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Palafox, principal architect of Palafox Associates categorized cities around the world under being green,
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lackingand it is only one of the many problems the government should attend to.
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With a foresight that the Philippines can be ranked 16th in the list of top economies in the world by 2050,
Palafox believes that the changes called for should be starting now. The development vision would also be
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Philippines in 2021, its 500th anniversary, is envisioned to be better if its pressing problems like
corruption, criminality and climate change are solved through good governance, peace and order, and
sustainable environment, Palafox said. He added that among all the cities he visited, there is one success
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according to him, are instead surrounded by gated communities which should be in the suburbs.
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If we have more practical pragmatic thinking like the progressive cities in the world, go to the suburbs. If
your house is in the middle of the city, make it [a] multifamily [unit], he said.
In addition, as opposed to urban sprawl, Palafox said vertical urbanism is the way to go. He said building
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tall infrastructure is more sustainable because garbage collection, tourism and mixed-used residency for
shopping and dining would be in one point only.
With the urban sprawl we have, there will be longer kilometers of roads, sewerage, drainage, electricity,
among other things, he added.
Palafox cited his own design in Rockwell Center in Makati City, where all is within a ve-minute walk.
We Metro Manilans walk only 400 meters [far], so if you live in Rockwell, everything is within 400 meters
away We do not like to walk [much] because we are spoiled with modes of transportation like the
tricycles, buses and jeepneys, the 65-year-old urban planner said.
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and Natural Resources (DENR). With green urbanism, the roads will allot one-third for trees and
landscaping, one-third for pedestrians and bicycles, and the remaining third for vehicles.
You look at Edsanothing for people, nothing for landscaping. Edsa has 300,000 vehicles a day and we
should have three million trees along Edsa to recover the carbon monoxide per car, Palafox said. Those
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