TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................
What is an Ecological Profile? ......................................................................
What is the difference between Socio-Economic Profile (SEP) and
Ecological Profile (EP)? .
Why is ecological profiling important for planning purposes? .
Who are responsible for ecological profiling?
What is the role of the province in ecological profiling of its component
LGU? ............................................................................................................
What is the role of national government agencies in ecological profiling? ...
What are the possible/ suggested sources of data? .
What are the minimum contents of an Ecological Profile? ...........................
Chapter II: Contents ..............................................................................................
A. History of the City/Municipality .....................................................................
B. Geo-physical Environment ............................................................................
1. Geographical Location ............................................................................
2. Topography .............................................................................................
3. Geology ...................................................................................................
4. Land Resources ......................................................................................
5. Land Use .................................................................................................
6. Mineral Resources ..................................................................................
7. Coastal Resources ..................................................................................
8. Freshwater Resources ............................................................................
9. Climate ....................................................................................................
C. Population and Social Sector Profile ............................................................
1. Social Composition and Characteristics .................................................
1.1. Household and Family .....................................................................
1.1.1. Family ....................................................................................
1.1.2. Household .............................................................................
1.2. Age-Sex Distribution ........................................................................
1.3. Sex Ratio .........................................................................................
1.4. Age Dependency Ratio ....................................................................
1.5. School-age Population .....................................................................
1.6. Household Population, 7 Years Old and Over, by Educational
Attainment ........................................................................................
1.7. Labor
Force ......................................................................................
1.7.1. Employed ..............................................................................
1.7.2. Unemployed ..........................................................................
1.7.3. Persons not in the Labor Force ............................................
1.7.4. Labor Force Participation Rate .............................................
1.7.5. Employment Rate .................................................................
1.7.6. Unemployment Rate .............................................................
1.7.7. Underemployment Rate ........................................................
1.8. Mother Tongue .................................................................................
1.9. Religious Affiliations .........................................................................
1.10.
Marital Status ........................................................................
1.11.
Magnitude of Poor Families/ Individuals ...............................
2. Population Size and Growth Rate ..........................................................
2.1. Total Population ...............................................................................
2.2. Total Household Population .............................................................
2.3. Population Density ...........................................................................
2.4. Migration Patterns ............................................................................

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2.5. Urban-rural Distribution ....................................................................

2.6. Tempo of Urbanization .....................................................................
2.7. Present Status of Well-being ...........................................................
2.7.1. Education ..............................................................................
a. Literacy of HH Population, 10 Years Old and over, by age
group, by Sex
b. Enrolment - the total number of students who have
registered as of August 31 in a given school year
c. Drop-out Rate
d. Historical Enrolment by Level for the Last Three School
Years
2.7.2. Health ....................................................................................
a. Health Facilities ..............................................................
b. Health Services ..............................................................
c. Health Personnel ............................................................
d. Health Indicators ............................................................
2.7.3. Social Welfare and Development ..........................................
a. Social welfare programs and services available .............
b. Types of clientele ............................................................
c. Historical Number of Population Served by Type of
Clientele ..........................................................................
d. Social Welfare Facilities ..................................................
e. Social Welfare and Development Programs/ Services ...
2.7.4. Housing .................................................................................
a. Number of Homeless ......................................................
b. Number of Households in Occupied Housing Units by
Tenure Status of Lots and Housing Units .......................
c. Number of Owner-Households in Occupied Housing
Units, By Barangay, by Mode of Acquisition ...................
d. Occupied Housing Units by Condition (State of Repair) of
the Building and Year Built
e. Number of Households by Type of Toilet Facilities ........
f. Number of Households in Occupied Housing Units by
Main Source of Drinking Water .......................................
g. Number of Households by Kind of Fuel Used for Lighting
h. Resettlement Areas ........................................................
i. Inventory of Residential Subdivisions .............................
j. Inventory of Potential Lands for Housing ........................
2.7.5. Public Order and Safety ........................................................
a. Crime Incidence ..............................................................
b. Policeman-to-Population Ratio .......................................
c. Fire Incidence .................................................................
d. Fireman-to-Population Ratio ...........................................
e. Services, Facilities and Equipment .................................
2.7.6. Sports
and
Recreation ...........................................................
a. Existing sports and recreation facilities, by barangay .....
D. Local Economy .............................................................................................
1. The Primary Sector .................................................................................
1.1.Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry ..................................................
1.1.1. Agricultural Production ........................................................
a. Agricultural Crops ...........................................................
b. Livestock and Poultry ......................................................
c. Fishing .............................................................................
2. The Secondary Sector ............................................................................
2.1. Mining and Quarrying ......................................................................
2.2. Forestry ............................................................................................
2.3. Manufacturing ..................................................................................

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2.4. Construction .....................................................................................

2.5. Electricity, Gas and Water ...............................................................

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3. The Tertiary Sector .................................................................................

3.1. Wholesale and retail trade ...............................................................
3.2. Hotels and Restaurants ...................................................................
3.3. Transport, Storage and Communication ..........................................
3.4. Financial Intermediation ...................................................................
3.5. Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities .................................
3.6. Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security ...
3.7. Education ........................................................................................
3.8. Health and Social Work ...................................................................
3.9. Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities ..............
3.10.
Private Households with Employed Persons ........................
3.11.
Extra-territorial Organizations and Bodies ............................
E. Environment Sector ......................................................................................
1. Natural Hazards and Constraints ............................................................
2. NIPAS .....................................................................................................
3. Industrial Establishment by Degree of Hazard and Pollution ..................
4. Surface Water by Class ..........................................................................
5. Solid Waste Management .......................................................................
6. Wastewater .............................................................................................
F. Infrastructure .................................................................................................
1. Mobility and Circulation Network .............................................................
1.1.Inventory of roads and streets .........................................................
1.2.Inventory of ancillary road facilities ..................................................
1.3.Inventory of bridges .........................................................................
1.4.Transport Facilities ...........................................................................
1.4.1. Modes of Transport and Facilities .........................................
2. Communication Facilities ........................................................................
2.1.Inventory of Communication Service Facilities ................................
3. Water Supply ..........................................................................................
4. Electric Power supply .............................................................................
5. Flood Control and Drainage Facilities .....................................................
6. Municipal/ City Cemetery ........................................................................
7. Slaughterhouse .......................................................................................
8. Public Market ..........................................................................................
9. Social Service Support Infrastructure .....................................................
10.Economic Support Infrastructure ............................................................
11.Public Administrative Support Infrastructure ..........................................
G. Institutional Sector ........................................................................................
1. LGUs Organizational Structure ..............................................................
2. Staffing of LGU Offices / Departments ....................................................
3. Local Special Bodies ...............................................................................
4. National Government Agencies Operating in the LGU ...........................
5. Fiscal Position of the LGU ......................................................................
6. Development Legislation ........................................................................
7. LGU-CSO-Private Sector Linkages ........................................................
8. Civil Society Participation ........................................................................
Chapter III: Tools and Methodologies ................................................................
A. Population and Demography ........................................................................
1. Historical Growth of the Population ........................................................
2. Population Size .......................................................................................
2.1.Crude Birth Rate ..............................................................................
2.2.Crude Death Rate ............................................................................
2.3.Migration Rate .................................................................................
2.3.1. In-migration Rate ..................................................................
2.3.2. Out-migration rate .................................................................
2.3.3. Net migration rate ..................................................................

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3. Total Household Population ....................................................................
3.1.Household population 10 Years Old and over by Age Group, Sex
and Marital Status ............................................................................
4. Population Growth ..................................................................................
4.1.Age Specific Fertility Rate ...............................................................
4.2.Total Fertility Rate ............................................................................
5. Population Growth Rate ..........................................................................
5.1.Geometric Method ...........................................................................
5.2.Exponential Method .........................................................................
6. Population Projection .............................................................................
6.1.Mathematical
Method .......................................................................
6.1.1. Geometric Method .................................................................
6.1.2. Exponential
Method ...............................................................
6.2.Economic Method ............................................................................
6.3.Component or Cohort-Survival Method ...........................................
7. Age-Sex Distribution ...............................................................................
7.1.Sex Ratio .........................................................................................
7.2.Age
Composition ..............................................................................
7.3.Age Dependency Ratio ....................................................................
8. Population Doubling Time .......................................................................
9. Population Distribution and Urbanization ................................................
9.1.Population Density ...........................................................................
9.1.1. Gross Population Density ......................................................
9.1.2. Net Population Density ..........................................................
9.2.Extent
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Urbanization ......................................................................
9.2.1. Urbanization
Level .................................................................
9.2.2. Tempo of Urbanization ..........................................................
9.2.3. Built-up Density .....................................................................
9.2.4. Urban
Density ........................................................................
B. Social Services .............................................................................................
1. Social characteristics of the area population ..........................................
2. Social clustering of the population ..........................................................
3. Overall quality of life ................................................................................
3.1.Inventory of the social support infrastructure, facilities and service ...
3.2.Use of output or outcome indicators ................................................
3.3.Availability and access to social services ........................................
3.4.Income / Poverty Line as a Measure of Well-being .........................
3.4.1. Poverty Threshold .................................................................
3.4.2. Poverty Incidence ..................................................................
3.4.3. Computation of Food Threshold ............................................
3.4.4. Per Capita Food Supply ........................................................
4. Education ................................................................................................
4.1.Total School-age going population ..................................................
4.1.1. Sprague Multiplier .................................................................
4.1.2. Interpolation Technique .........................................................
4.2.Enrolment Participation Rate ...........................................................
4.3.Drop-out Rate ..................................................................................
4.4.Student-Teacher Ratio .....................................................................
4.5.Student-Classroom Ratio .................................................................
4.6.Determining Additional Classroom Requirement .............................

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4.7.Determining Additional Teacher Requirement .................................

4.8.Projecting
Enrolment ........................................................................
5. Housing ...................................................................................................
5.1.Estimating current housing demand ................................................
5.2. Determining the number of new units to cover the housing backlog
5.2.1. Doubled-up households ........................................................
5.2.2. Displaced units (Relocation Needs) ......................................
5.2.3. Homeless ..............................................................................
5.3.Future Housing Needs .....................................................................
5.4.Determining Upgrading Needs ........................................................
6. Health and Nutrition ................................................................................
6.1.Mortality ...........................................................................................
6.1.1. Infant Mortality Rate ..............................................................
6.1.2. Child Mortality Rate ..............................................................
6.1.3. Maternal Mortality Ratio .......................................................
6.2.Morbidity ..........................................................................................
6.3.Manpower Requirements for Health Services .................................
6.3.1. For out-patient care ...............................................................
6.3.2. For rural health units .............................................................
6.4.Hospital bed requirements ...............................................................
6.5.Hospital bed-population ratio ...........................................................
6.6.Hospital
bed
occupancy
rate ............................................................
7. Social Welfare and Development ............................................................
7.1.Projecting Social Welfare Clientele ..................................................
7.2.Requirements for Day Care .............................................................
8. Public Order and Safety .........................................................................
8.1.Ratio of Police Force to Total Population ........................................
8.2.Total population demand for policemen ..........................................
8.3.Current police force requirement .....................................................
8.4.Projected police force requirements ................................................
8.5.Crime rate ........................................................................................
C. Local Economy .............................................................................................
1. Concerns of the Economic Sector ..........................................................
2. Structure of the Local Economy ..............................................................
3. Determining the Structural Shift in the Local Economy ..........................
4. Determining the LGUs Specialization Using Location Quotient ............
5. Determining volume of Agricultural Production ......................................
6. Projecting Demand for Agricultural Products ..........................................
7. Determining Industry Classification .........................................................
8. Determining Linked Activities ..................................................................
9. Tracking Money Flows ............................................................................
D. Infrastructure .................................................................................................
1. Analytical framework for determining adequacy of infrastructures .........
2. Assessment of Demand for Water Supply ..............................................
3. Assessment of Water Supply ..................................................................
4. Assessment of existing infrastructures ...................................................
E. Environment ..................................................................................................
1. Natural Resources Inventory ..................................................................
2. Degree of industrial hazard and pollution ...............................................
PART II: The Local Development Indicators ..........................................................
What is the Local Development Indicators System? ....................................
What are the uses of the LDIS? ....................................................................
What is the difference between an ecological profile and LDIS? ..................

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LIST OF TABLES
Table No.

Title

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Suggested Data Inputs To Ecological Profiling and Possible / Suggested

Sources of Data
Categories of Agricultural Lands
Land Classification, by Area and Location
Area and Location of Forestlands by Sub-category and Primary Use
Land Use Categories
Inventory of Commercial Areas
Historical Data on Commercial Area
Historical Data on Industrial Areas
Total Population, By Sex: Philippines, Region, Province, City/Municipality
Household Population 15 Years Old and Over by Employment Status
Household Population by Mother Tongue
Household Population 10 years Old & over, by age Group, Sex and Marital
Status
Total Population, Households and Average Household Size, by Barangay
Historical Growth of Population
Migration Pattern
Student-teacher and Student-classroom Ratio by Level
Elementary and Secondary Enrolment in Government and Private Schools
Historical Enrolment by Level for the Last Three School Years
Historical Enrollment Participation Rate for the Three (3) Years
Teacher-Pupil/Student Ratio
Medical Facilities and Personnel
Livebirths by Sex, by Barangay
Number of Malnourished Children for the Last Three Years
Crude Birth Rate and Crude Death Rate for the Last Three Years
Ten Leading Causes of Mortality for the Last Three Years
General Health Situation for the Last Three Years
No. Persons of Disability, by Type of disability, by Sex and Age Group
Number of Clientele Served, by Type, by Barangay
Historical Number of Population Served by Type of Clientele
Physical Condition of Facilities
Type of Social Services and Social Welfare Organizations, by Barangay
No. of Clients per type of Social Welfare and Development Program/Service
Tenure Status of House/ Lot
Number of Households in Occupied Housing Units, by Barangay, By Mode of
Acquisition
No. of Buildings by Condition
Number of Households by Type of toilet Facilities
Number of Households by Main Source of Drinking Water, By Barangay
Number of Households by Kind of Fuel Used for Lighting, by Barangay:
Summary of Housing Facilities and Utilities
Informal Settlement Areas
Number of Displaced Units, by Barangay
Inventory of Resettlement Areas
Inventory of Residential Subdivisions & Condominiums, By Barangay, Lot
Area and No. of Units:
Inventory of Potential Lands for Housing
Crime Incidence per 100,000 population
Number of Raids and Persons Arrested on Drug Incidents
Crime Incidence by Barangay, by Type by Sex of Offender for the Last Three
Years
Fire Incidence for the Last Three Years, by Barangay

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Protective Services by Facilities and Equipment

Jail Facilities, by Location and Inmate Population
Barangay Tanod by Type of Service
Sports and Recreational Facilities, by Barangay
Agricultural Crops by Area, Production and Product Market
Comparative Agricultural Crop Areas and Production
Agricultural Facilities and Other Related Services
No. of Persons by Major and Minor Agricultural Occupations/Groups, UrbanRural
Livestock and Poultry Farms
Inventory of Livestock and Poultry
Fishing Grounds and Aquaculture Production
Area, Location and Production of Fishing Grounds
Occupation Groups
Comparative Utilization of Significant Agricultural Activities
Type of Metallic and Non-Metallic Resources
Volume of Product by Forest Concessionaires
Production Forest, Type, Volume and Value of Production of Forestry Product
Inventory of Industrial Establishments by Manufacturing/Industrial Process,
Raw Material Input, Volume and Value of Production and Product Markets
Number of Industrial Establishments by Classification and Location
Inventory of Industrial Establishments by Employment Size and Capitalization
Tourist Establishments Facilities and Employment Size
Tourist Attractions, by Barangay
Inventory of Commercial Establishments by Economic Activities
Employment Size by Type of Economic Activity
Location Quotient
Number and Type of Industrial Establishments by Degree of Hazard and
Pollution
Surface Water by Type and Classification
Solid Waste Generated & Collected by Source, Method of Collection and
Disposal
Wastewater Generation by source and Method/System of Disposal
Inventory of Roads, by System Classification and Road Surface
Inventory of Streets by Function, by Barangay
No. and Condition of Ancillary Road Facilities
Inventory of Bridges, by Barangay, by Type of Construction Materials and
General Condition
Number and Length of Bridges by Barangay and Administrative Classification
Modes of Transport and Facilities
Airport by Classification and Location
Ports by Classification and Location
Land Transportation Terminal and Parking Facilities, by Barangay
Type of Communication Facilities by Location and Ownership
Number, Location, Service Area of Telecommunication Facilities and Services
Waterworks System, by Source, Location and Number of Pumps and Service
Area
Number of Connections and Average Water Consumption, by Type of
Consumer: Waterworks System
Level II Water System
Level 1 Water System
Other Sources of Water
Inventory of Power Utilities
Number of Connections and Average Power Consumption, by Type of Users
Tertiary and Vocational / Technical Schools by Type and Enrolment
Schools by Level, Type, Facilities and Condition
Agricultural Support Facilities
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Availability and Accessibility of Tourism Support Facilities

Local Special Bodies
National Government Agencies in the City/Municipality
Total Number of Employees by Office, Educational Attainment, Civil Service
Eligibility and Tenure Status
Time Series Record of Property Tax Revenue
Time Series Record of Revenue Other than Property Tax
Time Series Record of LGU Operating Expenditure
Obligated Debt Service Expenditure
List of Business Permits Issued by Type
Ordinances Enacted and Resolutions Passes, by Classificati
Civil Society/Non-Government/Peoples/Community and Civic Organizations
ANNEX

Sample Outline of an Ecological Profile