Tools for Decision-Making and Design Objective Setting Module 3 BCRUPD Training

From the Previous Training Module/s

Session Outline CC Responsive Urban Design Principles & Objectives to Guide Implementation Linkages of Urban Plans and Design tools/methods within the Rationalized Planning Process in the Philippines Promoting Climate Resilience thru Urban Design Guide (at the city/municipal level) Statutory Instruments Non-statutory Instruments Cases Steps to consider in developing CC Resilient Urban Design Policies

Principles and Objectives towards Implementation Climate Resilient Urban Plans and Design National Provincial City Neighborhood Site Urban Planning and Design Principles Climate Adaptation Principles

Promoting Climate Resilience thru Urban Plans and Design Statutory and non-statutory tools and instruments (NZ example) ? Process = Values and Principles Actual Design = Realization Promotes climate change resilience

Planning and Design Tools Working Together (example from NZ UD toolkit)

UPD: Process and Design Principles Research and Analysis Participation and Engagement Awareness Raising Planning and Design Implementation Process is as important as the resulting design All starts with having a clear set of principles that would frame the climate resilient urban plans and design Ultimate guiding principle is still Sustainable Development that brings about: Social inclusion, Economic vitality and prosperity, and Environmental protection and conservation “Design Principles are used to help identify what is special about a place and what needs fixing”* Process = Values and Principles Actual Design = Realization “help avoid developing visions for towns and cities that will never be built, or good processes that result in poor built environment”* *Source: Design Guide for Urban New Zealand How does the need for climate change resilience fit in? What scale? Which part?

Urban Plans and Design tools/methods within the Rationalized Planning Process in the Philippines CVDRA and LCCAP PPDFP, CLUP-ZO, CDP CLUP-ZO, CDP, BLUP, Transport Plan Site Development Plan, Project Document

Climate Resilient Design Guide “Statutory design guides, often called ‘design criteria’, have legal status and provide explicit criteria for assessing the quality of design outcomes. These guides should contain explanations and/or illustrations to demonstrate the context and rationale for design principles. They should also include design objectives to clarify the intent of the guidelines and allow for flexibility in the design approach”. “Non-statutory design guides are used for education and advocacy and, when combined with promotion, can be an effective means of distributing information on quality design. Because there is no compulsion for a developer or designer to consider a non-statutory design guide, it will be most effective when the majority of users are persuaded that it is in their interests to follow the guide. It should be attractively presented, use accessible language and graphics, and be supported by ongoing promotion”. “Design Guides are powerful means to promote and achieve climate resilience when it is informed with and uses climate information” Site- or area-specific design guides are also used by private developers and can take the form of a design code, pattern book or covenant where they are implemented by means of a legal agreement or covenant. __________________________________________________ Source: NZ urban design toolkit third edition

Design Guide and the Philippine Policy Context Land use/physical planning Infrastructure Building National RA 9729 PD 957 RA 10121 RA 7160 BP 220 Water Code Fisheries Code Fire Code RA 6716 (rainwater collection) National Building Code of the Philippines HLURB Guidelines EIA system professional regulatory laws National Structural Code of the Philippines DPWH 2015 PH Green Building Code DoE - Energy Conservation Standards Philippine Electrical Code Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines DPWH Orders, Memorandum Circulars Specific building standards under departments (hospital, schools, public markets, sports facilities, heritage facilities, etc) LGU Zoning ordinance Special ordinances Permits Neighborhood Site ?

Cases and Examples New Zealand (national guide)

Scale: City-wide/town-wide/village-wide Sites and Subdivisions

Parks and Public Spaces and Streets Private Plots

Presents how the principles address the urban design issues

Cases and Examples New York (city-level)

“The Guidelines recommend that project designers consider the two aspects of the relationship between their project and increasing heat: the way their project increases or reduces the Urban Heat Island effect as well as the impact that rising average temperatures and increased frequency of extreme heat days will have on the physical components or on the operations of the facility itself”

Cases and Examples Hong-Kong (Study and Urban Design Guideline)

Cases and Examples Kuala Lumpur (inspired by the HK AVA study)

Urban Climatic Analysis Mapping of Kuala Lumpur City In this study, readily-available data sets of Kuala Lumpur are used to produce the UC-AnMap. The data consists of two vector data layers (i.e., building and land use) and two raster data layers (i.e. Digital Elevation Model and satellite image). Building layer which contains building footprints and building heights is used to calculate the building volume and building coverage. Land use is needed to separate built-up areas from vegetated areas and used to calculate the building volume (for no building and pavement areas), building coverage, proximity to water bodies and open space. Elevation variation and slope layer are obtained from DEM layer. A satellite image (Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS) dated 24th March 2014 is used to derive the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) layer. The selected date also provides a clear sky view image which is very suitable to extract the NDVI information easily. The data sets and information prepared are needed to generate six urban parameter layers which store the impact value of each urban parameter that influence the urban climate condition.

Part of the conclusion says… “This study employed the model which is designed to suit Hong Kong’s urban scenario. Even though both cities experience similar climate, there are several differences in terms of urban scenarios between these two cities. Therefore, a model which suits the City of Kuala Lumpur should be developed. A UC-AnMap should be able to translate the complex meteorological and climatological data into a simpler form of “language” to be easily understood by urban planners and policy makers”.

Cases and Examples Australia and UK (WSUD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_DTnOzYTR4

What about in the Philippines?

Climate Resilient Urban Plans and Design in PH Given our urban development and urbanization context: What urban issues and trends should we focus on given our climate realities? What needs protection? What needs to be fixed? What processes should we involve? What design objective should we achieve given climate impacts-- At the higher-level urban context? At the local and public realm? What urban climate change “principles” should we promote?