Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’

Lack of a master plan: What made Metro Manila into what it is today

Please note that I have not forgotten about Nuvali’s master plan. But if we are to fully appreciate its master plan, it’s better that we look first at the National Capital Region and see what made it become what it is today.

I said previously that Nuvali’s master plan is geared towards achieving sustainability which is defined as forms of progress that meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future to meet their needs.

True sustainability can only be achieved by simultaneously addressing and enhancing three factors: environmental, social and economic. It’s a fine balancing act which Metro Manila failed to achieve. (more…)

What local governments can learn from the Ayalas’ Nuvali

Nuvali, Ayala Land Inc.’s flagship project encompasses 1,840 hectares stretching from Sta. Rosa Laguna all the way to Calamba. It is the most ambitious project in Philippine real estate history which the Ayalas themselves dub as the next Makati Central Business District.

Not that they will leave the Makati CBD, but they admitted that with Nuvali, they can start with a bigger canvass (it’s eight times the size the Makati CBD), where they intend not repeat whatever mistakes they committed in their Makati development. (more…)

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