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Baguio City:
Insights on the
Urban Nexus
CORDELIA C. LACSAMANA
City Environment &
Parks Management Officer
Baguio City, Philippines
ECONOMIC
PROFILE
Land Use
Plan
Industrial
Others 1%
10%
Services
20%
Utilities
5%
Parks, Forests &
Open Spaces
18%
Nat'l. Gov't. Res.
Tourism
13%
20%
Commercial
7%
Trade &
Commerce
50%
Residential
56%
POLICY DIRECTIONS
Parks Management
(Bio-Diversity &
Green
Development)
Forest & Watershed
Management
(Urban Green
Horizon for a Carbon
Neutral City)
Ambient Air Quality
Management (RITMT
& PM10 Monitoring
Climate Change
Adaptation &
Mitigation and DRRM
(Climate Change
Advocacy Program)
Water, Wastewater
Management
(SWIM)
These elements have been consolidated into a single policy
framework known as the proposed City Environment Code.
Water, Wastewater Management
(Sustainable Water Integrated Management Program)
Area
–
based
resources inventory
Forest/Watershed
/Parks
Inland
Waterways
Policy & Regulatory
Framework
Clean Water Act
Local Water
Code
DENR, NWRB
CEPMO
CEO/CWRB
/CDC
DENR, DPWH
City Sewerage
Treatment &
Drainage System
Institutional
Mechanism
Urban infrastructure
PRIORITY PROGRAMS
URBAN NEXUS
COMPONENTS
Increased volume of treated
water can be a resource to
establish a mini-hydro to
supplement power needs of
the BSTP
WasteH20
Treatment
Systems
SWIM
Energy
Generation
for Savings
DEWATS Approach
• Expansion of the BSTP
• Recovery/Rehab of
• Communal Septic Tanks
• Construction of Septage
System
Urban
Agriculture
Food
Security
• Treated Water and Sludge as
inputs for parks management
within the City
• Supply for adjoining agric’l areas
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Available human resources
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Data Management System
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Stakeholder Involvement
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Continuously build the capacity of local
governments on emerging development issues
and trends
as well as specific tools and
frameworks that can be used at the local level.

Provide LGUs with a menu of options both
technology and expert advice and how to access
them.
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Formulate policies promoting integrated approaches
linking various sectors to maximize development
benefits.
Underpinning Economic Sustainability
Multiple
Actors
Key Infra
Network
Change
LEARN
Change
Large Scale
& Small
Scale
Property
Market
Mitigating Environmental Damage
Source: Governing for Sustainable Urban Development, Yvonne Rydin
Adapting & Building Resilience to Climate Change
Promoting Social Sustainability