdivision project cost, at the option of
the developer, within the same city or municipality, whenever
feasible, and in accordance with the standards set by the Housing
and Land Use Regulatory Board and other existing laws. (C-5)
For main subdivision projects which are limited to the sale of lots
only, land equivalent to 20% of the total area of the main
subdivision project shall be developed for socialized housing, or a
socialized housing project equivalent to 20% of the main
subdivision total project cost. (C-6)
Banks and Financing - a type of business which includes banks, savings and credit
institutions, pawnshops, investment and holding companies,
security dealers and commodity exchanges. (D-7)
The basic political unit which serves as the primary planning and
implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs,
projects, and activities in the community, and as a forum wherein
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the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized
and considered and where disputes may be amicably settled. (A-
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Barangay Development
Council – see Local Development Council
Barangay Funds - all incomes of the barangay from whatever sources which shall
accrue to its general fund. At the option of the Barangay
concerned, they shall be kept as trust funds in the custody of the
city or municipal treasurer or be deposited in a bank, preferably
government-owned, situated in or nearest to its area of
jurisdiction. Ten percent (10%) of the general fund of the
Barangay shall be set aside for the Sangguniang Kabataan. (H-3)
Barangay Health Station - the initial unit which dispenses basic health care, i.e., maternal
and child care, immunization, treatment of simple medical
conditions, nutrition, family planning, sanitary health care,
emergency treatment and health education. (C-23)
Barangay Health Worker - a person who has undergone training programs under any
accredited government and non-government organization and
who voluntarily renders primary health care services in the
community after having been accredited to function as such by the
local health board in accordance with the guidelines promulgated
by the Department of Health (DOH). (C-21)
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Barangay Registration
Committee - committee composed of the Barangay Chairman as head, the
LGU Day care Worker in the Barangay, a representative coming
from a non-governmental organization and two representatives
coming from the urban poor organizations based in the barangay
and preferably accredited by the Presidential Commission for the
Urban Poor, tasked with the registration of eligible socialized
housing beneficiaries. (C-15)
Barangay Roads - roads within a Barangay which are not classified as municipal or
provincial roads. (B-13)
Base Map - a map that serves as the working map and provides the standard
configuration of the planning unit for the preparation of the
thematic maps. The base map shows such features as political
boundaries, main rive system, main road system and other
important topographic features. (E-21)
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persons, senior citizens, victims of calamities and disasters, youth
and students, children, and urban poor. (C-24)
b. For a Municipality:
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square kilometers; establishment of tree parks, greenbelts,
and similar forest development projects;
Public cemetery;
Sites for police and fire stations and sub-stations and the
municipal jail
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c. For a Province:
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Upgrading and modernization of tax information and
collection services through the use of computer hardware
and software and other means;
d. For a City:
Bedrock Quality Type - the stability and permeability of the underlying rock structure. (B-
4)
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Being Occupied for Free
without Consent of Owner - tenure status of the housing unit where the household occupies
the housing unit without the consent or knowledge of the owner.
(C-23)
Bio-Gas - a fuel gas consisting of 50-70% methane and the rest non-
combustible gases produced by the anaerobic fermentation of
organic wastes. (B-12)
Bio-Geographical Equity
and Community-based
Resource Management - entrusting to the people residing near or within a particular
ecosystem the primary right to develop and manage the resources
of that ecosystem. (E-24)
Bio-Mass - organic matter, whether living or not. This would include, among
others, trees, algae, animal and agricultural wastes and decaying
plants in swamps. (B-12)
Blighted Areas - areas where the structures are dilapidated, obsolete and
unsanitary, tending to depreciate the value of the land and prevent
normal development and use of the area. (C-5)
Blighted Lands - areas where structures are dilapidated, obsolete and unsanitary,
tending to depreciate the value of the land and prevent normal
development and use of the area. (C-23)
Bore - any well, hole, pipe, or excavation of any kind which is bored,
drilled, sunk or made in the ground for the purpose of
investigating, prospecting, obtaining, or producing geothermal
energy, natural gas and methane gas, or which taps or is likely to
tap geothermal energy, natural gas and methane gas; and
includes any hole in the ground which taps geothermal energy,
natural gas and methane gas. (B-9)
Box and Can Privy - a privy where fecal matter is deposited in a can bucket which is
removed for emptying and cleaning. (C-22)
Brackish Fishponds
(Earth Ponds) - man-made enclosures of varying sizes, dependent on tidal
fluctuations of water management, located in estuaries (deltas,
mudflats and mangrove swamps) and intended for the culture of
fishes/aquatic species. (E-20)
Brackish Water - a mixture of seawater and freshwater; the salinity varies with the
tidal movements, e.g., mouths of rivers and swamps where salt
water enters. (B-7)
Brackishwater Swamps - land areas where most of the time the brackishwater level is
at/above the land surface. (E-20)
Brushlands - any tract of land of the production forest land covered dominantly
with shrubby vegetation. (E-21)
Budget Accountability - the last stage in the local government budgeting process which
involves the recording and reporting of incomes and expenditures
and the evaluation of attainment of the goals and
objectives/targets, functions, projects, and activities vis-à-vis the
execution of the approved budget. (H-3)
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Budget Authorization - the second phase in the local government budgeting process
where the Local Chief Executive submits the executive budget to
the Local Sanggunian for authorization. The Local Sanggunian is
expected to, among others, examine the budget with regard to its
conformity with local development plan and the local government
policy. (H-3)
Budget Document - the instrument used by the local chief executive to present a
comprehensive financial plan to the sanggunian concerned. (A-3)
Budget Execution - the fourth phase in the local government budgeting process
which involves the implementation of the budget for the
performance of functions/projects/activities to accomplish the local
government goals and objectives. It is at this stage that estimated
incomes are actually received and funds are disbursed or
obligated for the purposes specified in the appropriate ordinance.
(H-3)
Budget Preparation - the first phase in the local government budgeting process which
involves both income and expenditure estimation. It also involves
the formulation of the financial plans of the local government as
the mechanism through which the local development plan may be
operationalized. (H-3)
Budget Review - the third phase in the local government budgeting process which
involves the review of the executive budget as to its compliance
with budgetary requirements, general limitations and other
provisions of the law. (H-3)
Buildable Area - the remaining space in a lot after deducting the required
minimum open spaces. (B-21)
Builder/Developer - the person or entity who develops raw land for housing. (C-8)
Building Height - the vertical distance from the established grade elevation to the
highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the average height of
the highest gable or a pitch or hip roof, or to the top of the parapet
if the roof is provided with a parapet. In case of sloping ground,
the average ground level of the buildable area shall be considered
the established elevation. (B-21)
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Building Length - its general linear dimensions usually measured in the direction of
the bearing wall for girders. (B-21)
Building Line - the line formed by the intersection of the outer surface of the
enclosing wall of the building and the surface of the ground. (B-21)
Building Width - its shortest linear distance usually measured in the direction of
the floor, beams or joists. (B-21)
Building, Agricultural - any structure used for agricultural purposes such as barn,
warehouse, ricemill, etc. (C-1)
Building, Ancillary - a secondary building/structure located within the same premises
the use of which is incidental to that of the main building/structure.
(B-21)
Building, Dangerous - any building or structure that has any or all of the conditions or
defects described hereunder, and those whose conditions or
defects exist to the extent that life, health, property or safety of the
public or its occupants are endangered: (B-21)
a. Structural hazards
b. Fire hazards
c. Hazardous electrical wirings
d. Hazardous mechanical installation
e. Inadequate sanitation and health facilities
f. Improper occupancy and architectural eyesore
g. Improper location
h. Illegal construction
Building, Improvised
(Barong-barong) - a makeshift or roughly constructed house usually built with
salvaged materials. (C-1)
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Building, Single House - a complete structure intended for one household. It includes the
so-called "nipa hut" or a small house that is built as a more or less
permanent dwelling unit. (C-1)
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Build-Transfer-Operate - a contractual arrangement whereby the public sector contracts
out the building of an infrastructure facility to a private entity such
that the contractor builds the facility on a turn-key basis, assuming
cost overrun, delay and specified performance risks. (H-1)
Built-Up Area - a contiguous grouping of ten (10) or more structures. (C-3, F-3,
G-7)
Built-Up Areas - urban and urbanizable lands which are presently used for
industrial, commercial, infrastructure, power, and transportation
purposes or for community system and housing services and
facilities which are primarily user-oriented, including playgrounds,
neighborhood parks, cemeteries and sports grounds. All other
areas not included herein are the so-called non-built up areas. (B-
1)
Where:
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Bureau of Soils and
Water Management
(BSWM) Method - a method of biophysical assessment (land evaluation/land
suitability) which uses Land Mapping Units (LMUs) as its
agroecological zones. Its Land Resource Evaluation Project
(LREP) reports contain a potential land use map and
accompanying statistics which may be adopted by the regional or
provincial planners in the preparation of their Sustainable
Agricultural Land Use Plans. (E-19)
Buy and Purchase - any contract to buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire for a
valuable consideration a subdivision lot, including the building and
other improvements, if any, in a subdivision project or a
condominium unit in a condominium project. (B-20)
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Cadastral Map - a public record of land ownership. It serves as a key in the
determination of landowners, land titles and location of the specific
property. It is a carefully plotted record of land subdivision based
on primary surveys of the Land Management Bureau (LMB). The
land boundaries are plotted in relation to known coordinates
clearly marked by the LMB. (B-4)
Capital Investment – the capital which a person employs in any undertaking, or which
he contributes to the capital of a partnership, corporation, or any
other juridical entity or association in a particular taxing
jurisdiction. (A-3)
Capital Outlays – appropriations for the purchase of goods and services, the
benefits of which extend beyond the fiscal year and which add to
the assets of the local government unit concerned, including
investments in public utilities such as public markets and
slaughterhouses. (A-3)
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CARPable Areas/Lands - all alienable and disposable lands of the public domain devoted
to or suitable for agriculture, taking into account ecological,
developmental and equity considerations. (D-7)
Central and Nodal - a type of spatial development which assumes a hierarchical form
wherein there is a central dominant area, which is supported by
pockets of development nodes in nearby or neighboring areas.
Usually, the major center is the provider of specialized facilities
and services to the nodes. The nodes serve as the market of the
center while at the same time providing also the necessary
services to their influence areas. The central area is connected to
the nodes by an efficient transport system. (E-18)
Certificate of Ancestral
Domain Title (CADT) – a title formally recognizing the rights of possession and
ownership of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous
Peoples over their ancestral domains identified and delineated in
accordance with RA 8371 or “The Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act
of 1987”. (E-14)
Certificate of Ancestral
Land Title (CALT) – a title formally recognizing the rights of the Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples over their ancestral lands. (E-
14)
Certificate of Non-
Conformance - a certificate issued to owners of all uses existing prior to the
approval of the Zoning Ordinance which do not conform in a zone
as per provision of the said Ordinance. (G-7)
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Chemical Privy – a privy where fecal matter is deposited into a tank containing
caustic chemical solution to prevent septic action while the organic
matter is decomposed. (C-22)
Child and Youth - persons in the study area belonging to the age group 0-14. (C-3)
City Health Center - renders the same services as the Main Health Center but under
the administrative and technical supervision of the City Health
Office. (C-23)
City Roads – those sections of provincial roads which are within the territorial
jurisdiction of a city or all roads within a city which are not national
roads. (B-13)
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City, Highly Urbanized – cities with a minimum population of two hundred thousand
(200,000) inhabitants, as certified by the National Statistics Office,
and with the latest annual income of at least fifty Million Pesos (P
50,000,000.00) based on 1991 constant prices, as certified by the
city treasurer. (A-3)
City, Independent
Component – component cities whose charters prohibit their voters from voting
for provincial elective officials. Independent component cities shall
be independent of the province. (A-3)
Civil Reservations - forest land which have been proclaimed by the President for a
specific purpose such as town site or a resettlement area. (E-21)
Classification of Fresh
Surface Water (Rivers,
Lakes and Reservoirs) Class AA – Public Water Supply Class I – this class is intended
primarily for waters having watersheds which are uninhabited and
otherwise protected and which require only approved disinfection
in order to meet the National Standards for drinking water (NSDW)
of the Philippines. (DENR DAO 34 – Revised Water Usage and
Classification/Water Quality Criteria amending Section No. 68 and
69, Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations) (B-13)
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Class A – Public Water Supply Class II – for sources of water
supply that will require complete treatment (coagulation,
sedimentation, filtration and disinfection) in order to meet the
NSDW. (DENR DAO 34 – Revised Water Usage and
Classification/Water Quality Criteria amending Section No. 68 and
69, Chapter III of the 1978 NPCC Rules and Regulations).
Climate Map - a map that gives the prevailing type of rainfall in a given area.
The prevailing wind direction is also indicated in the map. (B-4)
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Closed Pit - a type of toilet without a water-sealed bowl and the depository is
constructed usually of large circular tubes made of concrete or
clay. (C-23)
Closed Season – the period during which fishing is prohibited in a specified area
or areas in Philippine waters, or the period during which the
catching or gathering of specified species of fish or fishery/aquatic
products or the use of specified fishing gears to catch or gather
fish or fishery/aquatic products is prohibited. (D-14)
Cluster Development
Approach - a strategy for tourism development where three tourism
development clusters in the major island groupings in the country
are created. Each cluster should be served by one or two major
international gateways linked to a variety of satellite destinations,
each with its own unique positioning theme. (D-7)
Coastal Area/Zone – a band of dry land and adjacent ocean space (water and
submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and uses directly
affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice versa; its geographic
extent may include areas within a landmark limit of one (1)
kilometer from the shoreline at high tide to include mangrove
swamps, brackish water ponds, nipa swamps, estuarine rivers,
sandy beaches and other areas within a seaward limit of 200
meters isobath to include coral reefs, algal flats, seagrass beds
and other soft-bottom areas. (D-13)
The strip of land and its adjacent space (i.e., the water and
submerged land) in which the terrestrial ecosystem use directly
affects the river and marine ecosystem, and vice versa. It is
delimited in the following manner: (E-20)
The outermost limit is the 200 meter (100 fathoms) isobath, except
at embayments where a 200 meter isobath at the mouth of the
bay, gulf or cove is extended across. In case the 200 meter
isobath is less than three (3) kilometers from the shoreline, the
three kilometer distance shall be adopted. The internal waters are
likewise considered as a part of the coastal zone.
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All areas affected by the sea (dryside) and all coastal water areas
influenced by the land (wetside) shall be included in the coastal
zone.
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Coastal Water – an open body of water along the country’s coastline starting
from the shoreline (MLLW) and extending outward up to the 200-
meter isobath or three-kilometer distance, whichever is farther. (E-
17)
Coastal Zone - strip of land adjacent to lake or ocean space (water and
submerged land) in which the land ecology and land use directly
affect the lake and ocean space ecology. (B-7)
Coastline - lines that form the boundary between the land and water,
especially of sea or ocean. (E-20)
Cohort-Survival Method
of Population Projection - see Mathematical Method of Population Projection.
Collateral-free
Arrangement – a financial arrangement wherein a loan is contracted by the
debtor without the conventional loan security of a real estate or
chattel mortgage in favor of the creditor. In lieu of these
conventional securities, alternative arrangements to secure the
loans and ensure repayment are offered and accepted. (C-24)
Collector Streets – those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system
of arterial streets and highways, including the principal entrance
streets for circulation within a development. Right-of-way is 16-20
meters. (DPWH) (B-13)
Commerce Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Economic Sector which refers to the types of
commercial development, e.g., central business district or CBD,
commercial strip and neighborhood center. It also includes types
of business and trade (example, wholesale and retail trade,
banking and finance, insurance, real estate, are likewise included
and related to area requirements). (A-6, F-4)
Commercial Fishing – fishing for commercial purposes in waters more than seven (7)
fathoms deep with the use of fishing boats more than three (3)
gross tons. (D-14)
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The taking of fishery species by passive gears for trade, business
or profit beyond subsistence or sports fishing. (D-13)
Commercial Fishing,
Large Scale – fishing utilizing active gears and vessels of more than one
hundred fifty (150) gross tons (GT). (D-13)
Commercial Fishing,
Medium Scale – fishing utilizing active gears and vessels of 20.1 GT up to one
hundred fifty (150) GT. (D-13)
Commercial Fishing,
Small Scale – fishing with passive or active gear utilizing fishing vessels of 3.1
GT up to twenty (20) GT. (D-13)
Commercial Forest
Plantation – any land planted to timber producing species, including rubber,
and/or non-timber species such as rattan and bamboo, primarily to
supply the raw materials requirements of existing or proposed
public or private forest-based industries, energy-generating plants
and related industries.
Commercial Land – land devoted principally for the object of profit and is not
classified as agricultural, industrial, mineral, timber or residential
land. (A-3)
Commercial Scale – a scheme of providing a minimum harvest per hectare per year
of milkfish or other species, including those raised in pens, cages,
and tanks to be determined by the Department of Agriculture in
consultation with the concerned sectors. (D-13)
Commercial Strip - an extension of the Central Business District (CBD) which also
houses wholesale and retail stores, professional offices, services
shops, entertainment/recreational facilities and other types of
commercial establishment. (D-7)
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Personal service shops like beauty parlor, barber shop, sauna
bath and massage clinic and dressmaking and tailoring shops
Recreational center/establishment like movie houses, theaters,
play court, e.g., tennis court, bowling lane and billiard hall,
swimming pool, day and night club, stadium, coliseum and
gymnasium, and other sports and recreational establishments
Restaurants and other eateries
Short-term special education like dancing schools, school for
self-defense, driving schools, speech clinics
Storerooms but only as may be necessary for the efficient
conduct of the business
Commercial condominium (with residential units in upper
floors)
Commercial housing like hotel, apartment, apartel, boarding
house, dormitory, pension house, club house and motel
Embassy/consulate
Library/museum
Filling/service station
Clinic
Vocational/technical school
Convention center and related facilities
Messengerial, security and janitorial services
Bank and other financial institutions
Radio and television stations
Building garage and parking lot
Bakery and baking bread, cake, pastries, pies and other
similar perishable products, chicharon factory,
biscuit/doughnut and hopia factory and other bakery products
not elsewhere classified
Repacking of food products, e.g., fruits, vegetables, sugar and
other related products
Plant nursery
Funeral parlors, mortuaries and crematory services and
memorial chapels
Lechon or whole pig roasting
Custom tailoring/dressmaking shops
Commercial and job printing, printing and publishing of books
and pamphlets, cards and stationery
Typing and photo engraving services
Repair of optical instruments, equipment, cameras, clocks and
watches
Manufacture of insignias, badges and similar emblems except
metal
Transportation terminals/garage with and without repair,
welding shops, machine shop service operation
(repairing/rebuilding or custom job orders), repair of
motorcycles
Medium-scale junk shop
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Repair shops like house appliances repair shops, motor
vehicle and accessory repair shops and home furnishing
shops
Machinery display shop/center
Gravel and sand, lumber/hardware
Manufacture of ice blocks, cubes, tubes, crush, except dry ice
Manufacture of box beds and mattresses, wood and rattan
furniture, including upholstery
Other commercial activities not elsewhere classified
Commercial Zone,
High Density (C-3) – an area within a city or municipality intended for regional
shopping centers such as large malls and other commercial
activities which are regional in scope or where market activities
generate traffic and require utilities and services that extend
beyond local boundaries and requires Metropolitan Level
Development Planning and Implementation. High rise hotels,
sports stadium or sports complexes are also allowable in this
zone. (G-7)
Commercial Zone,
Low Density (C-1) – an area within a city or municipality principally for trade, services
and business activities ordinarily referred to as the Central
Business District. Enumerated below are the allowable uses within
the zone: (G-7)
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messengerial/security/janitorial services
bank and other financial institutions
radio and television
building garage, transportation terminal/garage
commercial job printing and typing/photo/engraving services
repair of optical instruments, equipment, cameras, clocks and
watches
manufacture of insignias, badges and similar emblems except
metal
plant nurseries
scientific, cultural and academic centers and research facilities
except nuclear, radioactive, chemical and biological warfare
facilities
Commercial Zone,
Medium Density (C-2) – an area within a city or municipality with quasi-trade business
activities and service industries performing
complementary/supplementary functions to principally commercial
zone (Central Business District). The following uses are allowed
within the zone: (G-7)
Communal Claims – claims on land, resources and rights thereon belonging to the
whole community within a defined territory. (E-14)
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Communal Irrigation System
(CIS) – an irrigation system that is managed by a bona fide Irrigators
Association. (D-12)
Communication Facility
Ratio – the ratio of each communication facility to population, using the
following formula: (B-13)
Communication Facility
Ratio = Numberof Communication Facility
Total Population
Postal Facilities:
= ___1___
12,000
Community Facilities - facilities or structures intended to serve common needs and for
the benefit of the community, such as: neighborhood/multi-
purpose center, health center, drugstore, school, livelihood center,
etc. (B-17)
Community Intellectual
Rights – the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous
Peoples to own, control, develop and protect: a) the past, present
and future manifestations of their cultures, such as but not limited
to, archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs,
ceremonies, technologies, visual and performing arts and
literatures, as well as religious and spiritual properties; b) science
and technology, including but not limited to, human and other
genetic resources, seeds, medicines, health practices, vital
medicinal plants, animals and minerals, indigenous knowledge
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systems and practices, resource management systems,
agricultural technologies of fauna and flora, oral traditions,
designs, scientific discoveries; and c) language, script, histories,
oral traditions and teaching and learning systems. (E-3)
Community Mortgage
Program (CMP) - a mortgage financing program of the National Mortgage Finance
Corporation (NHMFC) which assists legally organized
associations of underprivileged and homeless citizens to purchase
and develop a tract of land under the concept of communal
ownership. The primary objective of the program is to assist
residents of blighted or depressed areas to own the lots they
occupy, or where they choose to relocate, and eventually improve
the neighborhood and homes to the extent of their affordability.
(C-5)
Community-Based Forest
Management - a strategy for achieving a people-centered development where
the locus of decision-making with regard to the sustainable use of
resources in an area lies with the communities of that area. Under
Executive order 263, community-based forest management is
adopted as the national strategy. (E-21)
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Compatible Use – uses or land activities capable of existing together harmoniously,
e.g., residential use and parks and playground. (G-7)
Competitive Advantage – the competitive edge in terms of product quality and/or price. It
likewise refers to the ability to produce a product with the greatest
relative efficiency in the use of resources. (D-12)
Complete House - a habitable dwelling unit which meet the minimum requirements
for a shell house with the following additional components being
included as part thereof: a) all windows and doors; and b) partition
walls for separating functional areas. (B-17)
Completed Housing - the construction of complete house and lot packages. (C-7)
Complex Subdivision
Plan – a subdivision plan of a registered land wherein a street,
passageway or open space is delineated on the plan. (B-20)
Component Cities/
Municipalities – cities which do not meet the requirements for highly urbanized
cities shall be considered component cities of the province in
which they are created. If a component city is located within the
boundaries of two or more provinces, such city shall be
considered component of the province it used to be a municipality.
(G-7)
Comprehensive and
Integrated Land Use and
Development Plan -- an official national physical plan allocating the country's land
area to various uses. It identifies the location, character and
extent of the country's land resources to be used for different
purposes and includes the process and the criteria employed in
the determination of land use. (B-1)
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Comprehensive Land
Use Plan – a document embodying specific proposals for guiding and
regulating growth and/or development. The main components of
the Comprehensive Land Use Plan in this usage are the sectoral
studies, i.e., Demography, Socio-Economic, Infrastructure and
Utilities, Local Administration and Land Use. (G-7)
data gathering
problem identification and situational analysis
goals/objectives formulation
generation of alternative spatial strategies
evaluation and selection of preferred strategy
formulation of the plan
adoption, review and approval
implementation and monitoring
Comprehensive National
Energy Program – a program of research, development or utilization of non-
conventional energy resources duly approved by the Energy
Development Board. (B-12)
Comprehensive/
Multi-sectoral Develop-
ment Planning - a medium- to short-term action plan to implement projects
identified in the Sustainable Land Use Plan (SLUP) and other
programs and projects designed to realize the objectives of the
SLUP. As a comprehensive plan, it covers such sectors as social,
economic, physical, environmental and institutional. (E-18)
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Concentrated Urban
Form - the spatial strategy which entails a concentration of future growth
in the existing urban area. Areas for expansion are generated
through the strategy of in-filling of vacant lands and utilization of
idle lands. (E-18)
Concentration Phase - the stage of plan implementation (the 1st fifteen years) which
involves the concentration of public and private investments in the
existing urban area through the approaches of in-filling, urban
renewal, utilization of idle lands, reclamation and land conversion
to accommodate the spatial requirements of urban expansion. (E-
18)
Concrete Vault Privy – a pit privy with the pit lined with concrete in such manner as to
make it water tight. (C-22)
Conditionally Restricted
Agricultural Lands - lands considered less suitable for agricultural use and more
suited for agro-forestry. For agriculture use, these lands will
require a moderate to high level of farm management for
sustainability of production. Conversion of non-agricultural use
(built-up) requires intensive analysis on environmental impact
particularly on the suitability of the upland and the effects on the
lands situated below. These include grasslands/shrublands within
30% slope with slight to moderate soil limitation, existing and
developed pasture lands and fishponds/saltbeds. (D-7)
Condominium - usually a high-rise building where the dwelling units are owned
individually but the land and other areas and facilities are
commonly owned. (C-1)
Condominium Project - the entire parcel of real property divided or to be divided primarily
for residential purposes into condominium units including all
structures thereon. (C-23)
Condominium Unit – a part of the condominium project intended for any type of
independent use of ownership, including one or more rooms or
spaces located in one or more floors (or part of parts of floors) in a
building or buildings and such accessories as may be appended
thereto. (B-20)
Confirmation of Completion
and Appraisal (COCA) - the verification of the completion of the housing unit(s) and the
required land development issued by the Home Insurance
Guaranty Corporation (HIGC). The COCA likewise validates and
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updates the appraisal value of the lot and the housing unit(s). (C-
18)
Conflict Areas - specific geographical areas where the current land use is in
conflict with the designated or desired land use. (E-21)
Conflict Resolution - the process of resolving issues. In the Forest Land Use
Planning (FLUP) guidelines, they pertain in particular to resolving
conflicting land uses or selecting the best uses of specific areas
through a process of consultations and negotiations among the
different stakeholders. (E-21)
Conservation of
Biodiversity – a strategy to implement the Philippine Sustainable Strategy for
Development (PSSD) which calls for the establishment of
protected areas for the conservation of wildlife and unique
ecosystems, with the end in view of conserving genetic resources
for scientific, educational, cultural and historical values. The
establishment of protected areas should be preceded by a
reassessment of the status of parks and equivalent reserves. This
will serve as a basis for developing rehabilitative strategies for
degraded parks and at the same time identify new areas where
conservation of genetic resources and preservation of biological
diversity can be pursued. (F-5)
Construction, Type – the classification based on the fire resistivity ratings of materials
and methods of construction of buildings/structures or portions
thereof. (B-21)
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Except, that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-
retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.
Constructive Approach
(see Matching and
Iteration) – a planning approach in the Local Development Investment
Programming process where only projects that can be funded
from regular sources will be implemented. (G-5)
Continental Shelf - as defined in the Convention of Law of the Sea (Art. 76), it is the
seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas which extend beyond
its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land
territory to the outer edge of the continental margin. The
Philippines claims a continental shelf into a distance of 200 meters
isobath or to where the depth of the adjacent waters admit
exploitation of the natural resources of the seabed and subsoil of
the submarine area. (E-20)
Contour – line which passes through all points having the same elevation.
Also called contour line. (B-14)
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Contour Interval - the distances between contour lines which have fixed vertical
distance. (B-4)
Contractor - any entity accredited under Philippine laws which may or may
not be the project proponent and which shall undertake the actual
construction and/or supply of equipment for the project. (H-1)
Control of Population
Growth and Human
Resource Development - a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development (PSSD) where the program to control rapid
population is not limited to controlling numbers but also includes
the implementation of health, education and rural development
projects as part of a comprehensive socioeconomic program at
the regional and community levels. The population control drives
must be based on methods that are consistent with the cultural
and religious norms of the population. (F-5)
Conversion – the act of changing the current use of a piece of agricultural land
into some other non-agricultural use. (D-7)
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- a change in the use or occupancy of a building/structure or any
portion/s thereof which has different requirements. (B-21)
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benefits of the undertaking in accordance with universally
accepted cooperative principles. (D-12)
Corrosive Liquid – any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter
or with certain chemicals. (B-22)
Cost Recoverable
Programs - the development of sites with housing component and the
provisions of serviced homelots through joint-venture schemes
with the private sector or local government units. Program
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beneficiaries shall fully repay on installment basis the financial
assistance granted for the purchase of the housing units. (C-7)
Cost-Benefit Analysis
(CBA) - a plan evaluation method which requires the translation of costs
and benefits of spatial strategies into monetary terms. (E-18)
Countermagnet
Strategy - a major urban development strategy which requires the
strengthening of major cities like Metro Cebu and Metro Davao to
act as countermagnets to the dominance of the Metro Manila
Region. (F-3)
Court – an occupied space between building lines and lot lines other
than a yard; free, open, and unobstructed by appendages from the
ground upward. (B-21)
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Crop Development and
Soil Conservation Guide
Map - a map that contains spatial and statistical information on the
present farming systems and those farming systems which are
most suitable to a given area in terms of biophysical factors and
cropping calendars. (E-19)
Crop Yield Prediction – a method for determining the potential yield of a given crop by
getting the highest possible yield of that crop under the most ideal
conditions. These data can be obtained from the results of field
experiments conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Research
throughout all the regions. The environmental conditions (i.e., soil
and climate) from which the yield results were obtained should be
matched with the biophysical characteristics of the land under
study to be able to determine the applicability of the yield values to
the study area. (E-19)
Crude Birth Rate - the ratio between the number of livebirths and number of
individuals in a specified population and period of time, often
expressed as number of livebirths per one thousand population in
a given year. (C-23)
Crude Death Rate - the number of deaths per one thousand (1,000) mid-year
population of a given area. (C-23)
Cultivated Agricultural
Lands - lands devoted to crops. Among the common crops raised in the
coastal zone are staple crops (rice and corn); plantation crops
(coconut and sugar cane); root crops (cassava, kamote), legumes,
and vegetables. (E-20)
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Right to name, identity and history;
Community intellectual properties rights;
Protection of religious, cultural sites and ceremonies;
Right to indigenous spiritual beliefs and traditions;
Protection of indigenous sacred places;
Right to protection of indigenous knowledge systems and
practices; and
Right to science and technology
Cultural Properties - old buildings, monuments, shrines, documents and objects which
may be classified as antiques, relics, or artifacts, landmarks,
anthropological and historical sites, and specimens of natural
history which are of cultural, historical, anthropological or scientific
value and significance to the nation; such as physical,
anthropological, archeological and ethnographical materials,
meteorites and tektites; historical objects and manuscripts;
household and agricultural implements; decorative articles or
personal adornment; works of art such as paintings, sculptures,
carvings, jewelry, music, architecture, sketches, drawings, or
illustrations in part or in whole; works of industrial and commercial
art such as furniture, pottery, ceramics, wrought iron, gold, bronze,
silver, wood or other heraldic items, metals, coins, medals,
badges, insignias, coat of arms, crests, flags, arms and armor;
vehicles or ships or boats in part or in whole. (B-15, B-18)
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culture, moral standards and spiritual nature of Filipino society. (E-
24)
Culture Sensitive – the quality of being compatible and appropriate to the culture,
beliefs, customs and traditions, indigenous systems and practices
of Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples. (E-14)
Current Operating
Expenditures – appropriations for the purchase of goods and services for the
conduct of normal local government operations within the fiscal
year, including goods and services that will be used or consumed
during the budget year. (A-3)
Customs Territory – the national territory of the Philippines outside of the proclaimed
boundaries of the ecozones except those areas specifically
declared by other laws and/or presidential proclamations to have
the status of special economic zones and/or free ports. (B-16)
Cutting Cycle – the number of years between major harvests in the same
working unit and/or region, within a rotation. (E-7)
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Dam – barrier constructed to hold water back and raise its level. (B-14)
Dam Site – site where a dam is located or to be located together with its
immediate surroundings.
Data Capture – the first stage in the data input process which includes all
operations that convert data to a computer readable form.
Dealer – one whose business is to buy and sell merchandise, goods and
chattels as a merchant. He stands immediately between the
producer or manufacturer and the consumer and depends for his
profit not upon the labor he bestows upon his commodities but
upon the skill and foresight with which he watches the market. (A-
2)
Demand-Supply
Balancing – a method that seeks to determine where there is sufficient land
in the municipality or city to accommodate the anticipated increase
in the population and the concomitant requirements of associated
socio-economic and cultural activities. (E-18)
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Demarcated Areas – boundaries defined by markers and assigned exclusively to
specific individuals or organizations for certain specified and
limited uses such as: (D-13)
Department of Social
Welfare and
Development – the agency mandated to care, protect and rehabilitate that
segment of the population which has the least in life in terms of
physical, mental and social well-being. (C-23)
Department Store – a store that sells or carries several lines of merchandise and that
is organized into separate sections for the purpose of promotion,
service, accounting and control. (D-21)
Departure Zone of an
Airport – see Approach Zone of an Airport
Dependency Ratio – the ratio of the population who are below 15 and over 64 years
old to the population belonging to the age bracket 15-64 years old.
(C-3)
Dependent Population – persons in the study area who are below 15 and over 64 years
old. (C-3)
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Design Flood – flood figures utilized in controlling design of specific dam or
other structures for flood control. (B-14)
Detention Reservoir – reservoir where floodwater is stored for relatively brief period,
part of it being retained until stream can safely carry ordinary flow
plus released water. (B-14)
Development – the alteration of present use of the land other than for
agricultural purposes and the carrying out of building, engineering,
mining or other operations, in, on, over or under land. (B-1)
Development Approach
(see Matching and
Iteration) – a planning approach in the Local Development Investment
Programming (LDIP) process where the list of projects is taken as
final. The local government unit will then tap all sources possible
to raise the required funds to implement the project package. (G-
5)
Development Constraints
Map – a map that illustrates the obstacles to the development in the
physical sense like subsidence or flooding risks. (B-4)
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Development Loan
Program – a program of the Home Development Mutual Fund (PAGIBIG)
which aims to create additional housing inventories by providing
assistance at lower interest rates and easier terms, to
developers/project proponents for the development of housing
projects, construction of housing units, or both. The financing
assistance is available to private developers, landowners, non-
government organizations, local government units and other
related agencies. (C-23)
Development of
Nucleus Estate-
Outgrowers Project – a proposed project in selected Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (CARP) Areas under the Countryside Agro-Industrial
Development Strategy (CAIDS) basically anchored on the
development of the productive capacities of agrarian reform
beneficiaries and the building up of management ystems that are
responsive, flexible and adaptable to the agrarian reform
beneficiaries’ needs and capabilities. It envisions to transform the
small farmer system into a well-developed, technologically-aware
and management-oriented enterprise. (D-7)
Development of
Resettlement Sites – the development of sites to generate serviced homelots by the
National Housing Authority for families displace from sites
earmarked for government infrastructure projects and the Mt.
Pinatubo eruption or those occupying danger areas such as
waterways, esteros, railroad tracks and the like. (C-23)
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including area phasing, sectoral programs, land acquisition and
disposition programs and capital improvement programs. (F-2)
Development Rights
(also known as “New Use
Rights”) – the right to use and/or develop land and improvements thereon
including putting them to more intensive use, conversion to a more
profitable use, increasing density and the like. (F-1)
Developmental Loan – a type of loan the proceeds of which shall be used for housing
subdivision development or construction of residential house. (C-
8)
Develop-Operate-and-
Transfer – a contractual agreement whereby favorable conditions external
to a new infrastructure project which is to be built by a private
project proponent are integrated into the arrangement by giving
that entity the right to develop adjoining property, and thus,
enjoy some of the benefits the investment creates, such as
higher property or rent values. (H-1)
Devolution – the act by which the National Government confers power and
authority upon the various local government units to perform
specific functions and responsibilities. (A-2)
Direct Government
Guarantee – an agreement whereby the government or any of its agencies or
local government units assumes responsibility for the repayment
of debt directly incurred by the project proponent in implementing
the project in case of a loan default. (H-1)
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Disability – any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a manner
or within the range considered normal for a human being. (C-2)
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Discharge – volume of water which flows through a certain cross section of a
stream, channel or conduit in a unit of time; also called rate of flow
per unit time. (B-14)
Discharge Capacity – maximum rate of flow of water which conduit, channel, or other
hydraulic structure is capable of passing safely. (B-14)
Dispersal Area, Safe – an area which will accommodate a number of persons equal to
the total capacity of the standard and building it serves, in such a
manner that no person within the area need to be closer than
15.00 meters from the stand or building. Dispersal areas shall be
based upon an area of not less than 0.28 square meter per
person. (B-21)
Displaced Units
(Relocation Need) – new dwelling units needed to replace those occupied by
households located in danger and uninhabitable areas or those
living on land which is needed by the government for a major
infrastructure project or in areas where there is a court order for
eviction and demolition. (C-14, C-23)
Diversion Site – site where water is diverted in whole or in part from its natural
channel which in general is artificially constructed for the purpose;
also called diversion point. (B-14)
Domestic Market
Enterprise – an enterprise which produces goods for sale, or renders
services to the domestic market entirely or, if exporting a portion
of its output, fails to consistently export at least sixty percent
(60%) thereof. (D-3)
Domestic Use – the utilization of water for drinking, washing, bathing, cooking or
other household needs, home gardens and watering of lawns or
for domestic animals. (B-11)
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Doubled-Up Household – the difference between the total count of households and the
number of existing occupied dwelling units in a particular year.
Doubled-up household exists when one dwelling unit is shared by
two or more households. (C-23)
Drainage System,
Gridiron – system of drainage where the parallel lateral lines empty into a
main line. (B-14)
Drainage System,
Herringbone – system used to drain fields that slope towards the center;
shaped like the bones of a herring. (B-14)
Drainage System,
Natural or Random – system of placing the drain in various ways to remove excess
water from wet spots in the field. (B-14)
Drainage, Vertical – method of draining sinkholes and other lands without the gravity
outlet into vertical wells which penetrate into a water-absorbing
stratum some distance below the ground surface. (B-14)
Drainage, Surface – preventing excess water from getting to surface of soil or its
removal from soil surface, accomplished by natural or artificial
means such as levees, open ditches, and terracing. (B-14)
Drop-out Rate – the percentage of pupils who left school during the school year.
(C-23)
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Drought – extended period of dry weather, i.e., without effective
precipitation. Also called dry spell. (B-14)
Dumping in Individual
Pit (Not Burned) – a usual manner of household garbage disposal where garbage
is simply thrown in pits whether inside the yard or vacant lots and
left to decay. (C-23)
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out to be occupied, or which are occupied for living purposes. (B-
21)
The dwelling shall occupy not more than 90% of a corner lot and
80% of an inside lot, and subject to the provisions on Easements
of Light and View of the Civil Code of the Philippines, and shall be
at least two (2) meters from the property line.
Dwelling Unit – one or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which are
intended or designated to be occupied by one family with facilities
for living, sleeping, cooking and eating. (B-21)
Dwelling, Multi-Family
Dwelling – a dwelling on one lot containing separate living units for three or
more families, usually provided with common access, services,
and use of land. (B-17)
Dwelling, Indigenous
Family – a dwelling intended for the use and occupancy by the family of
the owner only. It is constructed of native materials such as
bamboo, nipa, logs or lumber, the total cost of which does not
exceed fifteen thousand pesos. (B-21)
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Dwelling, Multiple – a building used as a home or residence of three or more families
living independently from one another, each occupying one or more
rooms as a single housekeeping unit. (B-21)
Dwelling, Single-Family
Attached – a dwelling containing two or more separate living units each of
which is separated from another by party or lot lines walls and
provided with independent access, services, and use of land.
Such dwellings shall include duplexes, row houses or terraces,
and cluster housing.
Dwelling, Single-Family
Detached – a dwelling for one family which is complete surrounded by
permanent open spaces, with independent access, services, and
use of land.
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Easement – open space imposed on any land use/activities sited along
waterways, road-right-of-way, cemeteries/memorial parks and
utilities. (E-10)
The banks of rivers and streams and the shores of the seas
and lakes throughout their entire length and within a zone of
three (3) meters in urban areas; twenty (20) meters in
agricultural areas and forty (40) meters in forest areas, along
their margins, are subject to easement of public use in interest
of recreation, navigation, floatage, fishing and salvage.
Ecologically Fragile
Lands - lands within the critical watersheds/brackish and freshwater
wetlands and pasturelands whose further development will
adversely affect the productivity of lowlands and stability of the
upland ecosystem. (B-7)
Ecological Profile/
Eco-profile - the more comprehensive replacement of the usual
socioeconomic profile which gives equal coverage to the physical,
biological, socioeconomic, cultural and built environments. (E-18)
Ecological Soundness – recognizing that the earth is a common heritage that belongs to
all of us, and caring for its capacity to support us and future
generations. (E-12)
Ecological Viability - the sustainability of the productive functions of the coastal zone
within the limits of its carrying capacity. (E-7)
Ecology – the study of how living things are related to their environment:
how they shape living and non-living things around them, and how
everything in their surroundings affects them. It is also known as
the science of the living environment. (E-12)
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- the branch of science that deals with the study of the
interrelationships of living things (organism, plants, and animals)
and their environment. (A-1)
Economic and
Socialized Housing - housing units which are within the affordability level of the
average and low-income earners which is thirty percent (30%) of
the gross family income as determined by the National Economic
and Development Authority from time to time. It also refers to
government-initiated sites and services development and
construction of economic and socialized housing projects in
depressed areas. (B-17)
Economic and
Socialized Housing - a type of housing project provided to moderately low income
families with lower interest rates and longer amortization periods.
(C-23)
Economically Active
Population – (see Labor Force)
Economic Dimension
Asset Reform and Access
To Economic
Opportunities – reforms which ensure the effective and sustainable utilization of
the natural and ecological resource base, thus assuring greater
social acceptability and increased participation of the basic
sectors in environmental and natural resources conservation,
management and development. (C-24)
Economic Family-sized
Farm Units - an area of farm that permits efficient use of labor and capital
resources of the farm family and will produce an income sufficient
to provide a modest standard of living to meet a farm family’s
needs for food, clothing, shelter and education with possible
allowance for payment of yearly installments on the land, and
reasonable reserves to absorb yearly fluctuations in income. (D-8)
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Economic Life – the estimated period over which it is anticipated that a
machinery or equipment may be profitably utilized. (A-2)
Economic Life, Remaining – the value corresponding to the remaining useful life of the
machinery. (A-2)
Economic Method of
Population Projection - a method which projects future population in terms of future
economic conditions. It depends on a projection of the future
employment opportunities or job-population ratios in the future. (C-
3)
Economic Yield – maximum rate at which water can be artificially withdrawn from
an aquifer in the foreseeable future without depleting the supply or
altering the chemical character to the extent that withdrawal at that
rate is no longer economically possible. (B-14)
Economies of Scale – the decrease in unit cost as more units are produced due to the
spreading out of fixed costs over a greater number of units
produced. (D-12)
Ecozone Developer/
Operator – a business entity or concern duly registered with and/or
licensed by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) to
develop, operate, and maintain an ecozone or any or all of the
component industrial estate, export processing zone, free trade
zone or tourist/recreational center and the required infrastructure
facilities and utilities such as light and power system, water supply
and distribution system, sewerage and drainage system, pollution
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control devices, communication facilities, paved road network,
administration building and other facilities as may be required by
PEZA. The term includes the PEZA and/or the local government
unit when by themselves or in joint venture with qualified private
entity, shall act as the Developer/Operator of the ecozones. As
such, they shall be entitled to the same incentives under Rule XIV
of the Rules and Regulations Implementing RA 7916, as amended
by RA 8748. (B-16)
Ecozone Export
Enterprise – an individual, association, partnership, corporation or other form
of business organization which has been registered with the
Philippine Economic Zone Authority to engage in manufacturing,
assembling or processing activity falling within the purview of RA
7916, as amended by RA 8748 and resulting in the exportation of
100% of its production, unless a lower percentage of its
production for exportation is prescribed by the Board of Directors
of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority subject to such terms
and conditions as the latter may determine. (B-16)
Ecozone, Timetable
Of Development – the 5-year period required to complete the development of the
whole ecozone, unless a longer period is required by the Board of
Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). The
phasing of development shall be allowed in the following manner:
(B-16)
At the end of each phase, the area must be provided with the
basic infrastructure facilities and utilities as required in the
guidelines to be issued by the PEZA ready for immediate use and
occupancy. Areas that are not developed and completed within
the 5-year period unless extended by the Board of Directors of
PEZA shall be reverted to agricultural or other uses in accordance
with existing land use and zoning laws and regulations.
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Effluent – stream flowing out of another stream or a lake; liquid which
flows out of a containing space; stream fed by ground water. (B-
14)
Eminent Domain - the power of the government to acquire any property required for
the establishment and expansion of Bagong Lipunan Sites and
facilities by purchase, negotiation or by expropriation proceedings.
(A-4)
- the right or power of the state or to those the power has been
lawfully delegated to take (or expropriate) private property for
public use upon paying to the owner a just compensation to be
ascertained according to law. (A-1)
Employed Persons - persons who work for pay in any government or private
enterprises or those who work for profit; or with or without pay on
the farm or business operated by a member of the same
household related by blood, marriage or adoption regardless of
the number of hours devoted for work. Also included are those
who are temporarily absent from jobs or businesses because of
such reasons as temporary illness, vacation, strike and other valid
reasons. (C-3)
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Endangered, Rare and/or
Threatened Species – aquatic plants, animals, including some varieties of corals and
sea shells in danger of extinction as provided for in existing fishery
laws, rules and regulations or in the Protected Areas and Wildlife
Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
and in the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered
Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES). (D-13)
Environmental Compliance
Certificate - the document issued by the government agency concerned
certifying that the project under consideration will not bring about
an unacceptable environment impact and that the proponent has
complied with the requirements of the environmental impact
statement system. (E-2)
Environmentally-
Constrained Areas - those prone to effects of natural hazards, i.e., weather,
hydrologic and geologic hazards. (B-6)
Environmentally
Critical Areas – areas which are environmentally sensitive and listed in
Presidential Proclamation 2146 dated December 14, 1981 as
follows: (G-7)
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Environmentally Critical
Projects - projects which have high potential for negative environmental
impacts, as listed in Presidential Proclamation 2146 dated
December 14, 1981 as follows:
Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) - the document which aims to identify, predict, interpret and
communicate information regarding changes in environmental
quality associated with a proposed project and which examines
the range of alternatives for the objectives of the proposal and
their impact on the environment. (E-2)
Environmental
Management Plan - a component of the comprehensive land use plan which
delineates proposals on the conservation of natural resources,
protection of bio-diversity and enhancement of land, air and water
quality. (A-5)
Environmental Sector - the sector of the plan that identifies and prohibits new
settlements in disaster prone areas and formulates and
implements disaster preparedness plans and mitigation practices.
It also includes prioritization of local capability building on
environmental planning and management, solid waste and
sewerage planning and management, among others. (A-5)
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Epidemic - the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness
clearly in excess of expectancy. Expectancy varies with the
nature of disease, its mode of transmission and community
characteristics, among other things. This is also relative to the
usual frequency of the diseases in the same area, among the
specific populations, and at the same season of the year. (C-23)
Erodible Lands - one of the ecologically fragile areas suitable only for agroforestry
projects at the most. The soil needs permanent soil cover to
enhance infiltration and minimize soil erosion. (BSWM) (B-7)
Erosion - wearing away of the land surface by running water, wind, ice or
geological agents, including such processes as gravitational
creep. (B-8)
Erosion Potential Map - a map that shows the degree of susceptibility to erosion of an
area. (B-4)
Both the national and local governments may have to do their own
evaluation of a program for their own purposes. The national
government, for instance, has to devise a control system to get
assurance that in the implementation, minimum standards are
met, legal requirements and policy guidelines are observed and
the technical support is adequate. The local government’s part of
the evaluation task is designed to ascertain the responsiveness of
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the program and assess its concrete impact on the people of the
community.
The exception will not adversely affect the public health, safety
and welfare and is in keeping with the general pattern of
development in the community;
The exception will not alter the essential character and general
purpose of the district where the exception sought is located.
Exclusive Economic Zone – an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall
not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines as
defined under existing laws. (D-13)
Executive Summary a brief discussion of the highlights of all significant findings and
recommendations discussed in the plan. (A-5)
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that point when determining the permissible distance of travel. (B-
21)
Exit, Horizontal - a means of passage from one building into another occupied by
the same tenant through a separation wall having a minimum fire
resistance of one hour. (B-21)
d. home improvement;
Expected Result – the services, products, or benefits that will accrue to the public,
estimated in terms of performance measures or physical targets.
(A-2)
Expenditures, Family - the expenses or disbursements made by the family purely for
personal consumption during the calendar year. They exclude all
expenses in relation to farm or business operations, investment
ventures, purchase of real property and other disbursements
which do not involve personal consumption. (C-1)
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Expenditures, Housing - consist of actual rent of the dwelling unit and lot or the imputed
rent if the family owns them or occupies them rent-free, and
expenditures for house maintenance and minor repair. House
maintenance and minor repairs include the following: (C-1)
Exponential Growth
Rate of Population (see Mathematical Method of Population Projection)
Export Processing
Zone (EPZ) – a specialized industrial estate located physically and/or
administratively outside customs territory, predominantly oriented
to export production. Enterprises located in export processing
zones are allowed to import capital equipment and raw materials
free from duties, taxes and other import restrictions. (B-16)
Expressway - divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial
control of access and generally with grade separation at
intersections. (B-1, B-13)
Extension Services – the provision of training, information and support services by the
government and non-governmental organizations to the
agriculture and fisheries sectors to improve the technical,
business and social capabilities of farmers and fisherfolk. (D-12)
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Facility Operator - a company registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which may or may not be the project proponent, and
which is responsible for all aspects of operation and maintenance
of the infrastructure or development facility, including but not
limited to the collection of tolls, fees, rentals or charges from
facility users: Provided, That in case the facility requires a public
utility franchise, the facility operator shall be Filipino or at least
60% owned by Filipinos.(H-1)
Fair Market Value – the price at which a property may be sold by a seller who is not
compelled to sell and bought by a buyer who is not compelled to
buy. (A-2)
Fair Rental Value - the value not in excess of allowable depreciation plus six percent
(6%) interest per annum on the investment computed at its market
value: Provided, That the fair rental value for work animal or
animals and farm implements used to produce the crop shall not
exceed five percent (5%) of the gross harvest for the work animal
or animals and five percent (5%) for implements. (D-8)
Family-sized Fishponds – an area of fishpond that permits the efficient use of labor and
capital resources of a family to produce an income sufficient to
meet a family’s need for food, clothing, shelter, health and
education with reasonable reserves to absorb yearly fluctuation in
income. (D-14)
Farm-to-Market Roads – roads linking the fishery production sites, coastal landing points
and other post-harvest facilities to major markets and arterial
roads and highways (D-13)
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– roads linking the agriculture and fisheries production sites,
coastal landing points and post-harvest facilities to the market and
arterial roads and highways. (D-12)
Financial Policy
Development – a stream in the Local Development Investment Programming
process where the level of annual expenditures and the ceilings of
spending for economic, social and general services, based on
approved development plans, are set. ( G-5)
Fireblock - any wall which separates two abutting living units so as to resist
the spread of fire. Such wall shall be of masonry construction,
e.g., cement hollow blocks, bricks, reinforced concrete, etc. at
least 4" thick, and shall extend throughout the whole length of the
living units and from the lowest portion of the wall adjoining the
living units up to the point just below the roof covering or purlins.
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It shall have a minimum resistive time rating of one (1) hour. (B-
17)
Fire Hazard - any condition or act which increases or may increase in the
probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay,
hinder or interfere with the fire fighting operations and the
safeguarding of life and property. (B-22)
Fire-resistive Rating – the degree to which a material can withstand fire as determined
by generally recognized and accepted testing methods. (B-21)
Fire-resistive
Regulations – standards, rules and regulations on the testing of construction
materials for flame-spread characteristics, tests on fire damages,
fire tests of building construction and materials, door assemblies
and tin-clad fire doors and window assemblies, the installation of
fire doors and windows and smoke and fire detectors for fire
protective signaling system, application and use of controlled
interior finish, fire-resistive protection for structural members, fire-
resistive walls and partitions, fire-resistive floor or roof ceilings,
fire-resistive assemblies for protection of openings and fire-
retardant roof coverings. (B-21)
Fire-resistive Time
Period Rating – the length of time a material can withstand being burned which
may be one-hour, two-hours, three-hours, four-hours, etc. (B-21)
Fire Wall - a fireblock which extends vertically from the lowest portion of the
wall which adjoins the 2 living units up to a minimum height of
0.30 meter above the highest portion of the roof attached to it; the
firewall shall also extend horizontally up to a minimum distance of
0.30 meter beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units.
(B17)
Fire Zones – areas within which only certain types of buildings are permitted
to be constructed based on their use or occupancy. (B-21)
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First Civil Degree of
Consanguinity or
Affinity - the degree of relationship between/among loan borrowers by
blood or by affiliation as defined in the Civil Code which in the
application is prescribed to be the husband and wife, or parent
and children. (C-18)
First Mortgage - such classes of first liens as are commonly given to secure
advances (including, but not limited to, advances during
construction) on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate
together with the credit instrument or instruments, if any secured
thereby, and may be in the form of trust mortgages or mortgage
indentures of deeds of trust securing notes, bonds, or other credit
instruments. (C-4)
First Storey – the storey the floor of which is at or above the level of the
sidewalk or adjoining ground, the remaining storeys being
numbered in regular succession upward. (B-21)
Fish Coral or “baklad” – a stationary weir or trap devised to intercept and capture fish
consisting of rows of bamboo skates, plastic nets and other
materials fenced with split bamboo mattings or wire mattings with
one or more enclosures, usually with easy entrance but difficult
exit, and with or without leaders to direct the fish to the catching
chambers, purse or bags. (D-13)
- men and women and their families who derive or make profit by
fishing. (D-15)
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Fisherfolk Resettlement
Areas – areas of the public domain, specifically near fishing grounds
reserved for the settlement of the municipal fisherfolk. This,
however, shall not be construed as vesting ownership of any
resettlement area to a municipal fisherfolk for whom said areas
may be reserved for or had been actually granted to. (D-13)
Fisheries, Commercial - fishing operations using fishing boats of more than three gross
tons and operating in areas more than seven fathoms deep (PD
704). (B-7)
Fishery Industry – fish producers, fish processors, fish traders, both wholesalers
and retailers, and owners of refrigerating and cold storage plants
serving the industry. (D-14)
Fishery Management
Areas – a bay, gulf, lake or any other fishery area which may be
delineated for fishery resource management purposes. (D-13)
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Fishery Reserve – a designated area where activities are regulated and set aside
for educational and research purposes. (D-13)
– all aquatic flora and fauna including but not restricted to, fish,
algae, coelenterates, mollusks, crustaceans, echinoderms and
cetaceans. (D-13)
Fishing Grounds – areas in any body of water where fish and other aquatic
resources congregate and become target of capture. (D-12)
Fish Pond - a body of water (artificial or natural) where fish and other aquatic
products are cultured, raised or cultivated under controlled
conditions. (B-7)
Flood Control – protection of land areas from flooding by one or more of the
following means: levee and walls; channel improvement; detention
or storage of flow of excess floodwaters; watershed management.
(B-14)
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Flooding Hazard Map - a map that shows areas where flooding usually occurs. (B-4)
Flood Plain – portion of river valley adjacent to river channel which is covered
with water when river overflows its banks at flood stages; the plain
usually consists of silt deposited by the stream. (B-14)
Floor Area – the area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a
building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and courts.
The floor area of a building or portion thereof, not provided with
surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the
horizontal projection of the roof or floor above. (B-21)
Floor Area - the space enclosed by the exterior walls of the housing unit.
(NSO) (C-23)
Food Security – the policy objective, plan and strategy of meeting the food
requirements of the present and future generations of Filipinos in
substantial quantity, ensuring the availability and affordability of
food to all, either through local production or importation, or both
based on the country’s existing and potential resource endowment
and related production advantages, and consistent with the overall
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national development objectives and policies. However,
sufficiency in rice and corn should be pursued. (D-12)
Food, Self-sufficiency - the policy objective of meeting the food requirements through
intensive food production in a sustainable manner, based on the
country’s existing and potential resource endowment and related
production advantages. (D-7)
Foreshore Area - a strip of land alternately covered and uncovered by the tidal
movements. Its interior limit is that portion of land reached by the
water during the highest equinocal tide. The outer limit is that
portion of land reached by the water during the lowest ordinary
tide. (E-20)
Forest - areas of one hectare which are at least 10% stocked with forest
trees (including seedlings and "saplings"), with palm, bamboo or
brush. Narrow strips of land bearing forest must be at least 60
meters wide and one hectare in size to qualify as a forest.
Industrial plantations and tree farms, one hectare or more in size,
are also included. (B-8)
Forest Action Plan – a plan that defines a program of activities pertaining to forest
areas within a specific time frame. The plan identifies issues and
problems, the identified responses and beneficiaries, the
institutions involved, and the approximate temporal schedule
when the activities will be undertaken. (E-21)
Forest Carrying Capacity - the ability of forestland to absorb development or land use
changes. (E-21)
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Forest, Communal - a tract of public forest set aside for the exclusive use of the
residents of a municipality from which such residents may cut,
collect and remove forest products for their personal use. (B-1)
- refers to a tract of public forest set aside for the exclusive use of
residents of a municipality from which said residents may cut,
collect and remove forest products for their personal use in
accordance with existing laws and regulations. (B-8)
Forest, Concessions - refers to any tract of land under license agreement, lease or
permit. (B-8)
Forest Lands - refers to lands of the public domain which have not been
declared as alienable and disposable and include the public
forest, the permanent forest or forest reserves, forest reservations,
timberlands, grazing lands, and game refuge and bird sanctuaries.
(B-8)
Forest Land Use - the manner of utilization of forest lands, including their allocation,
development and management. The primary land uses of
forestlands are protection and production. Production forest lands
are sub-classified, according to their use, into the following
categories: timber production, agriculture, agroforestry, mineral
production, grazing, residential, resettlement, and other uses
(industrial, commercial, fish farm, fishponds). (E-21)
Forest, Logged Over - dipterocarp forest which has been previously cut, i.e., is not in a
virgin state. (B-8)
Forest, Mangrove - a forest type occurring on tidal flats along the sea coast and
sometimes extending along streams where the water is brackish
and mainly composed of bakawan, pototan, langaral, api-api, nipa,
pals and the like; mangrove species along this area are obligatory
halophytes or halo resistant species whose optimum salinity
varies from species to another. (B-8)
Forestry Master Plan - a 26-year master plan for the development of the country's
forestry resources. The plan serves as a guide on the over-all
direction of the forestry sector but assumes a constant land area
for rural and urban needs. (F-3)
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Forest, Permanent or
Forest Reserve - refers to any portion of the public forest that has been delimited
and proclaimed by the President of the Philippines as such to be
used exclusively for forest purposes, i.e., for the production of
forest products. (B-1)
c. grazing or pasturing;
Forest Products – timber, pulpwood, firewood, bark, tree top, resin, gum, wood, oil,
honey, beeswax, nipa, rattan, or other forest growth such as
grass, shrub and flowering plant, the associated water, fish, game,
scenic, historical, recreational and geologic resources in forest
lands (E-7)
Forest, Public,
Timberland or Forest
Land - all unclassified public lands, mangrove and nipa swamps,
classified forest areas or timber lands and all forest reserve of
whatever character as determined by the Bureau of Forest
Development. (B-1)
Forest Reservations - forest lands which have been reserved by the President of the
Philippines for any specific purpose or purposes. (E-20)
Forest Reservation/
Reserves - forestlands which have been reserved by the President of the
Philippines for forest purposes. (E-7, E-21)
Forest Resource - all natural resources, whether biomass such as plants and
animals or non-bio-mass such as soil and water, as well as the
intangible services and values present in forest lands or other
lands devoted for forest purposes. (E-21)
Forest, Second Growth - forest that originate after the removal of a previous stand as by
cutting, fire or other causes. A loosely used term for young stand.
In the logger's parlance, the smaller trees left after a cutting, or
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residual trees available for another logging on the same area. (B-
8)
Forest Zone - an area within a city or municipality intended primarily for forest
purposes. (G-7)
Foundation – all the portions of the building or structure below the footing, the
earth upon which the structure rests. (B-21)
Free Trade Zone – an isolated policed area adjacent to a port of entry (as a
seaport) and/or airport where imported goods may be unloaded
for immediate transshipment or stored, repacked, sorted, mixed,
or otherwise manipulated without being subject to import duties.
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However, movement of these imported goods from the free-trade
area to a non-free-trade area in the country shall be subject to
import duties. (B-16)
Fresh Water - water without salt, such as generally found in lakes, lagoons,
basins, rivers, canals, channels, dams, reservoirs, paddy fields
and swamps. (B-7)
Freshwater Bodies - water bodies in basins, rivers, lakes, lagoons, channels and
aquifers not influenced by seawater. (E-20)
Freshwater Swamps land areas where the freshwater table is at or above the land
surface during most of the year to promote the formation of hydric
soil and to support growth of hydrophytes such as grasses and
sedges which are also influenced by seawater. (E-20)
Full Government
Guarantee – the commitment of the National Government in the strict sense
to service the loans obtained by local government units when such
institutions, as principal borrowers, are unable to pay their debts
under the covering credit arrangement. The same shall cover the
principal, interest and other charges of said borrowings, obtained
by local government units. (H-2)
Fully-developed
Fishpond Area – a clean leveled area enclosed by dikes, at least one foot higher
than the highest floodwater level in the locality and strong enough
to resist pressure at the highest flood tide; consists of at least a
nursery pond or a combination of any or all said classes of ponds,
and a functional water control system and producing in a
commercial scale. (D-13)
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Funding Agreement - a contract between funder and lending window indicating therein,
among other provisions, the amount available for a period of one
year, to the lending window for Unified Home Lending Program
(UHLP) loan take-out. (C-18)
Future Housing Need - dwelling units required to house the projected increase in
households and to replace acceptable housing units which will be
lost from inventory. (C-23)
Future Power
Requirement - No. of Projected Establishments x Average Consumption Rate
(Domestic, industrial, etc.) (B-13)
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Gainful Workers - those who usually worked most of the time during the past
twelve (12) months. (C-3)
Garage, Commercial – a garage where automobiles, and other motor vehicles are
housed, cared for, equipped, repaired or kept for remuneration,
hire, or sale.
Garage, Open Parking – a structure of one or more tiers in height which is at least 50%
open on two or more sides and is used exclusively for the parking
or storage of passenger motor vehicles having a capacity of not
more than nine persons per vehicle. Open parking garages are
further classified as either ramp-access or mechanical-access.
Ramp-access, open parking garages are those employing a series
of continuously rising floors permitting the movement of vehicles
under their own power from and to the street level. Mechanical
access parking garages are those employing parking machines,
lifts, elevators, or other mechanical services for vehicles moving
from and to street level and in which public occupancy is
prohibitive above the street level.
General Base Map - a map that reflects broad and more generalized information. It is
prepared in a smaller scale and reflects the boundaries of the
whole study area, the major roads, built-up area and the important
natural features such as streams, rivers and lakes. This map is
used for land use planning especially in the preparation of
analytical map, such as population distribution and density maps.
(B-4)
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General Commercial
Zone - an area within a city or municipality for trading/services/ business
purposes. (G-7)
General Fund – fund that is the source of all expenditures and obligations within
the local jurisdiction other than education. This fund consists of
monies and resources not otherwise accruing to any other fund
and is available for payment of expenditures, obligations or
purposes not specifically declared by law as chargeable to or
payable from, any other fund. The general fund may cover current
spending for maintenance activities on roads, bridges, etc. The
general fund also covers an economic development type of
expenditure. (H-3)
General Hospital - a hospital that provides services for all kinds of illnesses,
diseases, injuries or deformities. (C-23)
General Institutional
Zone - an area within a city or municipality principally for general types
of institutional establishments, e.g., government offices, schools,
hospitals/clinic, academic/research, convention centers. (G-7)
General Land Use Plan - the planned distribution of land uses of the entire municipality. It
may also include areas for special use. (B-4)
General Map - a map that shows a complex of physical and cultural features.
(B-4)
General Medication
Consultation Rate - the number of general medical consultation in a calendar year
per 1,000 population. (C-23)
General Professional
Partnerships – partnerships formed by persons for the sole purpose of
exercising their common profession, no part of the income of
which is derived from engaging in any trade or business. (A-2)
General Residential
Zone - an area within a city or municipality principally for
dwelling/housing purposes. (G-7)
General Zoning Map - a duly authenticated map delineating the different zones in
which the whole city/municipality is divided. (G-7)
Geometric Correction - the third stage in the data input process that involves
maintaining geometric consistency among all data planes included
in the database. (B-4)
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Geometric Growth Rate
of Population – see Mathematical Method of Population Projection (C-3)
Geophysical
Environment - all the physical and natural characteristics of the area resulting
from its specific geographic position on the earth's surface. This
includes the description of relief features such as topography,
elevation, slope, landscapes, soils and geology; the state of the
physical and natural resources in the area such as water quality,
minerals, land and marine use; as well as information on the
dynamic processes that are occurring like erosional features,
weather patterns, rainfall and pollution. (E-18)
Geothermal Energy - energy derived or derivable from and produced within the earth
by natural heat phenomenon; and includes all steam, and water
vapor, and every mixture of all or any of them that has been
heated by natural underground energy, and every kind of matter
derived from a bore and for the time being with or in any such
stead, water, water vapor, or mixture. (B-9)
Global Competitiveness - the ability to compete in terms of price, quality and volume of
agriculture and fishery products relative to those of other
countries. (D-12)
Goal Achievement
Matrix (GAM) - a plan evaluation method which is deemed superior to the cost-
benefit analysis and the planning balance sheet. It is highly
participatory. It allows various sectors of the community to
express their bias through the weighing of the objectives
according to their relative importance to their sectors. The rating
of alternatives according to their perceived contribution to the
achievement of each objective is quite simple: choosing an ordinal
number within a given range. Finally, the aggregate of sectoral
total scores reflecting their biases amounts to a social consensus.
(E-18)
Goals - the general direction and purpose which the town seeks to
achieve. (C-23)
Government Lands - parcels of lands which titles are held by national government
entities or any of its subdivisions, instrumentalities, or agencies,
including government-owned or controlled corporations and their
subsidiaries and lands placed under the jurisdiction of the above
entities by virtue of proclamations signed by the President.
Government lands also include rights-of-way or road titles. (C-5,
C-23))
Government Service
Insurance System – the government agency which is the primary provider of funds
for long-term housing mortgages for low and middle-income
government employees. (C-10)
Grade – the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground
between the exterior wall of a building and a point 1.50 meters
distant from said wall, or the lowest point of elevation of the
finished surface of the ground between the exterior wall of a
building and a property line if it is less than 1.50 meters distant
from said wall. In case walls are parallel to and within 1.50 meters
of a public sidewalk, alley, or other public way, the grade shall be
the elevation of the sidewalk, alley or public way. (B-21)
Graduated Amortization
Plan (GAP) - the mode of payment wherein principal payments are deferred
on the first few years of the term of the loan, designed to enhance
the affordability of the borrower through a mechanism of
increasing monthly amortization over the term of the loan. (C-18)
Graphical Scale - a line or bar subdivided into map distance corresponding to the
numerical scale. (B-4)
Grasslands - land with natural grass covers without trees or very few isolated
trees. (B-7, B-8)
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Grazing Lands – that portion of the public domain which has been set aside, in
view of the sustainability of its topography and vegetation, for the
raising of livestock. (E-7)
Grazing Projects - the management of forest range resources for forage productivity
needed to support livestock production. Grazing projects shall be
considered critical if such will exceed the natural grazing
capacities of the areas involved (1 head per hectare). (E-15)
Gross Density - ratio of the total population of an area to the total land area. It
can be expressed as: (C-3)
Gross Domestic Product - the value of goods and services with the exclusion of net factor
earnings from abroad. (D-15)
Gross Floor Area (GFA) - the total floor space within the perimeter of the permanent
external building walls, occupied by office areas; residential areas;
corridors; lobbies; mezzanine; vertical penetrations, which shall
mean stairs, fire escapes, elevator shafts, flues, pipe shafts,
vertical ducts, and the like, and their enclosing walls; rest rooms or
toilets; storage rooms and closets; covered balconies and
terraces; interior walls and columns, and other interior features;
but excluding covered areas used for parking and driveways,
including vertical penetrations in parking floor areas where no
residential or office units are present; and uncovered areas for air-
conditioning cooling towers, overhead water tanks, roof decks,
laundry areas and cages, wading or swimming pools, whirlpools or
jacuzzis, gardens, courts or plazas (G-7)
Gross National Product - the market value of all goods and services produced by
Philippine citizens and resources in the country or overseas. (D-
15)
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Gross Output - the actual market value of minerals or mineral products from its
mining area as defined in the National Internal Revenue Code. (E-
2)
Gross Urban Density - the concentration of the total urban population over the total area
of identified urban barangays. (C-3)
Gross Value-Added – the total value, excluding the value of non-agricultural or fishery
intermediate outputs, of goods and services contributing to the
agricultural and fishery sectors. (D-1)
Ground Floor – the storey at or near the level of the grade, the other storeys,
beginning with second, for the first next above, shall be
designated by the successive floor numbers counting upward. (B-
21)
Ground Rupture - also termed as fracture movement and fissuring, this is the
creation of new or renewed movement of old fractures or cracks
on the ground surface. (B-6)
Ground Water – all the water in the zone of saturation below the water table
whatever may be the geologic structure on which it is standing or
through which it is moving. (B-14)
Growth Pole Strategy - an urban development strategy which entails the introduction of
a development magnet, e.g., industry, university or training or
research center, outside urban areas to spur development thereat.
This strategy requires a parallel strengthening of the role of
infrastructure as a key actor in development. (F-3)
Guest Room – any room or rooms used, or intended to be used by a guest for
sleeping purposes. Every 9.30 square meters of superficial floor
area in a dormitory shall be considered to be a guest room. (B-21)
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Habitable Room – any room meeting the requirements of the National Building
Code for sleeping, living, cooking or dining purposes, excluding
such enclosed spaces as closets, pantries, bath or toilet room,
service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics,
storage, space cellars, utility rooms, and similar spaces. (C-1)
Hall, Stair – a hall which includes the stair, stair landings, and those portions
of the common halls through which it is necessary to pass in going
between the entrance floor and the room. (B-21)
Hazardous Industries - these industries are fire and health hazards, i.e., their wastes
have large amounts of combustible and toxic materials. (D-7)
Hazardous Operation/
Process - any act of manufacturing. Fabrication, conversion, etc., that uses
or produces materials which are likely to cause fires or explosions.
(B-22)
Head of Household - the person responsible for the care and organization of the
household is generally considered as the head of the household.
He/she usually provides the chief source of income for the
household. (C-2)
Health Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Social Sector which is geared towards the
delivery of an integrated health services through the Primary
Health Care Program. The services include sanitation/hygiene,
proper nutrition, disease prevention and care for the sick, with
emphasis on assessment and projection of needs/ requirements
and standards for facilities. (F-4)
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Hearing Board – a body formed to conduct the hearing of the comprehensive land
use plans and zoning ordinances, composed of the following:
Heavy Industrial Zone – a subdivision of an area principally for the following types of
industries: (G-4)
a. highly pollutive/non-hazardous
b. highly pollutive/hazardous
c. highly pollutive/extremely hazardous
d. pollutive/extremely hazardous
e. non-pollutive/extremely hazardous
Highest Educational
Attainment the highest grade or year completed in elementary school, high
school, college or university, by persons 5 years of age and over.
(C-3)
Highly Restrictive
Agricultural Lands - most efficient agricultural lands and are traditional sources of
food and cash crops. These are the most stable cropland and can
be grown to a wide range of crops with minimum to moderate level
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of farm management requirement. High investment in
infrastructure are usually are usually located on these lands.
These include the irrigated paddy/terrace ricelands, the rainfed
paddy ricelands, efficient diversified cropland and presently agro-
industrial lands located on the level to nearly alluvial plain and
gently sloping/terrace lands and the highlands presently planted to
or have potential for the production of high value and semi-
temperate crops. (D-7)
Highway - a general term for a public way used for vehicular travel,
including the entire area within the right-of-way. Recommended
usage: in urban area – highway or street; in rural areas – highway
or road. (B-23)
Historical Site - any place, province, city, town and/or any location and structure
which has played a significant and important role in the history of
our country and nation. Such significance and importance may be
cultural, political, sociological or historical. (B-18)
Holistic Approach to
Forest Land Use
Planning - the integration of all forestry, agricultural, livestock, fishery and
other natural resource-based activities into a single system to
avoid the vicious cycle of deficient forest policies and inefficient
forest administration and forest management. (E-21)
Home Development
Mutual Fund – the government agency which acts as the administrator of
provident fund contributions collected from member employees
and employers, utilizing funds not required for provident benefits
for housing loans for members, and in addition, charged with the
development of saving schemes for home acquisition by private
and government employees. (C-10)
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Home Insurance Guaranty
Corporation (formerly the
Home Financing
Corporation) – the government agency which assists private developers to
undertake low and middle income mass housing production and
encourage private institutional funds and commercial lenders to
finance such housing development and long-term mortgages
through a viable system of guarantees, loan insurance and other
incentives. (C-10)
Homeless - people living in parks, along sidewalks and all those without any
form of shelter. (C-14)
Hotel, Apartment – an apartment house which may furnish dining room service and
other services for the exclusive use of its tenants. (B-21)
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- a household usually consists of a group of persons who sleep in
the same dwelling unit and have common arrangements for the
preparation and consumption of food. A person who lives alone is
considered as one separate household. Although in most cases a
household consists of a related family group, some household
members may have no relationship to the central group. Boarders
and domestic helpers for instance, are counted as part of a
particular household if they take their meals with the household
and sleep in the same dwelling unit. (C-1)
Household Head1 - the adult member of the household who is responsible for the
care and organization of the household or the one who is
regarded as such by the members of the household. (C-1)
Household, Single
Family - refers to the presence of a single nuclear family in the
household. It consists of a father and a mother with unmarried
children or presence of a parent with children. A single person
household is also considered as a single family in this survey. A
single family also includes unmarried sisters and brothers who are
living together as one household. (C-1)
Household, Extended
Family - refers to a nuclear family as defined above together with
relatives like son in-law, daughter in-law, grandson,
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Not included in the FIES definition
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granddaughter, father, mother and other relatives. However, the
presence of boarders and domestic helpers does not change the
household type. (C-1)
Housing – more than just the provision of physical facilities for shelter. It
also includes services that allow and facilitate the participation in
and enjoyment of development by both the men and women. It is
a basic need which contributes to the population’s productivity,
welfare, social stability and economic development. (C-16)
Housing Expenditures - consist of the imputed rent or actual rent of the dwelling unit and
lot and expenditures for house maintenance and minor repair.
Housing Finance – the comprehensive funds flow system covering the entire
housing provision cycle from identification of financial
requirements, fund sourcing for various aspects of housing
program, such as lot acquisition, development and construction, to
end-buyers financing. Housing Finance – the comprehensive
funds flow system covering the entire housing provision cycle from
identification of financial requirements, fund sourcing for various
aspects of housing program, such as lot acquisition, development
and construction, to end-buyers financing. (C-8)
Housing Finance Fund – an “on-budget” subsidy fund (as distinguished from a mortgage
loan fund) which is the cornerstone of a new housing assistance
strategy and will complement the housing finance reform program.
It aims to give direct subsidies to households borrowing in the
mortgage market, reduce the leakage to the non-poor, and allow
the operationalization of a multi-window home-mortgage loan
system, community mortgage program (CMP), resettlement/other
mortgage loans; as well as pilot rental schemes and mortgage
insurance. To generate funds for socialized housing subsidies,
flotation schemes will also be explored. (C-17)
Housing Sub-sector - a subsector of the Social Sector which discusses the preparation
of the local shelter plan. (F-4)
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- a portion of a building (a room or a group of rooms) qualifies as a
separate housing unit if it meets both the following requirements:
1) separateness – a portion of the building must have facilities for
sleeping and preparing/taking meals. The occupants must be
isolated from other persons in the building by means of walls or
permanent partitions; 2) direct access – the occupants must enter
the portion of the building directly from the outside of the building
or through a common hall, i.e., the occupants must enter the
portion of the building without passing through anybody else’s
premises. (C-2)
Human Development
Index - the measure of how well a country has performed, based on
social indicators of people’s ability to lead a long and healthy life,
to acquire knowledge and skills, and to have access to the
resources needed to afford a decent standard of living. This index
looks at a minimum of three outcomes of development: the state
of health (measured by life expectancy at birth), the level of
knowledge and skills (measured by a weighted average of adult
literacy and enrollment rates), and the level of rental income per
capita, adjusted for poverty considerations. (C-24)
Hydroelectric Power - electric power produced by utilizing the kinetic energy of falling
or running water to turn a turbine generator. (B-11)
Hydrogeologic Map - a map which carries data on fault zones, bedrock formation, and
surface and ground water. (B-4)
Idle Government Lands - non-agricultural lands in urban and urbanizable areas on which
no improvement has been made by the government, including
patrimonial properties; public properties; and properties foreclosed
by the government financing institutions and government-owned
and controlled corporations, as certified by the provincial or city or
municipal assessor, in cases within Metro Manila. (C-12)
Idle Government Lands - refer to non-agricultural lands in urban and urbanizable areas on
which no improvement has been made by the government,
including: patrimonial properties of the state; public properties;
and properties foreclosed by government financing institutions,
government owned and controlled corporations, as certified by the
city, municipal or provincial assessor. (C-23)
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Idle Lands - agricultural lands in urban and urbanizable areas on which no
improvements have been made by the owner, as certified by the
city, municipal or provincial assessor. (C-5, C-23))
Impact Area or Zone - areas which are most likely to be directly or indirectly affected by
the proposed project or undertaking. It comprises of the direct or
primary impact area and the secondary impact area. The regional
impact zone is also determined in general. Impact Areas or zones
are determined on the map based on the project and knowledge
of the biophysical and social environment of the project. (E-15)
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Impact Area or Zone,
Secondary - the influence area of the project that could be indirectly affected
by the proposed development. This could include areas in the
vicinity of the direct impact zone. Examples of these may include
the following: (E-15)
Impact Zone, Regional - the general area where the impact of the project would be felt,
such as the entire municipality, province or region. They can be
generally identified and described without necessarily delineating
them on the map. (E-15)
Important Cultural
Properties - cultural properties which have been singled out from among the
innumerable cultural properties as having exceptional historical
and cultural significance to the Philippines, but are not sufficiently
outstanding to merit the classification of "National Cultural
Treasures." (B-18)
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Improvised House
(Barong-barong) - a makeshift or roughly constructed house usually built with
salvaged materials. (C-23)
Imputed Rent - the estimated amount that the owner of a dwelling unit would
charge if he were to rent his entire dwelling unit monthly
unfurnished and excluding the costs for utilities. The rental value
is based on the prevailing rate in the locality.
Incombustible Roofing - a covering of not less than two thickness of roofing felt and a
good coat of tar and gravel or tin, corrugated iron or other
approved fire-resisting material with standing seam on lap joint.
(B-21)
Income - all revenues and receipts collected or received forming the gross
accretions of funds of the local government unit (A-2)
Income Decile - ranking of the weighted total family income of all sample families
in that area from lowest to highest, and then dividing these into ten
groups. The first ten percent of all sample households (those with
the lowest income) is called the first decile; the second ten percent
second decile and so on. (C-1)
Income, Primary - includes salaries and wages, commissions, tips, bonuses, family
and clothing allowance, transportation and representation
allowances, honoraria, and other forms of compensation and net
receipts/profits derived from the operation of family-operated
enterprises/activities and the practice of a profession or trade. (C-
1)
Income, Total Family - includes family income and receipts from other sources received
by all family members during the calendar year as participants in
any economic activity or as recipients of transfers, pensions,
grants, etc. (C-1)
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Receipts from other sources include imputed rental value of owner
occupied dwelling units, interest, rentals including landowner's
share of agricultural products, pensions, support and the value of
food and non-food items received as gifts by the family as well as
the imputed value of services rendered free of charge to the
family.
Independent Component
Cities - those component cities whose charter prohibits their voting for
provincial elective officials. Independent component cities shall be
independent of the province (RA 7160). (G-7)
Indeterminate Species - plant or animal species which are apparently endangered but
where insufficient data are currently available for a reliable
assessment. (E-15)
Indigenous Cultural
Communities - a group or tribe of indigenous Filipinos who have continuously
lived as communities on communally-bounded and defined land
since time immemorial and have succeeded in preserving,
maintaining and sharing common bonds or languages, customs,
traditions and other distinctive cultural traits, and as may be
defined and delineated by law. (E-2)
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Inducing Growth in the
Rural Areas – a strategy to implement the Philippine Sustainable Strategy for
Development (PSSD) where the economic, social and political
potentials of the countryside are harnessed to alleviate poverty
and uplift the conditions of the rural poor. A rural development
strategy which is characterized by the following elements must
therefore be effected: (F-5)
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Industrial Plantation Lease - a lease for the occupancy and use of a portion of the public
forest for the purpose of growing commercial timber on denuded
or deteriorated forest lands, executed by and between the
Secretary of the Department Agriculture on behalf of the Republic
of the Philippines and the grantee, as recommended by the
Director of the Forest Management Bureau. (D-16)
Industrial Tree Plantation – any tract of forest land purposely and extensively planted to
timber crops primarily to supply the raw materials requirements of
existing and proposed processing plants and related industries.
(E-2)
Industrial Waste - any liquid, gseous or solid matter, or other waste substance or a
combination thereof resulting from any process of industry,
manufacturing, trade or business or from the development,
processing or recovery of any natural resources which may cause
or tend to cause pollution, or contribute to the pollution of water,
air and land resources of the Philippines. (E-15)
Industrial Zone, Light (I-1) - a subdivision of an area principally for the following type of
industries: non-pollutive/ non-hazardous; and non-pollutive/
hazardous. Enumerated below are the allowable uses in I-1
zones: (G-7)
a. Non-pollutive/non-hazardous industries:
Drying fish
Biscuit factory – manufacture of biscuits, cookies, crackers
and other similar dried bakery products, doughnut and
hopia factory and other bakery products not elsewhere
classified
Manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti and vermicelli and
other noodles
Life belts factory
Manufacture of luggage, handbags, wallets and small
leather goods, and shoes, slippers, and footwear parts
except rubber, plastic and wood
Manufacture of miscellaneous products of leather and
leather substitute not elsewhere classified
Printing, publishing and allied industries and those not
elsewhere classified
Manufacture or assembly of typewriters, cash registers,
weighing, duplicating and accounting machines, electronic
data processing machinery and accessories,
miscellaneous office machines and those not elsewhere
classified
Renovation and repair of office machinery
Manufacture of rowboats, bancas, sailboats, animal-drawn
vehicles, children vehicles and baby carriages
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Manufacture of laboratory and scientific instruments,
barometers, chemical balance, etc., measuring and
controlling equipment, plumb bomb, rain gauge, taximeter,
thermometer, etc.
Manufacture or assembly of surgical, medical, dental
equipment and medical furniture, medical/surgical
supplies: adhesive tapes, antiseptic dressing, sanitary
napkins, surgical gauge
Quick freezing and cold packaging for fish and other
seafoods, fruits and vegetables
Popcorn/rice factory
Manufacture of photographic equipment and accessories,
optical instruments, eyeglasses and spectacles, and
optical lenses
Manufacture of watches and clocks
Manufacture of pianos, musical instruments, wind and
percussion instruments, electronic organs
Manufacture of sporting gloves and mitts, sporting balls
(not of rubber and plastic), gym and playground
equipment, sporting tables (billiards, ping pong, pool), and
other sporting and athletic goods not elsewhere classified
Manufacture of toys and dolls, except rubber and mold
plastics
Manufacture of pens, pencils and other office and artist
materials; umbrellas and canes; buttons, except plastic;
brooms, brushes and fans; needles, pins, fasteners and
zippers
Manufacture of insignia, badges and similar emblems
(except metal); signs and advertising displays (except
printed)
Small-scale manufacture of ice cream
b. Non-pollutive/hazardous industries
Industrial Zone,
Medium (I-2) – an area within a city or municipality principally for pollutive/non-
hazardous and pollutive/hazardous industries. (G-7)
a. Pollutive/non-hazardous industries
Industrialization - the process by which the economy is transformed from one that
is predominantly agricultural to one that is dominantly industrial
and service oriented. The process requires a dynamic inter-
relationship among agriculture, industry and services. In the early
stages of development, agriculture provides the impetus and push
for industry and services through the market that it creates, the
labor that it absorbs, and the income that it generates, which is
channeled to the industry and services. As development
continues, with agriculture still an important sector, industry and
services begin to generate income and markets, and
concomitantly increase their share to total income. (D-15)
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Industry - a subsector of the Economic Sector that refers to industries
which are classified according to capitalization, pollution/hazard
potential and employment size. However, in area allocation, the
pollution/hazard potential is considered. (F-4)
Infant Mortality Ratio - the number of deaths to infants under one (1) year per one
thousand (1,000) livebirths in a given year, or it is the risk of a
child dying before reaching his first birthday or during infancy. (C-
23)
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sewerage and drainage systems, and other permanent
improvements.
Initial Environmental
Examination - the document required of proponents describing the
environmental impact of, and mitigation and enhancement
measures for, projects or undertakings located in an
Environmentally Critical Area. The IEE shall replace the Project
Description required under DAO 21, series of 1992. (E-15)
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defined under DAO No. 2, series of 1993, or subsequently by
law, of indigenous communities;
A brief discussion of gender issues for projects or
undertakings with significant impact on women;
A brief discussion on the relationship among population,
development and the environment for projects or undertakings
with significant impact on population; and
Accountability Statements of the preparer and the proponent.
In-migration Rate - a stream of people moving into an area in a given year per 100
or 1,000 mid-year population. (C-3)
Institutional Living
Quarters - intended mainly as living quarters of institutional population: a)
permanent structures which provide lodging and/or meals for a fee
such as hotel, boarding house, dormitory; b) buildings intended for
persons confined to receive medical, charitable or other
care/treatment such as hospitals and orphanages, for persons
detained such as jails and penal colonies, and other buildings like
convents, school dormitories, etc.; c) camps which are defines
sets of premises intended for the temporary accommodation of
persons with common activities or interests like military camps,
and other camps established as housing areas for workers in
mining, agriculture, public works or other enterprises. (C-2)
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Integrated Pest
Management - a pest management system which utilizes all suitable methods
and techniques in as compatible a manner as possible to maintain
the pest population at a level below that causing economically
unacceptable damage or loss without endangering the
environment. (D-10)
Integrated Social
Forestry - a program which involves the provision of land tenure through
the issuance of stewardship certificates, community organizing,
technical assistance to improve productivity and enhance long-
term sustainability of the area, training of participants, provision of
infrastructure support and credit assistance and information drive.
It essentially embodies the required elements under the
Countryside Agro-Industrial Development Strategy (CAIDS)
except for the agro-processing component. In this regard, the
Integrated Social forestry can be developed as agro-industrial
areas by providing the said component. (D-7)
Integration of
Environmental
Consideration in
Decision-Making – a strategy to implement the Philippine Sustainable Strategy for
Development (PSSD) where economic and environmental
concerns are addressed simultaneously in the planning/decision-
making process. This is a deliberate shift from the conventional
practice characterized as predominantly single sector planning
process. (F-5)
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Investment Programming – one of the three major elements of the planning-programming-
budgeting and implementation cycle. The output of the
investment programming process consists of the following: (G-5)
b. the year for the proposed project to start and completed, and
the amount or cost to be spent each year; and
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Joint Venture - a commitment or agreement by two (2) or more persons to carry
out a specific or single business enterprise for their mutual benefit,
for which purpose they combine their funds, land resources,
facilities and services. (C-5)
Labor Force or
Economically Active
Land Assembly or
Consolidation - the acquisition of lots of varying ownership through purchase or
expropriation for the purpose of planned and rational development
and socialized housing programs without individual property
boundary restrictions. (C-5, C-13)
Land Capability
Classification Map - a map that indicates the suitability of areas for cultivation
according to soil conservation management requirements. (B-4)
Land Classification - the assessment of unclassified lands under the public domain
which includes surveying, classifying, studying and mapping areas
into agricultural, forest or timber, mineral and national parks. (B-5)
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Land Classification Map - a map that shows the various land classifications as determined
by the Forest Management Bureau. (B-4)
Land Development
Accounting - a land development accounting system for Urban Zones and
designated Bagong Lipunan Sites, which shall constitute a record
of market transactions and revenues related to government land
acquisition, development and management activities. (F-1)
Land Exchange - the process of bartering land for another piece of land and/or
shares of stocks of equal value in a government or quasi-
government corporation. (F-1)
Land Management - the right of the State to classify, guide and regulate the
acquisition, use and disposition of land in the interest of public
welfare. (F-2)
Land Management
Unit Map - a land resource inventory map. It describes the shape of the
land in terms of relief, not slope. (B-4)
Land Reform - sites, activities or developments which have for their objective
the equitable division or distribution of landed property, or for
subdividing large properties and increasing the number of
landholders. (B-1)
Land Resource
Management - the formulation of policies and programs relating to the general
use of land, the preparation of land use plans reflecting these
policies and programs, the coordination of efforts relating to land
resources among government agencies and between various
levels of government, and the administration of programs and
implementation of mechanisms in support of these policies. (A-3)
Land Security - a thrust of forestland use planning which implies a guarantee for
those who invest/sacrifice today, that they will get the benefits of
that investment tomorrow. (E-21)
Land Sub-classification - the act of determining and assigning the uses of classified public
lands. (B-5)
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Land Suitability Map - is a classification of land categories (usually 5 classes) based on
the degree to which the characteristics of the land can satisfy the
environmental requirements of specific crops, without
deterioration. (B-4)
Land Swapping - the process of land acquisition by exchanging land for another
piece of land of equal value, or for shares of stocks in a
government or quasi-government corporation whose book value is
of equal value to the land being exchanged, for the purpose of
planned and rational development and provision for socialized
housing where land values are determined based on land
classification, market value and assessed value taken from
existing tax declarations: provided that more valuable lands
owned by private persons may be exchanged with less valuable
lands to carry out the objectives of RA 7279. (C-5)
Land Use – the manner of utilizing the land, including its allocation,
development and management. (D-12)
Land Use Conversion - the act of putting a piece or parcel of land into a type of use other
than that for which it is currently being utilized. (B-5)
Land Use Map - a map that supplies information on the spatial dimension of the
different land uses in a given area. It may also reflect planned
distribution or allocation of land uses. (B-4)
Land Use Map, Urban - reflects the detailed distribution of land uses within the identified
urban zone. (B-4)
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Land Use Opportunity
Map - a map that shows the agricultural lands under active use, the
potential expansion areas for agriculture, the rehabilitation areas
which are typified by degraded and eroded watersheds, the
preservation areas which are mostly canopy forest areas and
other forest lands that should permanently be retained under
forest use, and the built-up areas. (E-19)
Land Use Plan - a component of the comprehensive land use plan which
describes how land shall be put to use in the next five years. (A-5)
Land Use Plan, Urban - indicates the planned distribution of urban land uses.
Differentiation of land uses based on intensity of uses for
residential, commercial, and industrial areas may also be
indicated. (B-4)
Land Use Planning – the act of defining the allocation, utilization, development and
management of all lands within a given territory or jurisdiction
according to the inherent qualities of the land itself and supportive
of sustainable, economic, demographic, socio-cultural and
environmental objectives as an aid to decision-making and
legislation. (D-12)
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- the rational and judicious development, utilization of and
resources in a sustainable manner (B-3)
Land Use Sector - discusses the significance of the land use plan which serves as
an integrating element of all the sectors and subsectors, since it
gives the spatial dimension to said sectors and basis for
development to guide future investments. (F-4)
Land Values Map - a map that indicates relative prices and value of land in a given
municipality. The map shows the boundaries of all real properties
and area of each for appropriate valuation. (B-4)
The league may form chapters at the provincial level for the
component cities of a province. Highly-urbanized cities may also
form a chapter of the League. The National League shall be
composed of the presidents of the league of highly-urbanized
cities and the presidents of the provincial chapters of the league of
component cities.
League of Provinces – an association of all provinces, created for the primary purpose
of ventilating, articulating and crystallizing issues affecting
provincial and metropolitan political subdivision government
administration and securing, through proper and legal means,
solutions thereto. For this purpose, the Metropolitan Manila Area
and any metropolitan political subdivision shall be considered as
separate provincial units of the league. (A-2)
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Legitimate Tenants - persons who have resided on the land for ten (10) years or more,
who have built their homes on the land, and residents who have
legally occupied the lands by contract continuously for the last ten
years. (F-1)
Less Developed Areas - those geographic areas included in the list prepared by the
Board of Investments after consultation with the National
Economic and Development Authority and other appropriate
government agencies, taking into consideration the following
criteria: low per capita domestic product; lowl evel of
investments; high rate of unemployment and/ or
underemployment; and level of infrastructure development
including its accessibility to developed urban centers. (D-5)
Liga ng mga Barangay – an organization of all barangays, created for the primary
purpose of determining representation of the liga in the
sanggunians and for ventilating, articulating and crystallizing
issues affecting barangay government administration and
securing, through proper and legal means, solutions thereto. (A-2)
The liga shall have chapters at the municipal, city, provincial and
metropolitan political subdivision levels.
Limited Access Highway - a traffic way in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting
property or land and other person have no legal right to access to
or from the same, except at such point only in such a manner that
may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over
such traffic way. (B-13)
Liquidity Support - the component of the Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund which is intended
to support mortgage trading operations of NHMFC, other than
interest subsidy, including but not limited to pre-termination,
liquidity enhancement of the mortgage pool securitizations and
other assets, as well as for the temporary liquidity requirements
during the period of redemption of bonds and other issuances, and
re-issuance backed by the same pool of mortgages, securitization
and other assets. (C-7)
Literacy Rate - the percentage of the population who have completed at least a
year in elementary education to the population seven years old
and over. (C-3)
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Livelihood Enhancement
for Agricultural
Development
(LEAD) - a program under the Countryside Agro-Industrial Development
Strategy (CAIDS) which provides assistance to farming and
fishing communities in the development and implementation of
rural-based projects/industries. The program involves the
participation of farmers'/fishermen's organizations, non-
government organizations and agri-business entrepreneurs in
partnerships with farmers' organization/cooperatives. (D-7)
Loan Carrying Capacity - this may be assumed to be equivalent to any of the following: (C-
14)
Loan Origination
Agreement - a contract between the lending window and the loan originator
specifying the terms and conditions governing their working
relationship. (C-18)
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Local Technical
Committee – a committee created in every province, city and municipality to
provide technical assistance to the local pre-qualification, bids and
awards committee. It shall be composed of a chairman, the
provincial, city or municipal engineer, the local planning and
development coordinator, and such other officials designated by
the local pre-qualification, bids and awards committee. (A-2)
Local Development
Council – a body established in each local government unit to assist the
corresponding sanggunian in setting the direction of economic and
social development, and in coordinating development efforts
within its territorial jurisdiction. Specifically, the provincial,
municipal and city development councils shall perform the
following functions: (A-2)
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The city or municipal development council shall be headed by the
mayor and shall be composed of the following members:
Local Development
Council, Executive
Committee – a committee to represent the local development council and act
in its behalf when it is not in session. It shall exercise the
following powers and functions: (A-2)
a. Ensure that the decision of the council are faithfully carried out
and implemented;
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b. Act on matters requiring immediate action or action by the
council;
Local Development
Council, Secretariat – a body constituted for each local development council which
shall be responsible for providing technical support,
documentation of proceedings, preparation of reports and such
other assistance as may be required in the discharge of its
functions. The local development council may avail of the
services of any non-governmental organization or educational or
research institution for this purpose. (A-2)
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Local Development
Investment Program - a prioritized list of programs and projects requisite in the
achievement of the local government unit's development
objectives. (A-5)
Local Development
Investment Program
(LDIP) - a document that translates the Comprehensive Development
plan into programs and projects and selects those that will be
picked up by the municipal government for funding in the annual
general fund budget or through special fund generation schemes.
(E-18)
Local Fund – a General Fund which shall be used to account for such monies
and resources as may be received by and disbursed from the
local treasury. The General Fund shall consist of monies and
resources of the local government which are available for the
payment of expenditures, obligations or purposes not specifically
declared by law as accruing and chargeable to, or payable from,
any other fund. (A-2)
Local Government
Bonds – bond floatations by local government units bearing the full
guarantee of the National Government, the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the borrowing local government units are
pledged. (H-2)
Local Government
Pabahay Program - a municipal finance program which aims to provide the local
government units with the necessary financial support and
assistance at affordable terms to fast-tract the development and
implementation of housing projects in their respective localities. A
maximum amount of Twenty Million Pesos (P 20M) per project
phase per site shall be available to the LGU at any one time. The
proceeds of the loan shall be used for any one or a combination of
the following purposes: (C-23)
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Local Government Unit - the territorial and political subdivisions of the state which include
the cities and municipalities. (C-23)
Local Health Board – a body established in every province, city and municipality which
shall perform the following functions: (A-2)
Local Initiative – the legal process by which the registered voters of a local
government unit may directly propose, enact, or amend any
ordinance. (A-2)
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Local Levies – one of the two main sources of local revenues generated
through the imposition of the real property tax under Presidential
Decree No. 464 or the Real Property Tax Code, and other
impositions under Presidential Decree No. 231 or the Local Tax
Code. (H-3)
Local Planning Bodies - the existing offices or agencies or those which may be created in
the future which are lawfully entrusted with physical planning
functions in the local governments. (A-2)
Local Pre-qualification,
Bids and Awards
Committee (Local PBAC) – a body created in every province, city and municipality which
shall be primarily responsible for the conduct of pre-qualification of
contractors, bidding, evaluation of bids and the recommendation
of awards concerning local infrastructure projects. The governor
or the city or municipal mayor shall act as the chairman. (A-2)
Local Referendum – the legal process whereby the registered voters of the local
government units may approve, amend or reject any ordinance
enacted by the sanggunian. The local referendum shall be held
under the control and direction of the Commission on Elections
(Comelec) within sixty (60) days in case of provinces and cities
and forty-five (45) days in the case of municipalities and thirty (30)
days in the case of barangays. (A-2)
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The DECS shall consult the local school board on the appointment
of division superintendents, district supervisors, school principals
and other school officials.
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Locational Clearance - a certification that the proposed development or improvement is
suitable in the location specified in the application pursuant to the
general land use standards and guidelines of the Human
Settlements Commission. (B-1)
Locator - the enterprise who situates itself in the tourism estate through
leasehold rights and/or full ownership and who develops/operates
the project module. (D-7)
Lodging House – any building or portion thereof, containing not more than five (5)
guest rooms which are used by not more than five guests where
rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. (B-21)
Log - felled trees bucked into convenient length of at least 1.5 meters,
with at least 30 cm. in diameter. (B-8)
Logging Projects - the cutting and harvesting of timber on a commercial scale. (E-
15)
Lot Line – the line demarcation between either public or private property.
(B-21)
Lot Line Wall - a wall used only by the party upon whose lot the wall is located,
erected at a line separating two parcels of land, each of which is a
separate real estate entity.
Lot Line Wall - a wall used only by the party upon whose lot the wall is located,
erected at a line separating two parcels of land, each of which is a
separate real estate entity.
Lot, Corner – a lot situated at the junction of two or more streets forming an
angle of not more than one hundred thirty-five degrees (1350). (B-
21)
Lot, Depth of – the average horizontal distance between the front and the rear
lot lines. (B-21)
Lot, Front – the front boundary line of a lot bordering on the street and in the
case of a corner lot, it may be either frontage. (B-21)
Lot, Inside – a lot fronting on but one street or public alley and the remaining
sides bounded by lot lines. (B-21)
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Lot, Open – a lot bounded on all sides by street lines. (B-21)
Lot, Width of - the average horizontal distance between the side lot lines. (B-
21)
Low Productivity - means that, on a per hectare basis, the normal gross harvest
cannot offset the production cost for the past five years. (B-4)
Low-Density
Commercial Zone
(C1) -- an area within a city or municipality principally for trade, services
and business activities ordinarily referred to as the Central
Business District. (G-7)
Low-Density Residential
Zone (R1) - an area within a city or municipality principally for
dwelling/housing purposes with a density of 20 dwelling units and
below per hectare. (G-7)
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Main Canal – the channel where diverted water from a source flows to the
intended area to be irrigated. (D-12)
Main Health Center - one which engages in a broad range of activities covering mostly
referrals from the barangay health stations and the preventive,
promotive and curative aspects of health care. The MHCs are
under the administrative and technical supervision of the
Provincial Health Office. (C-23)
Main Road - that principal haul road between the nearest national or
provincial road and/or the log pond or the manufacturing plant of
the licensee and the most distant points or points of the license
area or a point of connection with the main road of adjacent
licensee as may be prescribed by the Director. (D-16)
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Major Power Plants - power generating plants, transmission and distribution systems
(substations) utilizing, or run by, fossil fuels, geothermal
resources, natural river discharge, pondage or pump storage. (E-
15)
Major Reclamation
Projects - projects which involve the filling or draining of areas (foreshore,
marshes, swamps, lakes, rivers, etc.) equal to or exceeding
twenty-five (25) hectares. (E-15)
a. sawmills
Management Plan - the written guideline for the proper and systematic conservation,
utilization, management and development of timber and other
forest resources of a specific forest area (D-16)
Mangrove Areas - tidal areas covered by salt-tolerant, intertidal tree species. This
classification shall refer to areas declared as mangrove swamp
forest reserves by Proclamation No 2152 and mangrove forests
declared as wilderness areas by Proclamation No. 2151. (E-15)
Mangroves or Mangrove
Forests - the communities of trees and associated shrubs that are
restricted to tidal flats in coastal waters, extending inland along
rivers where the water is tidal, saline or brackish. (E-20)
Map Overlay Technique - a method used for analyzing mapped data whereby two or more
thematic maps are put on top of another to be able to delineate
areas that meet a given set of criteria or conditions. (E-21)
Marginal Access Streets – minor streets which are parallel to and adjacent to arterial
streets and highways; and which provide access to abutting
properties and protection from through traffic. Right-of-way width
is 12 meters. (DPWH) (B-13)
Marginal Farmer or
Fisherman – an individual engaged in subsistence farming or fishing which
shall be limited to the sale, barter or exchange of agricultural or
marine products produced by himself and his immediate family.
(A-2)
Marginal Lands - lands which are not effective for crop production due to
constraints such as topography of the area or poor yields. (C-5, C-
23)
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Marine Park – any public offshore area delimited as habitat of rare and unique
species of marine and fauna. (B-8, E-7)
Marine Waters - these cover beds, banks, shell fields, zones, areas and regions
of Philippine waters totaling some 1,666,300 square kilometers.
For town planning purposes, marine waters refer to municipal
waters. (B-5, E-7)
Marital Status - the civil status of persons 10 years and over. A person in this
age group is classified as single, married, widowed,
separated/divorced, others or marital status unknown, based on
the following definitions: (C-2, C-3)
Market Infrastructure – facilities including, but not limited to, market buildings,
slaughterhouses, holding pens, warehouses, market information
centers, connecting roads, transport and communication and cold
storage used by the farmers and fisherfolk in marketing their
produce. (D-12)
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Market-Oriented Interest
Rates - to funders, the rate at which the traditional funders - SSS, GSIS,
and HDMF - are willing to lend to the lending window using as
reference/benchmark rate the treasury bills, treasury notes or
other applicable financial issues. (C-18)
Maternal Mortality Rate the number of women who die as a result of child bearing in a
given year per one thousand (1,000) births in that year. (C-23)
Mathematical Method of
Population Projection - a method of estimating future population using mathematical
formulae such as the geometric rate, exponential growth rate and
in some cases the participation rate or the ratio and proportion
method. (C-3)
Pn = Po (1 + r)t
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To compute for r (rate of growth), rewrite the above formula using
the logarithm as follows:
Pn
R= antilog P0 -1
------------------
t
Pn = P0ert
Where:
Pn
In -----------
r = P0
t
Pt = P0 + rt
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Where:
Pt - Po
Po
r = -----------
t
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Maturity Date - the date on which the mortgage indebtedness would be
extinguished if paid in accordance with the periodic payments
provided for in the mortgage. (C-4)
Maximum Sustainable
Yield – the largest average quantity of fish that can be harvested from a
fish stock/resource within a period of time (e.g., one year) on a
sustainable basis under existing environmental conditions. (D-13)
Medical Center - offers special care beyond the capabilities of a regional hospital.
This center provides opportunities for training, teaching and
research in the medical field. (C-23)
Medium-Density
Commercial Zone (C2) - an area within a city or municipality with quasi-trade business
activities and services industries performing complementary/
supplementary functions to principally commercial zones (CBD).
(G-7)
Medium-Density Residential
Zone (R2) - an area within a city or municipality principally for
dwelling/housing purposes with a density of 21 to 65 dwelling units
per hectare. (G-7)
Medium-Rise Private
Housing - cost recoverable residential buildings, in high density urban
areas not less than 3 storeys or the maximum limits for walk-up
medium-rise housing buildings in accordance with the National
Building Code, BP 220 and other pertinent laws, by the private
sector in collaboration with the NHA for disposition through direct
sale or lease. (C-7)
Medium-Rise Public
Housing - residential buildings in high-density urban areas not less than 3
storeys or the maximum limits for walk-up medium-rise buildings in
accordance with the National Building Code, BP 220 and other
pertinent laws, to be leased to low-income families and other
beneficiaries under RA 7279. (C-7)
Medium-Term Philippine
Development Plan - usually a five or six-year plan which provides the broad goals,
strategies, policies, programs and projects for national economic
development. It sets the macro-economic framework and the
corresponding central government policies designed to achieve
broad national development objectives. (F-3)
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Metropolitan Manila - a public corporation vested with powers and attributes of a
corporation including the power to make contracts, sue and be
sued, acquire, purchase, expropriate, hold, transfer and dispose of
property and such other powers as may be necessary to carry out
its purposes. It shall be administered by a Commission which
shall have jurisdiction over the cities of Manila, Pasay, Caloocan,
Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina, Munitinlupa and the
municipalities of San Juan, Malabon, Navotas, Pateros, Taguig
and Valenzuela in Bulacan – all of which shall henceforth be
known as Metropolitan Manila. (G-5)
Middle-Level Manpower - persons who have acquired practical skills and knowledge
through formal or non-formal education and training equivalent to
at least a secondary education but preferably a post secondary
education with a corresponding degree or diploma; or skilled
workers who have become highly competent in their trade or craft
as attested by industry. (C-20)
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Mine Wastes and Tailings - soil and rock materials from surface or underground mining and
milling operations with no economic value to the generator of the
same. (E-2)
Mini-Hydroelectric Power
Plant - an electric power generating plant which utilizes the kinetic
energy of falling or running water (run-of-river hydro plants) to turn
a turbine generator producing electricity; and has an installed
capacity of not less than 101 kilowatts nor more than 10,000
kilowatts. (B-11)
Minimum Basic Needs – the needs of a Filipino family pertaining to survival (food and
nutrition; health; water and sanitation; clothing), security (shelter,
peace and order; public safety; income and livelihood) and
enabling (basic education and literacy; participation in community
development; family and psycho-social care). (C-24)
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Mining Plan - a two-year program of activities and methodologies employed in
the extraction and production of minerals or ore-bearing materials,
including the financial plan and other resources in support thereof.
(D-4)
Mitigating Device - a means to grant relief in complying with certain provisions of the
zoning ordinance. (G-7)
Mixing Zone - the place where the effluent discharge from a point sources
mixes with a receiving body of water. The area or extent of the
zone shall be determined by the discharger and approved by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on a
case-to-case basis. (E-17)
Moderately Restricted
Agricultural Lands - moderately efficient agricultural lands within 8-18% slope
presently planted to agricultural crops but need higher farm
management and input levels.Various land characteristics and
qualities limit its use to a narrower range of crops and are more
suited for agro-industrial crops. Conversion to non-agricultural use
will depend on comparative social benefit-cost analysis vis-à-vis
grasslands and shrublands with 10% slope with none to slight soil
limitation and have potential for agricultural uses. (D-7)
Mortality Indicators - include the crude death rate and the proportional mortality ratio
of age fifty (50) years and over, current infant mortality, young
child mortality (1-4 years) and maternal mortality. (C-18)
Mortgage Redemption
Insurance (MRI) - insurance which covers risk in case of death of the borrower. (C-
18)
Mortgagor - the original borrower under a mortgage and its successors and
assigns. (C-4)
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- the first language or dialect spoken by a person in his earliest
childhood or the language/dialect that person learned to speak.
Data on mother tongue are used in the analysis of ethnic origin of
a person. (C-3)
Multi-Partite Monitoring
Team - a multi-sectoral committee, composed of representatives from
the proponent, DENR, LGUs, and stakeholders that may be
identified (such as affected community groups or peoples'
organizations, the women sector, Indigenous Peoples, academe,
relevant government agencies, specifically the Environmental Unit
of the concerned agency and other sectors) in the negotiations
leading to the execution of the Memorandum of Agreement. It is
tasked to make decisions regarding monitoring issues, plans and
strategies. (E-15)
Multiple Use – the harmonized utilization of the numerous beneficial uses of the
land, soil, water. Wildlife, recreation value, grass and timber of
forest lands. (E-7)
Multi-unit Residential
(3 units or more) – a place intended for residential use only, usually consisting of
three or more housing units. (C-23)
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Multi-Window Lending
System - a modified system under the Unified Home Lending Program
(UHLP) whereby housing loans may be extended through other
conduits like banks and financial institutions instead of the former
UHLP system utilizing just a single lending window. (C-18)
Municipal Development
Council - see Local Development Council
Municipal Fishing – fishing within municipal waters using fishing vessels of three (3)
gross tons or less, or fishing not requiring the use of fishing
vessels. (D-13)
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Municipal or Artisanal
Municipal Waters – not only streams, lakes and tidal waters within the municipality,
not being the subject of private ownership and comprised within
the national parks, public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or
fishery reserves, but also marine waters included between two
lines drawn perpendicularly to the general coastline from points
where the boundary lines of the municipality or city touch the sea
at low tide and a third line parallel with the general coastline and
fifteen (15) kilometers from it. Where two 92) municipalities are so
situated on the opposite shores that there is less than fifteen (15)
kilometers of marine waters between them, the third line shall be
equally distant from opposite shores of the respective
municipalities. (A-2)
Municipal Pabahay Bonds - a municipal finance program which enables local government
units to float municipal bonds as a means of generating funds for
housing or housing related programs/projects. The HIGC
guaranty fund for the Pabahay Municipal Bonds is a facility aimed
at insuring the face value of the bonds and the interest to the
extent of 8.5%. It is an instrument of indebtedness of the LGU
and conveyed to a Trustee. The proceeds of the issues will be
used for the development and/or disposition of the property. (C-
23)
Municipal Population
Estimates Using NSO
Population Enumerated
in the Last Two (2)
Recent Censuses - the population enumerated in the last two censuses can be used
to compute for the rate of growth of the city/municipality. This rate
of growth is used in computing the yearly municipal/city population
projection. The assumption is made that the rate of growth is
constant up to the end of the planning period. (C-3)
Municipal Population
Estimates Using the
NSCB Projected Provincial
Population Projections – This is a methodology for estimating population projection at the
provincial level at 5-year intervals, but it can also be used in
projecting municipal/city population. This can be done through
participation rate, using the following steps: (C-3)
Municipal Roads - roads within a municipality which are not classified as provincial
or national roads (B-23)
Municipal Waters – include not only streams, lakes, inland bodies of water and tidal
waters within the municipality which are not included within the
protected areas as defined under RA 7586 (The NIPAS Law),
public forest, timber lands, forest reserves or fishery reserves, but
also marine waters included between two (2) lines drawn
perpendicular to the general coastline from points where the
boundary lines of the municipality touch the sea at low tide and a
third parallel line with the general coastline including offshore
islands and fifteen (15) kilometers from such coastline. Where
two (2) municipalities are so situated on opposite shores that there
is less than thirty (30) kilometers of marine waters between them,
the third line shall be equally distant from opposite shores of the
respective municipalities. (D-14, E-20)
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c. Land Area – which must be contiguous with an area of at least
fifty (50) square kilometers, as certified by the Land
Management Bureau. The territory need not be contiguous if it
comprises two (2) or more islands. The average annual
income shall include the income accruing to the general fund,
exclusive of special funds, special accounts, transfers, and
nonrecurring income;
Municipality/City Federation
of Senior Citizens - an organization of Senior Citizens in the locality which is
affiliated with the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the
Philippines duly recognized by the DSWD. (C-23)
National Aid Roads – provincial and city roads of sufficient importance which may be
incorporated eventually into the national systems of highways and
are so declared as such by the Secretary of Public Works and
Highways upon the recommendation of its Regional Directors.
(DPWH) (B-8)
National Capital Region - the Metropolitan Manila Region, declared and established as the
National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines in view
of its critical importance in human settlements development (A-4)
National Commission on
Indigenous Peoples
(NCIP) - the office created under the “Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of
1987” under the Office of the President, and which shall be the
primary government agency responsible for the formulation and
implementation of policies, plans and programs to recognize,
protect and promote the rights of Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples. (E-14)
National Cultural
Treasures - a unique object found locally, possessing outstanding historical,
cultural, artistic and/or scientific value which is highly significant
and important to this country and nation. (B-14)
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All restorations, reconstructions and preservations of government
historical buildings, shrines, landmarks, monuments and sites,
which have been designated as "National Cultural Treasures", and
"important cultural properties" shall only be undertaken with the
written permission of the Director of the National Museum who
shall designate the supervision of the same.
Natural History
Specimens - live or preserved specimens of plants and animals, fossils, rocks,
and minerals. Only types, presently irreplaceable specimens, and
those in danger of extinction shall be embraced in RA 4846. (B-
15)
National Housing
Authority - the sole government agency engaged in direct shelter
production. Its focus is in providing housing assistance to the
lowest 30% of urban income-earners through slum upgrading,
squatter relocation, development of sites and services and
construction of core-housing units. In addition, it undertakes
programs for the improvement of blighted urban areas and
provides technical assistance for private developers undertaking
low-cost housing projects. The development of its existing
properties for housing projects for income-earners above the
lowest 30% may be continued provided that funds generated
thereon are utilized for the attainment of its primary mandate. (C-
10)
National Information
Network (NIN) – an information network which links all offices and levels of the
Department of Agriculture with various research institutions and
local end-users, providing easy access to information and
marketing services related to agriculture and fisheries. (D-12)
National Physical
Framework Plan - defines a national land use policy agenda which resulted from
the integration of various sectoral policies within a spatial
framework. This policy agenda seeks to prevent or at least
reconcile conflicts among competing uses of land and other
physical resources based on economic, environmental and other
considerations. (B-6)
National Roads, Primary – a class of national road which form parts of the main trunk line
system, continuous in extent, which are now declared national
roads except those not forming parts of the continuous system.
(DPWH) (B-13)
National Roads,
Secondary – all access roads, national, provincial and city roads and streets
forming the secondary trunkline system not classified as “primary
roads”, but shall exclude “feeder roads.” (DPWH) (B-13)
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National Sovereignty - a principle of sustainable development which refers to self-
determination at the national level where social and ecological
concerns are considered in national governance. National
sovereignty includes human, environmental and food security. (E-
24)
National Statistical
Coordination Board - a government agency created to oversee all statistical activities
in the Philippine Statistical Systems. It is composed of the Director
General of the National Economic and Development Authority as
Chairman, the Undersecretary of the Department of Budget and
Management as vice-chairman, a representative from the
remaining departments with the rank of undersecretary, Deputy
Governor of the Central Bank, Administrator of the National
Statistics Office, Executive Director of the Statistical Research and
Training Center, Secretary General of the NSCB, and a
representative from the private sector, as members. (C-2)
National Statistics Office - the major statistical agency responsible for generating general
purpose statistics and undertaking such censuses and surveys as
may be designated by the National Statistical Coordination Board.
(C-2)
National Territory – comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and
waters embraced therein, and other territories over which the
Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its
terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea,
the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine
areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of
the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form
part of the internal waters of the Philippines. (A-1)
National Urban
Development and
Housing Framework - the comprehensive plan for urban and urbanizable areas aimed
at achieving the objectives of the Program under RA 7279. (C-5)
Navigable Waters - the waters of the Philippines, including the territorial sea and
inland waters which are presently, be in the future susceptible for
use by watercraft. (E-8)
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Neighborhood Center - the local source of staple and convenience goods and services
for the village/neighborhood and is built around a
SUPERMARKET to serve as the principal retail service center
complemented by several CONVENIENCE STORES. It may
serve a population of between 7,500 and 20,000 in the immediate
neighborhood. (D-7)
Neighborhood
Playground - a place designated to serve children under 14 years of age, and
may have additional interesting features to attract teeners and
adults. Its location is in some neighborhood park-school (C-23)
Network of Protected
Areas for Agricultural
and Agro-Industrial
Development (NPAAD) - agricultural areas identified by the Department of Agriculture
through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management in
coordination with the National Mapping and Resource Information
Authority in order to ensure the efficient utilization of land for
agriculture and agro-industrial development and promote
sustainable growth. The NPAAD covers all irrigated areas, all
irrigable lands already covered by irrigation projects with firm
funding commitments; all alluvial plain land highly suitable for
agriculture whether irrigated or not; agro-industrial croplands or
lands presently planted to industrial crops that support the viability
of existing agricultural infrastructure and agro-based enterprises,
highlands, or areas located at an elevation of five hundred (500)
meters or above and have the potential for growing semi-
temperate and high-value crops; all agricultural lands that are
ecologically fragile, the conversion of which will result in serious
environmental degradation, and mangrove areas and fish
sanctuaries. (D-12)
New Town - a town deliberately planned and built which provides, in addition
to houses, employment, shopping, education, recreation, culture
and other services normally associated with a city or town. (G-7)
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New Use Rights – see Development Rights
Non-conforming Building – a building which does not conform with the regulations of the
district where it is situated as to height, yard requirement, lot area,
and percentage of occupancy.
Non-conforming Use – the use of the building or land or any portion of such building or
land which does not conform with the use and regulation of the
zone where it is situated.
Non-conventional Energy
Resources - those energy resources in which the conversion or utilization
technology for large-scale (megawatt level) applications are not as
well-developed and/or widely used as those for fossil fuels,
hydrogeothermal and conventional nuclear. In general, these
resources would include the direct and indirect forms of solar,
tidal, nuclear converter and breeder reactors and fusion (B-12)
Non-government
Organizations
(NGOs) – duly registered non-stock, nonprofit organizations focusing on
the uplift of the basic or disadvantaged sectors of society by
providing advocacy, training, community organizing, research,
access to resources, and other similar activities. (C-24)
Non-irrigated Lands – agricultural lands which lack irrigation systems and are usually
rainfed. (D-10)
Non-pollutive Industries - industries which emit little or negligible amounts of air, water and
solid pollutants. (D-7)
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Normative Approach - an approach used in determining the hospital bed requirements,
whereby a bed population ratio of one is to two thousand (1:2,000)
is used to determine the bed requirement. This serves as a check
to the Expected Patient Load Approach. (C-23)
Nuclear Reactor - any structure containing nuclear fuel in such an arrangement that
a self-sustaining process of nuclear fission can occur therein
without an additional source of neutron. (B-10)
Nucleus Sites are core development areas delineated in the tourism master
plan. These are basically the five (5) priority areas identified in
the Plan. (D-7)
Numerical Scale - the relationship on the map distance with that of actual ground
distance expressed in ratio form. For example, the map has a
scale of 1:2,000. It means that for every unit of map distance,
there are 2,000 units of actual ground distance. (B-4)
Objectives - the break down of goals into attainable purposes or ends. They are
the expression of goals into more achievable and measurable terms.
(C-23)
- the more specific intentions and tangible details of goals. They are
expressed in more definitive and attainable terms (C-18)
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c. Group C – education and recreation (buildings used for school
or day-care purposes, involving assemblage for instruction,
education, or recreation, and not classified in Group I or in
division 1 & 2 or Group H Occupancies).
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Division 1 – storing and handling of hazardous and highly
flammable materials
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Offshore - the water, sea bottom, and subsurface from the shore or
coastlines reckoned from the mean low tide level to up the two
hundred nautical miles (200 n.m.) exclusive economic zone
including the archipelagic sea and contiguous zone. (E-2)
Old Growth - forest predominantly stocked with mature trees with less than
25% of the mature stand volume removed by cutting. (B-8)
Old Growth Forest - natural forest which has not been subjected to timber harvesting
or extraction. Also known as virgin forest. (E-21)
Older Population - persons in the study area who are 65 years old and over. (C-3)
Onshore - the landward side from the mean tide elevation including
submerged lands in lakes, rivers and creeks. (E-2)
On-site Development - the process of upgrading and rehabilitation of blighted and slum
urban areas with a view of minimizing displacement of dwellers in
said areas, and with provisions of basic services as provided for in
RA 7279. (C-5)
Open Access Areas - forestlands devoid of tree cover. Included under this category
are grasslands, brushlands, denuded forests, and croplands and
grazing lands that have been abandoned. (E-21)
Open Housing – housing packages with cost above the medium-cost packages
set in Section 15 of RA 8763 but in no case costing more than
Five Million Pesos (P5,000,000.00) (C-8)
Open Market Housing - housing constructed and financed by the private sector as a
business venture and sold at prevailing market prices and interest.
(C-23)
Open Pit - a type of toilet without a water-sealed bowl and the depository is
constructed usually of large circular tubes made of concrete or
clay, but without covering. (C-23)
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for parks, playgrounds, recreational uses and other similar
facilities and amenities. (C-23)
Overseas Workers - Filipino workers who are presently out of the country, or who are
presently at home on vacation and are expected to be away for
not more than five years from the date of departure.
Owned/Being Amortized - tenure status of the housing unit where the household is the
owner and has the legal possession of the housing unit, or the
household claims to own it. (C-23)
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Park/Playground - that portion of the subdivision which is generally not built on and
intended for passive or active recreation. (B-11)
Parks and Playgrounds - a type of centerpiece open space which may range from
neighborhood to city/municipal park which cater to the recreational
needs of the residents of the community. That portion of the
subdivision which is generally not built on and intended for
passive or active recreation. (C-18)
Party Wall - a wall used jointly by two parties under easement agreement,
erected upon a line separating two parcels of land, each of which
is a separate real estate. (B-11)
Pasture Land,
Communal - Tract of public forest set aside by the DENR upon the
recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Forest
Development for the exclusive use of residents in the municipality
for grazing purposes (MNR, AO 1979). (B-5)
Pasture Lands - all lands producing natural forage for animal consumption and
those which are vegetated naturally or artificially to produce forage
cover. They are generally considered as those which are not
cultivated and include natural grasslands, savannas, wetlands,
dominated by grass and grasslike plants suitable for grazing,
certain shrubs and related plant communities. (E-7)
Pasture/Grazing Land - portion of the public domain which have been set aside in view of
the sustainability of its topography and vegetation for livestock
raising. (B-5)
Pathwalk/Footpath - a public way intended for pedestrian and which cuts across a
block to provide access to adjacent streets or property with
maximum length of 100 meters if connecting to roads and 50
meters if terminating in a dead end. (B-11)
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Peace, Order and National
Unity - a principle of sustainable development which means that the
right of everyone to peaceful and secure existence is respected.
(E-12)
Peizometric Level - the elevation to which an artesian aquifer (water bearing rock
structure) will rise in a well. This will show areas where water will
rise naturally to the ground and areas where natural wells are not
possible. (B-3)
People’s Organization
(PO) – a self-help group belonging to the basic sectors and/or
disadvantaged groups composed of members having a common
bond of interest who voluntarily join together to achieve a lawful
common social or economic end. (C-19)
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Percentage of Households
(HH) Served (B-8) = Number of HH Served
----------------------------------- x 100
Total Number of HH
Percentage of Households
(HH) Unserved (B-8) = Number of HH Served
---------------------------------- x 100
Total No. of HH Unserved
Permanent Forest or
Forest Reserves – lands of the public domain which has been the subject of the
present system of classification and determined to be needed
for forest purposes. (E-2)
Permeability – the case in which a fluid may pass through a porous medium
expressed quantitatively as the coefficient of the permeability.
The permeability of the soil formation determines the availability
and volume of ground water. (B-3)
Personal Services – appropriations for the payment of salaries, wages and other
compensation of permanent, temporary, contractual and casual
employees of the local government units. (A-2)
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Philippine Agenda 21 - the country's blueprint for sustainable development. It contains
the general agenda for action that will have to be undertaken
within the next 30 years by all sectors of the society, each one
playing a role. (E-5)
Philippine Agenda,
Principles of Unity – a major section of Philippine Agenda 21 which contains the
basic ideas on sustainable development agreed on by the many
people and sectors involved. This section contains agreements on
four aspects of sustainable development, namely: (E-12)
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Philippine Environmental
Policy – it is hereby declared a continuing policy of the State to: (E-3)
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f. To develop a clear public perception of the interdependent
links between environmental health, economic productivity and
political stability and in the process, create a strong
constituency for environmental production.
Philippine Waters - include all bodies of water within Philippine Territory, such as
rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, ponds, swamps, lagoons, gulf,
bays and seas and other bodies of water now existing, or which
may hereafter exist in the provinces, cities, municipalities,
municipal districts and barrios; and the sea or fresh water around,
between and connecting each of the islands of the Philippine
Archipelago, irrespective of its depth, breadth, length and
dimension, and all other waters belonging to the Philippines by
historic or legal title, including the territorial sea, the seabed, the
insular shelves and other submarine areas over which the
Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction. (D-3, E-1)
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Physical Planning - the art and the science of ordering and managing the use of land
and its environment and the character and siting of buildings and
communication routes so as to secure the maximum practicable
degree of economy, convenience and beauty. (A-3)
Picked-up by Garbage
Trucks - a usual manner of household garbage disposal where the local
government or a private contractor manages the systematic
collection of garbage in the community through the use of trucks
or carts. (C-18)
Pilot or Experimental
Projects - any undertaking, activity, or operation, of more or less limited
duration, involving investments carried out with the end in view of
trying out alternative and innovative approaches to managing and
planning human settlements. (A-3)
Planning Services by a
Registered Environmental
Planner - it shall be unlawful for any person to: (I-1)
Playlot - a safe recreation and play area designed for the pre-school
children. It is usually located in densely populated areas with high
concentration of pre-school age group and with a service radius of
0.25 kilometers from every home and commonly located on
playground sites. (C-18)
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Pollution - any alteration of the physical, chemical and biological properties of
any water, air, and/or land resources of the Philippines, or any
discharge thereto of any liquid, gasbugs or solid wastes as will or is
likely to create or to render such water, air, land resources harmful,
detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare or which will
adversely affect their utilization for domestic, commercial, industrial,
agricultural, recreational or other legitimate purposes. (E-9)
Pollution Control Device - any device or apparatus to prevent, control, or abate the
pollution control of air caused by emission from motor vehicles at
levels within the air pollution control standards established by the
National Pollution Control Commission (E-13)
Pollutive Industries - these industries emit large amounts of air, water and solid
pollutants. (D-7)
Poor – individuals and families whose income fall below the poverty
threshold as defined by the National Economic and Development
Authority and/or cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide
their minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing and
other essential amenities of life. (C-19)
Population Density Map – map that shows concentration of population in relation to land
area. (B-3)
Population Projection by
Age Group - (see Municipal Population Estimates Using NSO Population
Enumerated in the Last Two Recent Censuses) (C-3)
Population Pyramid - a tool used in analyzing the demographic history of a given local
government unit population. It shows the relative size of male and
female populations by age groups and provides a profile on
whether a population is young or old. It also shows the proportion
of dependent population with the working population. (C-3)
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Post-harvest Activities – includes, but not limited to, threshing, drying, milling, grading,
storing and handling of produce and such other activities as
stripping, winnowing, chipping and washing. (D-1, D-4)
– include, but are not limited to, fishport, fishlanding, ice plants
and cold storages, fish processing plants. (D-2)
Potential Percentage of
Income Available for
Housing - describes the maximum percentage of income that could be
made available for capital costs of housing after excluding
necessary basic expenses such as food, clothing, education,
medical expenses, transportation, income tax and recurrent costs
of housing. (C-14)
Poverty Alleviation – the reduction of absolute poverty and relative poverty. (C-19)
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Power Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector which refers
to location of power sources and providing a system for linking
them to the users for varied purposes, e.g., run
household/gadgets/appliances and possibility of accomplishing
tasks and projects more easily and at a much shorter time, in
households, small industries and factories. (A-5)
Pragmatic Approach – (see Matching and Iteration) a planning approach in the Local
Development Investment Program (LDIP) process which is a
combination of the Constructive Approach and Development
Approach (G-2)
Pre-harvest activities – include, but not limited to, seedbed and land preparation,
planting, weeding, pest and disease control, fertilizer application,
water management and harvesting. (D-4)
Pre-harvest Facilities – include, but are not limited to, plows, harrows, tractors,
rotavators and sprayers. (D-4)
Premature Conversion of
Agricultural Land – the undertaking of any development activity, the results of which
modify or alter the physical characteristics of the agricultural lands
to render them suitable for non-agricultural purposes, without an
approved order of conversion from the Department of Agrarian
Reform. (D-1)
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Price Subsidy - the additional amount paid by the government for every unit of
output sold by the farmers in the open market. (D-10)
Primacy of Developing
Full Human Potential – a principle of sustainable development where people are placed
at the center of development efforts. (E-12)
Primary Contact
Recreation - any form of recreation where there is intimate contact of the
human body with the water, such as swimming, water skiing or
skin diving. (E-17)
Primary Content of a
Map - the actual subject of the map, i.e., land use, geology,
geomorphology, population density. For a land use map, this is
all, including the names of barangays, municipality and province.
(B-3)
Primary Health Services - the services delivered at health centers or rural health units and
barangay health stations, such as health education, control of
endemic diseases (malaria, dengue, schistosomiasis),
immunization, maternal/child health and family planning, nutrition
(operation timbang, breastfeeding, etc.), treatment of common
diseases and supply of essential drugs. (C-18)
Primary Processing – the physical alteration of raw agricultural or fishery products with
or without the use of mechanical facilities. (D-1)
Prime Agricultural Land - lands falling under class A or B in the category of lands
formulated by the Bureau of Soils which can be highly productive
using applied soil conservation practices. (B-1)
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These are lands which are "non-negotiable" for conversion as
provided for under Administrative Order No. 20 (series of 1992) to
wit: [i] all irrigated lands where water is available to support rice
and other crop production and all irrigated lands where water is
not available for rice production but are within the areas
programmed for irrigation facility rehabilitation within the next ten
years by the Department of Agriculture - National Irrigation
Administration (NIA), and [ii] all economically viable irrigable
lands, i.e., those which are already covered by irrigation projects
with firm funding commitments, i.e., there is an existing bilateral or
multilateral agreement and/or included in the agency's program at
the time of the application for land conversion, as determined by
the Department of Agriculture (Source: AO 20, Series of 1992,
Office of the President).
- all irrigated and irrigable areas and other areas mapped under
the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture of the Bureau of
Soils and Water Management. (E-9)
Private Enterprise - an economic system under which property of all kinds can be
privately owned and in which individuals, alone or in association
with another, can embark on a business activity. This includes
industrial, agricultural, or agro-industrial establishments engaged
in the production, manufacturing, processing, repacking or
assembly of goods, inlcuding service-oriented enterprises. (C-20)
Private Hospital - a hospital owned, established and operated with funds raised or
contributed through donations, or by private capital or other
means by private individuals, association, corporation, religious
organizations, from company or joint stock association. (C-18)
Private Land - any land belonging to any private person which includes
alienable and disposable land being claimed by a holder, claimant,
or occupant who has already acquired a vested right thereto under
the law, although the corresponding certificate or evidence of title
or patent has not been actually issued. (E-2)
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Private Right – titled rights of ownership under existing laws, and in the case of
primitive tribes, to rights of possession existing at the time a
license is granted under PD 704, which possession may include
places of abode and worship, burial grounds, and old clearings but
excludes production forests inclusive of logged-over areas,
commercial forests and established plantations of forest trees and
trees of economic value. (E-2)
a. completeness of information
b. order of presentation of information
Production Areas - areas capable of sustaining intensive and multiple uses primarily
geared to the production of food and cash crops or to the
extraction of natural resources for their economic value. These
areas are not environmentally constrained or ecologically sensitive
as the protected areas and are not covered by existing
conservation laws or policies. (E-5)
Production Forest - the residual dipterocarp forests; pine forests available for
logging; rangelands for grazing; areas under industrial forest
plantation management; areas for community forestry; integrated
social forestry; watersheds and other forest lands for special uses.
(B-5)
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Production Forest Lands - all forest lands not classified as protection forest. These forests
shall be devoted mainly to the production of forest products (both
timber and non-timber) and services. (E-8)
Production Land Use - the direct or indirect utilization of land resources for the following
activities: crop production, agroforestry, grazing and pasture,
mining, fishing, industry and tourism. (B-4)
Productive Population or
Working Age Group - persons in the study area belonging to the age bracket 15-64
years old. (C-3)
Professional Squatters - individuals or groups who occupy lands without the express
consent of the landowner but who have sufficient income for
legitimate housing. The term also applies to persons who have
been previously awarded homelots or housing by the Government
but who sold, leased or transferred the same to settle illegally in
the same place or in another urban area, and non-bona fide
occupants and intruders of lands reserved for socialized housing.
The term does not apply to individuals or groups who simply rent
land and housing from professional squatters or squatting
syndicates. (C-4)
Project - the specific component of the tourism estate such as but not
limited to the tourist facilities/activities described in the definition of
tourism estate. (D-7)
Projected Labor Force - (see Municipal Population Estimates Using NSO Population
Enumerated in the Last Two Recent Censuses) (C-3)
Projected Volume of
Telegraphic Messages – the volume of telegraphic messages in the preceding year
added to the product of the average annual rate of increase and
the volume of the preceding year. This is expressed using the
following formula: (B-8)
Projected Volume = A + (A x B)
To compute for the average annual rate of increase (B), use the
following formula:
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D–C + E–D + F-E
C D E
B= ---------------------------------------------
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Promotion of
Environmental Education - a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development which is intended to enable citizens to understand
and appreciate the complex nature of the environment, as well as
the role played by a properly managed environment in economic
development; and to develop social values that are strongly
supportive of environmental protection and which will create the
commitment and political will to deal with difficult issues. (F-5)
Proper Pricing of
Natural Resources – a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development (PSSD) where natural resources are treated as truly
scarce, and not as if they were free. This is done by proper
pricing based on the cost of replenishment, increasing their supply
and providing appropriate substitutes. In essence, this strategy
aims to correct the gross underpricing of natural resources (e.g.,
logs, minerals) that is substantially responsible for the wasteful
extraction and utilization of these resources. (F-5)
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Property Rights Reform - a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development (PSSD) which includes creative and secure
instruments such as forest stewardship contracts, small-holder
timber concessions, artificial reef licenses, community forests,
community fishing grounds and mining cooperatives to ensure
equitable access and tenurial security in the utilization of natural
resources. It has to be noted, however, that an essential condition
for transferring control over resources or distributing resource
rights is for recipient individuals or communities to demonstrate
the capacity for proper management of such resources. (F-5)
Proportional Mortality
Ratio – see Swarrop-Uemura Index (C-18)
Protected Agricultural
Lands - all agricultural lands which are designated under the Agriculture
and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) or Republic Act No. 8435
as part of the Network of Protected Areas for Agriculture and
Agroindustrial Development (NPAAAD), including all irrigated
areas; all irrigable lands already covered by irrigation projects with
firm funding commitments; all alluvial plain lands highly suitable
for agriculture whether irrigated or not; agroindustrial croplands or
lands currently planted to industrial crops that support the viability
of existing agricultural infrastructure and agro-based enterprises;
highlands or areas located at an elevation of five hundred (500)
meters above and have the potential for growing semi-temperate
and high value crops; and all agricultural lands that are
ecologically fragile, the conversion of which will result in serious
environmental degradation, and mangrove areas and fish
sanctuaries. (E-5)
Protected Area System - areas with legally defined boundaries established to afford
protection and conservation to significant natural and cultural
features. (B-6)
Protected Areas - identified portions of land and water set aside by reason of their
unique physical and biological significance, managed to enhance
biological diversity and protected against destructive human
exploitation; a large area where the environment or one or more
types of eco-systems of high ecological significance are
adequately conserved, where plant and animal species and
habitat are not materially altered by human exploitation and/or
occupation. (B-6)
Protected Forest Lands - those areas comprising the National Integrated Protected Areas
(NIPAS) by virtue of RA 7586. These include the following: 1)
strict natural reserves; 2) natural parks; 3) natural monuments; 4)
wildlife sanctuaries; 5) protected landscapes and seascapes; 6)
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resource reserves; 7) natural biotic areas; 8) other categories
established by law, conventions or international agreements of
which the Philippine government is signatory. (E-5)
Protected Landscapes/
Seascapes - areas of national significance which are characterized by the
harmonious interaction of man and land while providing
opportunities for public enjoyment through recreational and
tourism within the normal lifestyle and economic activity of these
areas. (E-1)
Protection Forest Lands - forestlands set aside for preservation primarily for their beneficial
influence on soil and water, socio-cultural value, and ecological
significance. Protection forest lands as defined in this manual are
to include the NIPAS areas, all proclaimed watershed
reservations, forest reserves, mossy forests, old growth forests,
strips of specified widths bordering rivers and streams, areas with
slopes greater than 50%, areas with elevation greater than 1,000
meters above sea level, and other socio-culturally significant or
ecologically critical areas that may be identified locally. Civil and
military reservations are classified as protection forest lands by
virtue of their presidential proclamation which limit the use to that
specified in the proclamation. (E-8)
Protective Services
Sub-sector - a subsector of the Social Sector which includes the services
rendered by the policemen and firemen under the stewardship of
the Philippine National Police. It deals with police-population ratio,
police-civilian relations, programs for peace and order and
services/facilities for efficient delivery of police services. (F-4)
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Protective Services
Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Social Sector which includes the services
rendered by the policemen and firemen and deals with police-
population ratio, police-civilian relations, programs for peace and
order and services/facilities for efficient delivery of police services.
Provincial Development
Council – see Local Development Council
Provincial Plan - an indicative plan for the province describing the general
direction of development and the various services/infrastructure
that will be provided. Issues/problems are also presented in the
plan. (F-3)
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Provincial Roads - roads connecting one municipality with another municipality, the
terminals of which are the public plazas; all roads extending from
a municipality, or from a provincial or national road to a public
wharf or railway station. (B-13)
Public Forest – the mass of lands of the public domain which has not been the
subject of the present system of classification for the
determination of which lands are needed for forest purposes and
which are not. (E-2)
Public Land - lands of the public domain which have not been the subject of
the present system of classification for the determination of which
lands are needed for forest purposes and which are not. (B-6)
Public Utility - a business organization which regularly supplies the public with
some commodity or service, as electricity, gas, water,
transportation or telephone or telegraph service. Its distinguishing
characteristic is the devotion of private property to such use that
the public generally or that part of the public which has been
served and has accepted the service, has the right to demand that
the sue or service so long as it is continued shall be conducted
with reasonable efficiency and under proper charges. (A-1)
Public Waters – in accordance with Philippine laws, water of all natural streams,
ponds and lakes. (B-9)
Public Way – a parcel of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, more
than 3.00 meters in width, appropriated to the free passage of the
general public.
Quarry Resources - any common rock or other mineral substances as the Director of
Mines and Geosciences Bureau may declare as quarry resources
such as, but not limited to, andesite, basalt, conglomerate, coral
sand, diotomaceous earth, dirotie, decorative stones, gabbro,
granite, limestone, marble, marl, red burning clays for potteries
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and bricks, rhyolite, rock phosphate, sandstone, serpentine, shall,
tuff, volcanic cinders, and volcanic glass. Provided: That such
quarry resources do not contain metals or metallic constituents:
provided, further: That non-metallic minerals such as kaolin,
feldspar, bull quartz, quartz, or silica sand and pebbles, bentonite,
talc, asbestos, barite, gypsum, bauxite, magnesite, dolomite,
mica, precious and semi-precious stones, and other non-metallic
minerals that may later be discovered and which the Director
declares the same to be of economically workable quantities, shall
not be classified under the category of quarry resources. (E-2)
Radioactive Products or
Waste - any radioactive material produced in, or any material made
radioactive by exposure to the radiation incidental to, the
production of utilization of nuclear fuel, but doe not include nuclear
fuel, or radioisotopes which have reached the final stage of
fabrications so as to be usable for any scientific, medical or
agricultural, commercial or industrial purpose. (B-10)
Rare Species - plant or animal species which are not under immediate threat of
extinction but occurs in small numbers. (E-9)
Real Estate - a type of business which include real estate subdividers and
developers; agents and appraisers; lessors of real property;
miscellaneous real estate activities not elsewhere classified. It
further includes all establishments letting and operating real
estate, such as non-residential buildings, apartment buildings and
dwelling; developing and subdividing real estate into lots including
development of cemetery lots, real estate property; and lessors,
agents, brokers, and managers engaged in renting out, selling,
managing and appraising real estate on a contract or fee basis.
(D-7)
Real Estate Mortgage - the Contract whereby the borrower guarantees the performance
of the housing loan by subjecting the real property as security in
case of non-performance of such obligation within the period
agreed upon and registered in the Register of Deeds ahead of the
other liens on the title. (C-13)
The proceeds of the basic real property tax, including interest and
proceeds from the use, lease or disposition, sale, redemption of
property acquired at a public auction by the province or city or a
municipality within the Metropolitan Manila area shall be
distributed as follows:
In case of Provinces:
In case of Cities:
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Receipts – income realized from operations and activities of the local
government or are received by it in the exercise of its corporate
functions, consisting of charges for services rendered,
conveniences furnished, or a price of a commodity sold, as well as
loans, contributions or aids from other entities, except provisional
advances for budgetary purposes. (A-2)
Recharged Areas of
Aquifers - sources of water replenishment wherein rainwater or seepage
actually enters the aquifers. Areas under this classification shall
be limited to all local or non-national watersheds and geothermal
reservations. (E-9)
Reclassification of
Agricultural Lands - the act of specifying how agricultural lands shall be utilized for
non-agricultural uses such as residential, industrial, commercial,
as embodied in the land use plan. It also includes the reversion of
non- agricultural lands to agriculture use. (D-7)
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The President, may, when public interest so requires and upon the
recommendation of the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA), authorize a city or municipality to reclassify
lands in excess of the limits set in RA 7160.
Recommended Daily
Allowances (RDAs) - levels of intake of energy and essential nutrients considered
adequate to maintain health and provide reasonable levels of
reserves in body tissues of nearly all healthy persons in the
population. (D-7)
Recreation - the refreshment of body and/or mind during one's leisure hours.
(C-18)
Reference Elements - a section of the plan which includes the bibliography and other
essentially related information to make the report concisely
understandable. (A-5)
Regional Physical
Framework Plan - the plan that provides the spatial delineation/description of
development areas within the region. It indicates current and
proposed future spatial patterns of the
cities/provinces/municipalities which comprise the region. (F-3)
Regional Planning
Bodies - the existing offices or agencies such as the Regional
Development Councils (RDCs) or those which may be created in
the future which are lawfully entrusted with physical planning
functions in the region. (A-3)
Registrant (as
beneficiary of
socialized housing) - the head of the family who meets the eligibility criteria for
beneficiary selection provided for in RA 7279. To register, one
must have the following qualifications: (C-15)
c. Must not own any real property whether in the urban or rural
area and must have not been a beneficiary of any government
housing program except those in leasehold or rental
arrangements;
a. provinces - 30%
b. municipalities - 45%
c. cities - 25%
a. population - 70%
b. land area - 20%
c. equal sharing - 10%
Rehabilitation of
Degraded Ecosystems - a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for Sustainable
Development (PSSD) where deliberate rehabilitative efforts
towards the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems must keep
pace with the continuous degradation caused by the increasing
demands for both raw materials and products that come from
natural resources. A concerted action in the reforestation of
denuded watersheds, mangrove re-plantation, clean-up and
control of pollution and revival of biologically dead rivers, and
seagrass transplantation should be vigorously undertaken. (F-5)
Relative Poverty – the gap between the rich and the poor. (C-19)
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Religious Affiliation - a particular system of beliefs, attitudes, emotions and behaviors
constituting man's relationship with the powers and principalities of
the universe, such as Roman Catholic, Aglipay, Islam, Iglesia ni
Cristo, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Buddhist,
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's
Witness, Born Again Christian, Presbyterian, Seventh Day
Adventist, Philippine Episcopal Church, Baptist Conference of the
Philippines, Bible Baptist, Southern Baptist, etc. (C-2)
Religious Affiliation of
the Population – a particular system of belief, dogma, faith or creed. This
information shall be useful in determining the required places of
worship per religious affiliation (C-3)
Rent/Rental Values of
Occupied Dwelling Unit - amount which represents the actual monthly rental or the
estimated amount that the owner of the dwelling unit would charge
a household. The rental value is based on the prevailing rate in
the locality. (C-14)
Rented - tenure status of the housing unit where the occupant actually
pays rent either in cash or in kind. (C-18)
Replacement or
Reproduction Cost – the cost that would be incurred on the basis of current prices, in
acquiring an equally desirable substitute property, or the cost of
reproducing a new replica of the property on the basis of current
prices with the same or closely similar material. (A-2)
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Resettlement - the distribution of public agricultural lands to deserving families
and those displaced by the land transfer operation and the
increase in population in the rural areas. The State may resettle
landless farmers and farmworkers in its own agricultural estates.
In such case the estates shall be distributed to them in the manner
provided by law. (A-1)
Resettlement Assistance
Program to Local
Government Units - a joint undertaking of the NHA and the local government units
(LGU) in the development of resettlement sites, where the LGU's
primary contribution shall be land while the NHA shall provide
funds to cover the cost of land development. (C-6)
Resettlement Lands - those areas reserved for the occupation of minority groups
and/or displaced or excess population from urban areas. E-8)
Resettlement Program - land acquisition and site development by the National Housing
Authority to generate serviced homelots for families displaced
from sites earmarked for government infrastructure projects, those
occupying danger areas such as water ways, esteros, railroad
tracks and those qualified for relocation and resettlement
assistance under RA 7279.
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Resettlement Program
with Other Government
Agencies and the Private
Sector - this involves the development of resettlement sites undertaken in
response to the need for resettlement sites by other government
agencies, by private landowners with properties which are illegally
occupied and by community/people's organizations in
depressed/blighted areas with no security of tenure or as
compliance by private developers with the mandatory 20%
subdivision development under Socialized Housing pursuant to
RA 7279. (C-6)
Residential Freehold - a grant of residential land within an Urban Land Reform Zone
made by the State upon compliance with development use and
related conditions. (F-2)
Residential Lands
(in forest lands) - lands designated for settlement of a defined group. These do
not include areas where casual habitation exists. (E-8)
Residential Use,
Low Density (R-1) – a subdivision of an area used principally for housing/dwelling
purposes with a density of 20 dwelling units and below per
hectare. The following are allowable uses: (G-4)
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b. there shall be no change in the outside appearance of the
building premises;
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above highest natural grade line in the property or front sidewalk
(main entry) level; low rise dwellings are up to three storeys.
Residential Zone,
General – an area within a city or municipality used principally for
dwelling/housing purposes so as to maintain peace and quiet of
the area within the zone. The following are the allowable uses:
(G-4)
Residential Zone,
High Density (R-3) – a subdivision of an area principally for dwelling/housing
purposes with a density of 66 or more dwelling units per hectare.
The following are the allowable uses: (G-4)
In R-3 Zone, high rise dwelling units for eight (8) or more storeys
are allowed provided they conform with the zone’s prescribed
Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The FAR of R-3 Zone shall be based on
the planned density of development intended for the zone.
Residential Zone,
Medium Density (R-2) – an area within a city or municipality principally for
dwelling/housing purposes with a density of 21 to 65 dwelling units
per hectare. The following are the allowable uses: (G-4)
Residual or Secondary
Growth Forest - natural forest which has been subjected to timber harvesting or
extraction. (E-8)
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Restricted Area – a specific area within the ecozone which has been classified
and/or fenced-in as export processing zone, free trade zone or
such other areas as may be declared by the Board of Directors of
the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). (B-10)
Retail Trade - pertains to the resale (sale without transformation) of new and
used goods to the general public, such trade include: (D-7)
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At the local level, review of the comprehensive land use plans is
conducted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan through the
Provincial Land Use Committee (PLUC) to:
Rice and Corn Land - land primarily devoted to the cultivation and production of rice
and/or corn as of October 21, 1972 and, not being part of the
public domain, is under the actual and effective control and
disposition of natural or juridical persons. Where the land is also
planted with other seasonal crops, the traditional utilization and
suitability of the land for rice and/or corn cultivation and production
shall be the controlling factor. (B-3)
Right of First Refusal - the pre-emptive right of the tenant or resident to buy the leased
premises which are being offered for sale or being sold by the
owner. (F-2)
The right of first refusal shall be limited to natural persons who are
Filipino citizens and are actually occupying the land and structures
primarily for residential purposes. However, the government's pre-
emptive right is paramount to the aforementioned right.
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Right-of-Way – that land secured and reserved to the public for highway
purposes. (DPWH) (B-8)
River and Lake Buffers - strips of land along rivers, lakes and similar inland surface
waters reserved by PD 705 and PD 1607 for public easement. (E-
5)
Road Capacity – the maximum number of vehicles per unit time such that there is
uninterrupted flow of traffic. (B-8)
Road Network Map – a map used to determine the existing road layout vis-à-vis
current land uses and other socioeconomic activities. The map
presents a bird’s eye view of accessibility from one destination
point to another within a locality. (B-8)
Road, Barangay – roads within a barangay which are not classified as municipal or
provincial roads. Barangay roads shall have a minimum right-of-
way of 10 meters and width of traveled way of 4.0 meters
minimum. (DPWH) (B-8)
Road, City – sections of provincial roads which are within the territorial
jurisdiction of a city or all roads within a city which are not national
roads. (DPWH) (B-8)
Road, Provincial – roads connecting one municipality with another municipality, the
terminals of which are the public plazas; all roads extending from
a municipality, or from a provincial or national road to a public
wharf or railway station.
Roads, Municipal – roads within a municipality which are not classified as provincial
or national roads.
– see Accessoria
Rural Area - areas outside of the poblacion and or CBD and where more
than fifty percent (50%) of the population are engaged in
agricultural activities. (HLURB's Model Zoning Ordinance) (F-3)
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Rural Area - area outside of designated urban area. (G-4)
Rural Industrialization – the process by which the economy is transformed from one that
is predominantly agricultural to one that is dominantly industrial
and service-oriented. Agriculture provides the impetus and push
for industry and services through the market that it creates, the
labor that it absorbs, and the income that it generates which is
channeled to industry and services. As development continues,
with agriculture still an important sector, industry and services
begin to generate income and markets and concomitantly
increase their share of total income. (D-1)
Rural Road Requirements – determined by multiplying arable land area by the standard road
to area ratio and deducting it from the existing rural road length.
(B-8)
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Salvage and Recreation - this term covers a number of disposal process: sorting
of refuse either individually or mechanically, for metals, tin
cans, paper, rags and other materials that can be resold,
rendering of animal wastes for fats; dehydration garbage to
be used for hog-feed; composting and landfills that reclaim
otherwise unusable land.
Sangguniang
Panlalawigan – the legislative body of the province, composed of the
provincial vice governor as the presiding officer, the regular
sanggunian members, the president of the provincial
chapter of the liga ng mga barangay, the president of the
panlalawigang pederasyon ng mga sangguniang
kabataan, the president of the provincial federation of
sanggunian members of municipalities and component
cities, and the sectoral representatives, as members. (A-2)
Sangguniang
Panlungsod – the legislative body of the city, composed of the city vice
mayor as the presiding officer, the regular sanggunian
members, the president of the city chapter of the liga ng
mga barangay, the president of the panlungsod na
pederasyon ng mga sangguniang kabataan, and the
sectoral representatives a members. (A-2)
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In addition thereto, there shall be three (3) sectoral
representatives: one (1) from the women; one (1) from the
agricultural or industrial workers; and one (1) from the
other sectors, including the urban poor, indigenous cultural
communities, or disabled persons.
Sanitary Core - a basic minimum sanitary facility which may or may not
include wall enclosures but should include the following
features: a system of human waste disposal acceptable to
the Department of health or other proper regulatory entity;
roughing-ins for sanitary and water lines; and slab for toilet
and bath.
Scoping Report - part of the final EIS and serves as a primary reference of
the EIA and the review process. At the minimum, it should
contain the following: (E-16)
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Sea Farming – the stocking of natural or hatchery-produced plants and
animals, under controlled conditions, for purposes of
rearing and harvesting, but not limited to commercially-
important fishes, mollusks (such as pear and giant clam
culture), including seaweeds and seagrasses. (D-13)
Secondary Health
Services - medical health services provided by some rural health
units, infirmaries, district hospitals and out-patient
departments of provincial hospitals, such as health
education, maternal/child health and family planning,
nutrition (operation timbang, breastfeeding, etc.),
immunization, minor surgery, simple laboratory
examinations, and supply of essential drugs. (C-23)
Secondary Market
System - the system which entails purchase, acquisition,
discounting or refinancing of loan and mortgage packages
or participation therein. These instruments in turn are
traded in the financial market through issuance/sale of
bonds, promissory notes, debentures, conveyances and
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other financial instruments or participation therein, backed
by the same pool of mortgages, securitizations and other
assets. Funds generated therefrom are again plowed back
into the mainstream of loan and mortgage trading.
Development and provisions for a Secondary Mortgage
Market is the primary purpose of the NHMFCV under PD
1267. (C-7)
Seed Tree System - partial clearcutting with seed trees left to regenerate the
area. (E-20)
Senior Citizen - any person who is at least sixty (60) years of age. (C-23)
Service Expenditure
Percentage – measure of expenditure efficiency. The higher the SEP
the higher is the fiscal efficiency of the local unit. (G-5)
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SEP = Total expenditures – Expenditures for
revenue services, debt services and general administration
Setback - the open space left between the building and lot lines. (G-
7)
Settlements
Development Plan - guides the spatial distribution of the population, identifies
the roles and functions of key urban centers, determines
the relationships between settlement areas towards
developing orderly and efficient human settlements
system. (B-6)
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Sex Ratio - the total number of males over the number of females in
the planning area, expressed as number of males per 100
females for current population. (C-3)
Share of Local
Government Units in
National Wealth – share of the local government units amounting to forty
percent (40%) of the gross collection derived by the
national government from the preceding fiscal year from
mining taxes, royalties, forestry and fishery charges, and
such other taxes, fees, or charges, including related
surcharges, interests, or fines and from its share in any co-
production, joint venture or production sharing agreement
in the utilization and development of the national wealth
within their territorial jurisdiction. (A-2)
Province - 20%
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Component City/Municipality - 45%; and
Barangay - 35%
Population - 70%
Land Area - 30%
Share Tenancy - the relationship that exists whenever two persons agree
on a joint undertaking for agricultural production wherein
one party furnishes the land and the other his labor, with
either or both contributing any one or several of the items
of production, the tenant cultivating the land personally
with the aid of labor available from members of his
immediate farm household, and the produce thereof to be
divided between the landholder and the tenant. (D-8)
Shelter Needs - shelter needs are the new housing units needed (lot,
basic services and dwelling unit) and the upgrading needs
(either land tenure, some of basic services, or structural
improvement of unit or combinations of these). (C-14)
Shelter Planning
Guidelines - step by step procedures by which local government units
could formulate plans that will address their housing
problems. Designed to serve as a model and framework
for the preparation of local shelter plans, it is focused
mainly on the estimates of present and future housing
needs, land and basic infrastructure needs for housing. (F-
4)
Shelter Strategy - a plan of action which defines the objectives for the
development of shelter conditions; identifies the resources
available to meet the objectives and the means by which
they can be used most cost-effectively. It also sets out the
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responsibilities and time frame for implementing the
various measure. (C-14)
Single-Family,
Attached - see Dwelling
Single-Family,
Detached - see Dwelling
Single-family
Residence – a type of residential structure designed to include one
dwelling. (C-12)
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Slum Improvement
and Resettlement
Program (or SIR) - the program of the National Housing Authority of
upgrading and improving blighted areas outside of Metro
Manila pursuant to existing statutes and pertinent
executive issuances. (C-6)
Slum Improvement
and Resettlement
Program (SIR) - the program of the National Housing Authority of
upgrading and improving blighted squatter areas outside of
Metro Manila pursuant to existing statutes and pertinent
executive issuances. (C-23)
Slum or Blighted Area – any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason
of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or
design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or
any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety,
health, or morals.
Small Agricultural
Producer - any self-employed individual who, by himself or with his
family, provides the primary labor requirement of his
business enterprise or one who earns at least fifty percent
(50%) of his gross income from the payment, proceeds or
income of the labor he provides. (D-10, D-15)
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Small Property Owners - those whose only real property consists of residential
lands not exceeding three hundred (300) square meters in
highly urbanized cities and eight hundred square meters
(800 sqm.) in other urban area. (C-6, C-7,C-18)
Small-scale Mining - mining activities which rely heavily on manual labor using
simple implements and methods and do not use explosives
or heavy mining equipment. (D-10)
a. informed decision-making;
b. agreement on process of decision-making through
democratic means;
c. empowerment of stakeholders to decide for
themselves; and
d. acceptance and understanding of issue by those who
know about the project.
Social Dimension
Access to Quality
Basic Services – reforms which refer to equitable control and access to
social services and facilities, such as education, health,
housing and other basic services which enable the citizens
to meet their basic human needs and live decent lives. (C-
24)
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Social Preparation - a preliminary activity carried out when there is a need to
involve the community in any program, project or
undertaking. It involves awareness building concerning
the project or activity in terms of its goals, rationale,
objectives, components and activities. Social preparation
is undertaken by means of public information campaigns,
barangay consultations, informal dialogues with community
leaders and other similar activities. It aims to inform and
consult the public about their participation, roles and
responsibilities in the proposed project or activity. (E-15)
Social Security System - the primary provider of funds for long-term housing
ortgages for low- and middle-income private sector
employees. (C-10)
Social Welfare Services -basic services and facilities which include but not limited
to the following: "social welfare services, which include
programs and projects on child and youth welfare, family
and community welfare, women's welfare, welfare of the
elderly and disabled persons; community-based
rehabilitation programs for vagrants, beggars, street
children, scavengers, juvenile delinquents, and victims of
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drug abuse; livelihood and other pro-poor projects;
nutrition services; and family planning services.." (Section
17, Local Government Code) (C-23)
Social Welfare
Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Social Sector concerned with uplifting
the socioeconomic status of the lowest 30% of the
impoverished population. (A-5)
Socialized Housing – in addition to the definition in the Housing Act (RA 7279),
it shall refer to projects intended for the underprivileged
and homeless wherein the housing package selling price is
within the lowest interest rate under the Unified Home
Lending Program or any equivalent housing program of the
government, the private sector on non-governmental
organizations (C-7)
Socialized Housing
Exemption – proposed main subdivision projects falling under the
category of socialized housing as defined under RA 7279
shall be considered as having fully complied with the
requirements of Section 18 of RA 7279 and are thus
exempted for socialized housing.
Socialized Housing
Needs - based on the Urban Development and Housing Act
(UDHA), these are housing needs of underprivileged and
homeless individuals or households residing in urban and
urbanizable areas whose income falls within the poverty
threshold determined by the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA). (C-14)
Socialized Housing Tax - an additional one-half percent (0.5%) tax imposed on the
assessed value of all lands in urban areas in excess of
Fifty thousand pesos (PhP 50,000.00) (C-5)
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Socialized Housing
Zone – an area within a city or municipality which shall be used
principally for socialized housing/dwelling purposes for the
underprivileged and homeless as defined in RA 7279. (G-
7)
Soil Erosion - the process by which soil particles are detached and
transported primarily by run-off water. (B-6)
Soil Map - a map that shows the different soil classification units
found in a given area. These are grouped on the basis of
their external or internal characteristics which include the
soil series, soil type and soil phase. (B-6)
Soil Suitability Map - a map that provides data on the degree of soil suitability
for urban development. (B-6)
Solid Waste Disposal - a subsector of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector which
presents systematic waste and garbage disposal schemes.
(F-4)
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Spatial Strategies
Generation - the process of exploring various ways of combining the
built and unbuilt form that will serve as a framework or
guide for detailed allocation of space and location of
various activities and facilities. (E-18)
Special Economic Zone – also referred to as Ecozones, are selected areas with
highly developed or which have the potential to be
developed into agro-industrial, industrial,
tourist/recreational, commercial, banking, investment and
financial centers. (B-16)
a. industrial estates,
b. export processing zones,
c. free trade zones, and
d. tourist/recreational centers
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So much as may be necessary of that portion of cities
of Naga and Iriga in the Province of Camarines Sur,
Legaspi and Tabaco in the Province of Albay, and
Sorsogon in the Province of Sorsogon;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of Batan
Island in the Province of Batanes;
So much as may be necessary for that portion of Lapu-
Lapu in the Island of Mactan, and the municipalities of
Balamban and Pinamungahan and the cities of Cebu
and Toledo and in the Province of Cebu, including its
territorial waters and islets and it immediate environs;
So much as may be necessary for that portion of
Tacloban City;
So much as may be necessary for that portion of the
Municipality of Barugo in the Province of Leyte;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Municipality of Buenavista in the Province of Guimaras;
So much as may be necessary of that portion in the
municipalities of San Jose de Buenavista, Hamtic,
Sibalon and Culasi in the Province of Antique;
So much as may be necessary of that portion in the
municipalities of Catarman, Bobon, and San Jose in
the Province of Northern Samar, the Island of Samar;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Municipality of Ternate and its immediate environs in
the Province of Cavite;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of Polloc,
Parang in the Province of Maguindanao;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Municipality of Pitogo in the Province of Zamboanga
del Norte;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Dipolog City-Manukan Corridor in the Province of
Zamboanga del Norte;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of Pitogo
in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Mambajao, Camiguin Province;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Infanta, Real, Pollilo, Alabat, Atimonan, Mauban,
Tiaong, Pagbilao, Mulanay, Tagkawayan and Dingalan
Bay in the Province of Quezon;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Butuan City and in the Province of Agusan del Norte,
including its territorial waters and islets and its
immediate environs;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of Roxas
City including its teritorial waters and islets and its
immediate in the Province of Capiz;
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So much as may be necessary of that portion of San
Jacinto, San Fabian, Mangaldan, Lingayen, Sual,
Dagupan, alaminos, Manaoag, Binmaley in the
Province of Pangasinan;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Autonomous Region;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Masinloc, Candelaria and Sta. Cruz in the Province of
Zambales;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Palawan Island;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
General Santos City in South Cotabato and its
immediate environs;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of
Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental, including its
territorial waters and islets and its immediate environs;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Province of Ilocos Sur;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Province of La Union;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Province of Laguna, including its territorial waters and
islets and its immediate environs;
So much as may be necessary of that portion of the
Province of Rizal;
All existing export processing zones and government-
owned industrial estates; and
Any private industrial estate which shall voluntarily
apply for conversion into an ecozone.
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c. The availability of water source and electric power
supply for use of the ecozone;
Special Education
Fund – a special fund maintained in every provincial, city or
municipal treasury which consists of their respective
shares in the proceeds of the additional tax on real
property to be appropriated for the purposes prescribed in
Section 272 of RA 7160. (A-2)
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and sports development as determined and approved by
the Local School Board.
Special Hospital - a hospital that provides services for one particular kind of
illness/disease or health/medical care need. (C-23)
Special Project Map - a map that reflects the different infrastructure projects
planned to be undertaken within the study area such as
dams, flood control projects, etc. (B-6)
Sports Center - contains the basic features of stadium and in addition has
a swimming pool or auditorium and other facilities for
outdoor sports. It must also have a small multi-purpose
gymnasium but no or minimal space for spectators.
Examples of this are the Cagayan de Oro Marcos Sports
Center, Paglaum Sports Center in Bacolod and Rodriguez
Sports Center in Marikina City. (C-23)
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(For example: Cagayan de Oro Marcos Sports Center,
Paglaum Sports Center in Bacolod and Rodriguez Sports
Center in Marikina, Metro Manila). (C-23)
Stable, Commercial – a stable wherein the animals kept are for business,
racing or breeding purposes.
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Stakeholders - persons or groups who may be significantly affected by
the project or undertaking, directly or indirectly. They may
include: (E-15)
Storm Surge - big waves generated by wind from the open sea which
are capable of destroying coastal landforms and
communities. (E-20)
Strategic Operating
Provinces (SOPs)
Project - an implementing mechanism of the Countryside Agro-
Industrial Development Strategy which moved to integrate
the People's Industrial Estate into the agrarian reform
context. (D-7)
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Street – any thoroughfare or public space which has been
dedicated or deeded to the public for public use. (B-21)
Strengthening of
Citizens’ Participation - a strategy to implement the Philippine Strategy for
Sustainable Development (PSSD) where people solve
problems confronting them through their own efforts. Non-
government organizations (NGOs) can be the central
vehicle to promote active participation of the citizenry for
sustainable development. A strategy in this regard is to
develop a network among NGOs as well as NGOs and
governmental organizations which will work on community
organizing, public information campaigns,
research/situation assessment, environmental surveillance
and monitoring, science and appropriate technology and
the like. (F-5)
Strengthening of
Residuals Management
(Pollution Control) – a move towards adopting innovations in industrial
process designs which are aimed at reducing wastes
streams, especially in increasing restrictions on disposals,
reformulating products, developing saleable by-products
from residuals and redesigning or combining processes, to
reduce wastes and costs. (F-5)
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Strip of 1,000 Meters - a tract of land along existing, proposed or on-going public
highway or road measuring 500 meters on each side of the
road starting from the center line of the road right-of-way.
(B-1)
Strip/Linear
Development - a ribbon-like or strip form of spatial development. Some
call this strategy concentrated dispersion. Development, in
this case, takes place parallel to or along both sides or
margins of the road or river and any other transport
networks. (E-18)
Structural Improvement
Need - housing units under the categories needs major repair,
dilapidated/condemned and unfinished construction. (C-
23)
Subdivision Project - a tract or a parcel of land registered under Act No. 496
which is partitioned primarily for residential purposes into
individual lot with or without improvements thereon, and
offered to the public for sale, in cash or in installment
terms. (C-23)
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Sub-lessee - the person who leases or rents out a residential unit from
a sublessor. (C-9)
Substantive Review - the assessment of the quality of the EIA. The reviewers
are tasked to examine the document on the basis of
criteria such as: (E-15)
clarity of presentation
balance in presentation and assessment
accuracy of information and assessment
precision of information and assessment
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intended to address, and the costs and benefits of the
program. (C-6)
Sustainable Agricultural
Land use Planning
(SALUP) - a systematic way of putting on maps the best use of an
agricultural land on a sustainable basis given such
considerations as the inherent quality and present state of
land resources in a region, province or municipality, the
nature and characteristics of agricultural land, its
constraints ant potentials. (E-19)
Sustainable Coastal
Land Use Plan
(SCLUP) - the basic framework in the preparation of a coastal area
management plan. It defines options for community
programs in the coastal area and recommends public-
private partnership to accomplish sustainable
development. (E-20)
Sustainable Population – maintaining the number of people at levels that are within
the limited capacity of our natural resources to support.
(E-24)
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Sustainable Traditional
Resource Rights - the rights of the Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples to sustainably use,
manage, protect and conserve: a) land, air, water and
minerals; b) plants, animals and other organisms; c)
collecting, fishing and hunting grounds; d) sacred sites;
and e) other areas of economic, ceremonial and aesthetic
value in accordance with their indigenous knowledge,
belief systems and practices. (E-14)
Sustained Yield
Management - continuous production of forest products in a working unit
with the aim of maintaining an approximate balance
between harvest and net growth at any given time. (B-1)
Swarrop-Uemura Index
or Proportional Mortality
Ratio - refers to deaths in age fifty (50) years and over in a
calendar year per one thousand (1,000) deaths, all causes,
all ages in the same year. (C-23)
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as road, power, water, poor location in relation to market;
poor transportation facilities; and others.
Tax on Business of
Printing and Publication – a tax which may be imposed by the province on the
business of persons engaged in the printing and/or
publication of books, cards, posters, leaflets, handbills,
certificates, receipts, pamphlets, and others of similar
nature, at a rate not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of one
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percent (1%) of the gross annual receipts for the preceding
calendar year. (A-2)
a. Province - 30%
b. Component city/municipality where the sand,
gravel and other quarry resources are extracted – 30%
c. Barangay where the sand, gravel and other quarry
resources are extracted – 40%
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The proceeds from the amusement tax shall be shared
equally by the province and the municipality where such
amusement places are located.
Technical Aspect of
Land Use Planning - determining what activities (e.g., agricultural,
construction) a given piece of land can support without
causing damage to the land itself in order that it can be
used across many generations without jeopardizing, but in
fact, enhancing its value.(E-18)
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Tempo of Urbanization - (see Urbanization) (C-3)
Tenure Status - the arrangement which a family occupies its dwelling unit
and lot. (C-1)
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provided are: intensive care units, coronary care units, eye,
ear, nose and throat services, orthopedics and delivery
room facilities. Nursing services to assist the specialists
are likewise provided. (C-23)
Tertiary Health
Services - include medical and surgical diagnostics, treatment and
rehabilitative care undertaken usually by medical
specialists in a hospital setting. It also includes treatment
of simple and specialized/complicated cases,
maternal/child health and family planning, rehabilitative
care, intensive care, minor and major surgery, and simple
and complicated diagnostic procedures. (C-23)
Thematic Map - a simple outline map depicting one single feature of the
earth's surface or representing a single theme or subject.
They may show population distribution, political units, soil,
water, forests and others depending upon the requirement
of such map. (B-6).
Tidal Flats - lands mostly devoid of trees and shrubs that are
alternatively exposed and inundated by tides. These may
be mud flats or sand flats. (E-20)
Timber License
Agreement – a long-term license for timber in public forest executed
between the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural
Resources (on behalf of the Government) and the grantee,
usually of 25-year duration and subject to review at least
once every five (5) years to ascertain compliance with the
terms thereof and adjust such terms to major policy
changes. (D-17)
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classified as agricultural or alienable, industrial or
commercial, residential, resettlement, mineral or grazing
land. (D-16)
Timberland - land of the public domain which have been the subject of
the present system of land classification and determined to
be needed for forest purposes. Eventually these lands will
be proclaimed as forest reserves by the President (FMB,
DENR) (B-7)
Toilet Facilities,
Closed Pit - the type of toilet which has no water-sealed bowl and the
depository is constructed usually of large circular tubes
made of clay or concrete, a pit with concrete sides or an
ordinary pit or drum, covered on top and has a small
opening. It may or may not have a box for sitting or
squatting over the opening. (C-1)
Toilet Facilities,
Open Pit - a type of toilet facility which is a dry pit without any
enclosure and usually without toilet bowls. (C-1)
Toilet Facilities,
Water-sealed - all types of toilet, whether used exclusively by the
household or shared with other households where after
water is flushed or poured into the bowl, a small amount of
water is left in the bowl and seals the bottom of the bowl
from the pipe leading to the sewer or septic tank. They
may or may not have depositories such as a sewer or
septic tank. (C-1)
Total Fertility Rate - the number of livebirths per one thousand female
population in child-bearing ages 15-44 years. (C-18)
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Tourism Development
Areas - contiguous land areas endowed with natural or man-
made physical attributes and resources that are conducive
to recreation, leisure and other wholesome activities and
are intended for use of travelers. (B-6, B-7)
Tourism Estate - a large tract of land with defined boundaries in any of the
destination areas identified in the Philippine Tourism
Master Plan, and which is suitable for the development of
integrated resort complex with prescribed carrying
capacities of tourist facilities and activities such as but not
limited to accommodations, food and beverage outlets,
sports and recreational centers and commercial outlets,
and provided with roads; water supply facilities, power
distribution facilities, drainage and sewage systems and
other necessary infrastructures. The estate is under
unified and continuous management. (D-7)
Tourism Investment
Priorities Plan - the annual listing of tourism activities to be encouraged
and given priority, and the tourism facilities required to
supply the needs of local and foreign tourists and travelers.
(D-7)
Tourism Master
Plan - a long-range plan for the promotion and development of
tourism in the Philippines where priority tourism
development areas are indicated. The plan identifies
broad goals, objectives, tourism targets and strategies. (F-
3)
Tourism Priorities
Plan - a document that sets forth the tourism activities to be
encouraged and given priority and the tourism facilities
required to supply the needs of foreign tourists and
travelers. Incentives shall be made available to these
projects. (D-19)
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and placed under the administration and control of the
PTA. (D-20)
Tourist/Recreational
Center – an area within the ecozone where tourist
accommodation facilities such as hotels, apartelles, tourist
inns, pension houses, resorts, sports and/or recreational
facilities are provided to render tourism services for both
local and foreign tourists, travelers, and investors in
accordance with the guidelines issued by the Philippine
Economic Zone Authority.
Trade Area - that area from which is obtained the major portion of the
continuing patronage necessary for the steady support of
the shopping center.
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Transportation - a subsector of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector that
refers to road network facilities and utilities which define
mobility and access to various functional areas of the
community. The circulation network is an essential
element in land use plan formulation. (F-4)
Transportation
Infrastructure – roads, bridges, ports, airports and the different modes of
transportation using these infrastructures. (D-10)
Transportation Map - a map that indicates data on circulation system within the
planning area. These include bridges, roads, airports and
navigable highways, ports, harbors, water bodies. The
location type and make of transportation infrastructure are
also indicated. (B-4)
Transportation
Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector which
refers to road network facilities and utilities that define
mobility and access to various functional areas of the
community. (A-5)
Tree Farms – any tract of forest land purposely and extensively planted
to trees of economic value for their fruits, flowers, leaves,
barks or extractives, but not for the wood thereof. (E-7)
Tri-polar or Multi-polar
Strategy - a type of spatial development that entails the
simultaneous development of three or more areas
identified as potential urban expansion areas. This
strategy is also known as dispersed concentration in that it
decongests the urban area towards new urban centers.
(E18)
Tri-regional Development
of the National Capital
Region - a major urban development strategy which involves the
planning and development of the three regions, namely,
Region II, IV and the NCR, as one huge urban settlement
where specific areas for specific functions are assigned.
(F-3)
Tropical Revolving
Storm – term sometimes used to describe cyclone found in the
tropics which is generally very intense and nearly circular
in shape. (B-14)
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Trust Funds – a special fund maintained in every provincial, city and
municipal treasury which consists of private and public
monies which have officially come into the possession of
the local government or of a local government official as
trustee, agent or administrator, or which have been
received as a guaranty for the fulfillment of some
obligation. A trust fund shall be used only for the specific
purpose for which it was created or for which it came into
the possession of the local government unit. (A-2)
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Unacceptable Dwelling
Units - the marginal/sub-standard housing units; improvised barong-
barong; commercial, industrial/ agricultural and other premises not
included for human habitation but are used as living quarters at
the time of the census. (C-23)
Underdeveloped
Areas - areas characterized by the predominant absence of utility
systems or networks, especially water supply, roads and power.
Underprivileged
and Homeless Citizen – the beneficiaries of RA 7279 and to individuals or families
residing in the urban and urbanizable areas, whose income or
combined household income falls within the poverty threshold as
defined by the National Economic and Development Authority and
who do not own housing facilities. This shall include those who
live in makeshift dwelling units and do not enjoy security of tenure.
(C-5, C-15, C-23)
Unemployed
Persons - all those who are reported wanting and looking for work on a full
time basis. The desire to work must be sincere and the person
must be serious about working. (C-3)
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a. purchase a residential lot;
b. purchase of a lot and construction of new house or dwelling
unit;
c. purchase of a newly-constructed residential unit or, of a unit
over one year old, on a first occupancy basis;
d. purchase of existing residential units foreclosed by
government agencies; and
e. construction of a new house or dwelling unit.
Unlawful or Unauthorized
Intrusion – the occupation of lands and utilization of resources within the
ancestral domain without the consent of the Indigenous Peoples
concerned or through invasion, violation, wrongful entry or entry
by stealth or force or uninvited entrance upon the territorial
domain of another. (E-14)
Unregistered or
Abandoned Lands - lands in urban and urbanizable areas which are not registered
with the Register of Deeds, or with the city or municipal assessor's
office concerned, or which are uninhabited by the owner and have
not been developed or devoted for any useful purpose, or appears
unutilized for a period of three (3) consecutive years immediately
prior to the issuance and receipt of publications of notice of
acquisition by the Government as provided under RA 7279. It
does not include land which has been abandoned by reason of
force majeure or any fortuitous event; provided, that prior to such
event, such land was previously used for some useful or economic
purpose. (C-4, C-12, C-18) Urban Areas - all cities regardless of
their population density and municipalities with a population
density of five hundred (500) persons per square kilometer. (C-5,
C-15)
Upgrading Need - the need for improving land tenure status, e.g., provision of
minimum security of tenure as in a written contract to possessing
a title of land; access to basic services, e.g., dirt road to macadam
road; and house condition, e.g., from semi-permanent to
permanent structure. (C-23)
Upland Farming - planting of upland crops which usually require less water than
other crops, as in non-irrigated and elevated farm areas. (D-10)
Upstream Industries - industries which produce and/or process raw materials for the
manufacture of semi-finished products. (D-19)
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Urban Areas - all cities regardless of their population density and municipalities
with a population density of at least 500 persons per square
kilometer. (C-23)
Urban Base Map - a map that provides a more detailed information regarding urban
areas. Prepared in a much larger scale, it reflects the road
network and other important permanent features such as
institutional sites (schools, churches, municipal halls, hospitals),
monuments, playgrounds, parks and open space. (B-4)
Urban Density - the ratio of the population to the total built-up area. It is
expressed as: (C-3)
Urban Density, Gross – indicates the concentration of the total urban population over the
total area of identified urban barangays, thus, the resulting density
indicates a lower concentration of population compared to the
built-up density. It is expressed as: (C-3)
Urban Land Use Map – a map that reflects the detailed distribution of land uses within
the identified urban zones. The information supplied are:
residential, commercial, industrial, parks/open spaces,
agricultural, institutional, rivers/swamps and special projects/uses.
(B-4)
Urban Poor
Organization (UPO) – community-based organizations and/or their aggrupations
whose members are the homeless and underprivileged as defined
in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Urban
Development and Housing Act (UDHA). (C-15)
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Urban Renewal and
Resettlement - the rehabilitation and development of blighted and slum areas
and the resettlement of Program beneficiaries in accordance with
the provisions of RA 7279. (C-5)
Urban Road
Requirements – determined by multiplying the urban population with the
standard road to population ratio, less the existing urban road
length. (B-13)
Urban Roads – roads that are within the boundary of the Poblacion. (B-13)
Urban Zoning
Map - a duly authenticated map delineating the different zones into
which the urban area and its expansion area are divided. (G-7)
Urbanizable Areas - sites and lands which, considering present characteristics and
prevailing conditions, display marked and great potential of
becoming urban areas within the period of five (5) years. (C-5, C-
15, C-23)
built-up density
urban density
gross density
Urbanization Level - the percentage of urban population to the total population in the
area. (see Urbanization (C-3)
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Urbanized Areas - urbanized areas consist of: (C-2)
User-led or Market-
Driven Strategy - strategy which promotes strengthened linkages between
educational/training institutions and industry to ensure that
appropriate skills and knowledge are provided by the educational
system. (C-20)
Utilities/Facilities
Map - a map which indicates the different facilities/utilities within the
planning area, such as power supply, waterworks,
telecommunications, drainage/sewerage, schools/public libraries,
hospitals/clinics/centers, fire/police stations/facilities, and religious
institutions. Also indicated are the type and make of
facilities/utilities. (B-4)
Value or Valuation of
Building – the estimated cost to replace the building in kind, based on
current replacement costs.
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of the particular physical surrounding, shape or topographical
conditions of the property, compliance on height, area, setback,
bulk and/or density would result in a particular hardship upon the
owner, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience or a desire to
make more money. (G-7)
Vicinity Map - a map that shows the geographic location of the study area in
relation to the province/region. (B-4)
Wall, Bearing - a wall which supports any load other than its own height. (B-21)
Wall, Curtain - the enclosing wall of an iron or steel framework or the non-
bearing portion of an enclosing wall between piers. (B-21)
Wall, Fire – any wall which subdivides a building so as to resist the spread of
fire, by starting at the foundation and extending continuously
through all storeys to, or above the roof. Extension above the roof
is 1.00 meter. (B-21)
Wall, Non-bearing - a wall which supports no load other than its own weight. (B-21)
Wall, Parapet – that part of any wall entirely above the roof line. (B-21)
Wall, Party – a wall separating two or more buildings, and used in common by
the said buildings. (B-21)
Wall, Retaining – any wall used to resist the lateral displacement of any material;
a subsurface wall built to resist the lateral pressure of internal
loads. (B-21)
Wastelands - land not suitable for any crop or to any definite economic
purposes. (E-20)
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Water Demand – the demand which would be created if the distribution system of
the Manila Water Company (MWC), Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
(MWSI), or the local water district/cooperative, whichever is
available in the area, were extended to supply all parts of the
service area at adequate pressure. (B-13)
Water Quality - the characteristics of water which define its use in terms of
physical, chemical and biological contents; hence the quality of
water for domestic use is different from industrial use. (E-24)
Water Quality
Standard - a plan that is established by government authority as a program
for water pollution prevention and abatement. Such a standard
may include water use classification and the criteria to support the
uses of the water. (E-24)
Water Quality
Surveillance - a close and continuous supervision of the water quality to detect
developments, movements or changes in the characteristics of the
water. (E-24)
Water Right – right granted by the government to divert water from a public
stream for beneficial use. (B-14)
Water Supply
Sub-sector - a sub-sector of the Infrastructure and Utilities Sector which
discusses the need for a reliable and adequate supply of water for
safe and potable drinking use as well as for other uses. (A-5)
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Water Supply,
Dug Well - the family gets its water from a dug well. The ordinary dug well
as well as the improved type which is provided with a protective
device against contamination or pollution belongs to this type. (C-
1)
Water Supply,
Faucet, Others,
Community Water
System - the family gets water supply from a faucet for public use, or the
faucet of another family, establishment or office which is
connected to the community water system. (C-1)
Water Supply,
Level I -point sources (such as rain collector, wells and springs);
generally for rural areas where houses are thinly scattered to
justify a distribution system. (B-13)
Water Supply,
Level II – communal faucet systems, generally for rural areas where
houses are densely clustered enough to justify a piped distribution
system providing a number of households with faucets. (B-13)
Water Supply,
Level III (or Waterworks
System) – individual supply typical model system for three (3) levels of
water supply service. (B-13)
Water Supply,
Peddler - the family buys its water supply in "latas" or "timbas". This is the
usual source of water supply of families in areas which do not
have a central water system or which have low water pressure.
(C-1)
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Water Supply, Tubed/
Piped Well, Own Use - water is taken from tubed/piped well for private use of the family
in the same building or compound. (C-1)
Water Zone - bodies of water within cities and municipalities which include
rivers, streams, lakes and seas except those included in other
zone classification. (G-7)
Waterbodies - waters that are tapped for domestic purposes, within the
controlled or protected areas declared by the appropriate
authorities or which support wildlife and fishery activities. (E-15)
Water-Sealed,
Sewer/Septic Tank,
Used Exclusively
by the Households - the type of toilet facility used exclusively by the household
where, after water is flushed or poured in the bowl, a small
amount of water is left in the bowl and seals the bottom of the
bowl from the pipe leading to the depository. (C-23)
- the area from which a river or lake receives its supply of water.
(B-1)
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The watershed shall be used as the main biophysical resource to
integrate the concerns of productivity, equity and ecological
balance in the use of forest lands. As the key planning unit, it
possesses well-defined boundaries and interactive relationships
for biophysical analysis purposes. Moreover, it can be
disaggregated into micro-watershed units or catchment areas,
allowing the integration of production performance with
conservation measures adopted on land and water resources. It
can also be easily linked to the broader or higher levels of
management, whether at the provincial, municipal or community
level.
Watershed Forest
Reserve – see Watershed Reservation (E-21)
Watershed
Management – the protection, conservation and use of natural resources of a
drainage basin to keep the soil mantle in place and make water
available in a manner which best serves human requirements.
(PHILIPPINE FORESTRY STATISTICS, BUREAU OF
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL
RESOURCES, 1973)
Watershed
Reservation – a forestland reservation established to protect or improve the
conditions of the water yield thereof or reduce sedimentation. (E-
7)
Watershed Reservation/
Forest Reserve/
Watershed Forest
Reserve - a defined area in forest lands that has been proclaimed by law
as such, primarily to establish adequate vegetative cover that
would prevent erosion, conserve water and nurture wildlife. (E-21)
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denudation causing accelerated erosion and destructive floods. It
is closed from logging until it is fully rehabilitated. (E-7)
Wet and Dry Market - a type of market where merchandise is retailed directly to the
consumers. This type of market is usually located in town centers.
In some barangays a TALIPAPA serves as their wet and dry
market. (D-7)
Wetlands - areas like marshes, mangroves, salt beds, fishponds and lakes
dominated either by grassy and wood vegetation. (B-8)
Widespread Public
Health Dangers - refers to situations applicable in calamity areas; to a displaced
population such as, but not limited to those in evacuation centers
and those trapped in areas of armed conflict; to municipalities,
cities, provinces, or regions where one or more disease outbreaks
occur within one-year period that threaten to reach epidemic
proportions; or to local government units found to have an
inadequate health care system as indicated by the low coverage
of immunization of children under one year of age, the high
incidence of second and third degree malnutrition among children
under six years of age, or a larger portion of the local households
having no access to safe water supply or no sanitary toilet
facilities. (C-23)
Wilderness Area - land of the public domain which has been reserved as such by
the President of the Republic of the Philippines to preserve its
natural conditions, maintain its hydrologic quality, and restrict
public use in the interest of national welfare and security. (B-8)
Wilderness Preserves - forest lands designated for the protection of game animals, birds
and fishes and closed to hunting and fishing in order that the
excess may flow and restock surrounding areas. (E-21)
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Woodlands - these occur behind the beach and dune on the older beach
areas. In the coastal zone, these consist essentially of a tangle of
low stunted trees or shrubs. Examples are botong, pandan and
the taller agoho and coconut palms. (E-20)
Workers in the
Formal Sector – workers in registered business enterprises who sell their
services in exchange for wages and other forms of compensation.
(C-24)
Workers in the
Informal Sector – poor individuals who operate businesses that are very small in
scale and are not registered with any national government
agency, and to the workers in such enterprises who sell their
services in exchange for subsistence level wages or other forms
of compensation. (C-24)
Yard or Patio – the yard lying between the side lot lines and the nearest lot line
and the nearest building line. (B-21)
Yard, Rear – the yard lying between the side lot lines and the nearest lot line
and the nearest building line. (B-21)
Yard, Side – the yard lying between the side line and the nearest building and
between the front and the rear yards. (B-21)
Yearly Population
Projection
by Barangay - see Municipal Population Estimates Using NSO Population
Enumerated in the Last Two (2) Recent Censuses
Young Child Mortality - the number of deaths, all causes, of children aged one (1) to
four (4) in a calendar year per one thousand (1,000) population.
(C-23)
Young Dependency
Ratio – see Age-Dependency Ratio (C-3)
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Youth – persons fifteen (15) to thirty (30) years old. (C-24)
Zonal Improvement
Program - the program of the National Housing Authority of upgrading and
improving blighted squatter areas within the cities and
municipalities of Metro Manila pursuant to existing statutes and
pertinent executive issuances. (C-5, C-23)
Zoning Administrator/
Zoning Officer - a municipal/city government employee responsible for the
implementation/enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance in a
community. (G-7)
Zoning Map – a map that reflects the subdivision of a community into zones or
districts according to present and potential uses of land to
maximize, regulate and direct their use and development in
accordance with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan of the
community. It is concerned primarily with the use of land and the
control of population density through imposition of building height,
and bulk and open space provision in a given area. (B-4)
Zoning Ordinance – a local legal measure which embodies regulations affecting land
use. The preparation of a zoning ordinance is based on the
Comprehensive Land Use Plan and is enacted by the Local
Sanggunian through a resolution. Such ordinance shall be
presented, in its full context, as a separate document. (G-5)
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