REGION IV-A (CALABARZON) REGIONAL PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK PLAN 2004-2030 (Volume 2 - Physical and Socio-Economic Profile and Situational Analysis) Philippine Copyright @ 2008 National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office IV-A (CALABARZON) Printed in Quezon City, Philippines Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Acknowledgement Other Sources of Data/Information A. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 1 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 1.1 Location and Political Subdivision 2 1.2 Land Area and Land Classification 3 1.3 Topography 4 1.4 Slope 5 1.5 Soil physiology and suitability 6 1.6 Rock type and their distribution 9 1.7 Climate 9 1.8 Water Resources 10 1.9 Mineral Resources 10 1.10 Volcanoes 13 2 LAND USE 2.1 Production Land Use 14 2.1.1 Agricultural Land 14 a. Existing Agricultural Land Use in the NPAAAD b. Existing Land Use of the SAFDZ iii Table of Contents 2.1.2 Livestock and Poultry Production Areas 18 2.1.3 Fishery Resources 20 a. Major Fishing Grounds b. Municipal Fishing c. Municipal Fisherfolks 2.1.4 Highlight of Agricultural Performance and 21 Food Sufficiency a. Crops, Livestock and Poultry b. Fishing Production Performance c. Food Sufficiency Level\Feed Sufficiency 2.1.5 Agrarian Reform Areas 23 a. Land Acquisition and Distribution b. Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) 2.1.6 Mineral Resources 25 a. Metallic Minerals b. Non-Metallic Minerals c. Mining Permits Issues 2.1.7 Industrial Development Areas 28 a. Industrial Center b. Ecozones 2.1.8 Tourism 34 a. Tourism Areas b. Foreign and Domestic Tourist Travel Movements 2.2 Protection Land Use 40 2.2.1 National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) 40 a. NIPAS Initial Components • Taal Volcano Protected Landscape • Mts. Banahaw-San Cristobal Protected Landscape • Quezon Protected Landscape • Buenavista Protected Landscape • Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape • Mts. Palay-palay/Mataas na Gulod National Park • Alibijaban Wilderness Area iiiiii Regionial Physical Framework Plan Volume 2 • Alabat Watershed Forest Reserve • Binahaan Watershed Forest Reserve • Calauag Watershed Forest Reserve • Lopez Watershed Forest Reserve • Mulanay Watershed Forest Reserve • Marikina Watershed Forest Reserve • 4Kaliwa River Watershed Forest Reserve • 5Unnamed National Park, Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary • Infanta Watershed Forest Reserve • Polillo Watershed Forest Reserve • Tibiang-Domagondong Watershed Forest Reserve • Hinilugang Taktak National Park • Additional Sites > Pamitinan Protected Landscape > Minasawa Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary > Maricaban Strait and Adjacent Waters of Balsuran and Batangas Bays > Mt. Lobo > Umiray River Watershed Forest Reserve > Panukulan Watershed Forest Reserve > Kanan River Watershed Forest Reserve > Ragay Gulf > Mapanghi Cave > Sumuot Cave > Masungi Rock 2.2.2 Non-NIPAS 48 a. Wetlands b. Other Critical Basins • Laguna de Bay • Taal Lake • Balayan and Adjacent Bays • Manila Bay iiiiiiiii Table of Contents 2.2.3 Ancestral Domain Areas 51 2.2.4 Environmentally Constrained Areas 51 a. Earthquake/Seismic Hazards b. Volcanic Hazards c. Hydrologic Hazards d. Erosion 3 URBANIZATION AND SETTLEMENT PATTERN 3.1 Urban Barangays 63 3.2 Urban Population 64 3.3 Built-Up Areas 66 3.4 Existing Hierarchy of Settlements and Settlements Patterns 67 3.4.1 Urban Growth Clusters (UGC) 68 3.4.2 Large Towns and Medium Towns 69 3.4.3 Small Towns and Central Business Districts (CBDs) 70 3.5 Criteria Used in Identifying the Hierarchy of Centers in the Region 70 3.6 Accessibility Analysis 70 3.7 Implication of Urbanization 70 4 INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES 4.1 Transportation 74 4.1.1 Road 74 4.1.2 Ports 76 4.1.3 Airports 79 4.1.4 Railways 79 4.2 Communication 82 4.2.1 Telephone Services 83 4.2.2 Postal Communication 84 4.3 Water Resource Management 84 iviviv Regionial Physical Framework Plan Volume 2 4.3.1 Irrigation 84 4.3.2 Potable Water Supply 86 4.3.3 Water Supply (Household Level) 87 4.3.4 Summary of Issues/Concerns on Water 88 4.3.5 Flood Control 88 4.4 Power/Electricity 88 4.4.1 Power Generation 88 4.4.2 Energization of Municipalities and Cities 91 by Service Provider 4.4.3 Energization of Barangays 91 4.4.4 Households Using Electricity for Lighting 92 and Cooking 4.5 Social Infrastructure 93 4.5.1 Health Facilities 93 4.5.2 Basic Education Facilities and Manpower 93 4.5.3 Technical and Higher Education Facilities 97 4.5.4 Housing Facilities 97 4.5.5 Social Welfare Institutions 98 5 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 5.1 Air Quality 99 5.2 Water Ecosystem 99 5.3 Forest and Upland Ecosystem 99 5.3.1 Forest Land 99 5.3.2 Forest Cover 101 5.3.3 Reforestation Program 102 5.4 Biodiversity 102 5.5 Solid Waste Disposal 107 5.6 Use of Solid Fuels 107 5.7 Toilet Facilities 108 vvv Table of Contents B. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND REGIONAL ECONOMY 1 POPULATION DIMENSION 1.1 Trends in Population Size 110 1.2 Population 110 1.2.1 Population Size by Province 110 1.2.2 Population Size by Catchment Area/ 111 Urban Growth Cluster 1.2.3 Urban and Rural Population Distribution 112 1.3 Population Growth Rate and Density 112 1.4 Age-Sex Structure 113 1.5 Fertility and Its Proximate Determinants 115 1.6 Migration 116 1.7 Population Momentum 117 1.8 Future Growth 117 1.9 Issues/Concerns 119 2 REGIONAL ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT 2.1 Regional Growth and Share to National Economy 120 2.2 Sectoral Distribution of GRDP 121 2.2.1 Industry Sector 121 2.2.2 Service Sector 121 2.2.3 Agriculture Sector 122 2.3 Economic Specialization 122 2.4 Employment Situation 123 2.5 Family Income and Poverty Situation 127 2.6 Income Classification of LGUs 129 vivivi List of Tables PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 3 2.1 Political Subdivisions CALABARZON, 2000 2.2 Land Classification by Province (In hectares) 4 CALABARZON, 2002 2.3 Forest Land Classification by Province (In hectares) 4 CALABARZON, 2002 2.4 Distribution of Slope Range (Area in hectares) 6 CALABARZON, 2000 9 2.5 Distribution of Rocks by Type and by Province CALABARZON Region, 1998 10 2.6 Climatic Type, Rainfall, Temperature and Relative Humidity, by province CALABARZON, 2000 13 2.7 Main Features of Principal Volcanoes in CALABARZON, 1998 PRODUCTION LAND USE 2.8 Total Land Area, Certified A & D and NPAAD Areas by Province 14 CALABARZON, 1998 & 2002 2.9 A & D and Agricultural Lands Distributed by Province and Agency 15 CALABARZON 1987-2004* 16 2.10 Status of Land Conversion CALABARZON, 1984-1999 2.11 Croplands by Major Crops and Province 17 CALABARZON, 2001 viiviivii List of Tables 2.12 Total Agricultural Lands/NPAAD, Total Croplands 17 and Utilization Rate by Province CALABARZON, 2002 2.13 Distribution of SAFDZ Areas and Remaining 18 NAPAAD Areas by Province CALABARZON, 2001 2.14 Area Occupied by Livestock and Poultry Industry 18 CALABARZON, 2002 2.15 Fishery Resources 20 CALABARZON, 1998 2.16 Sufficiency Levels of Major Food Commodities by Province 22 CALABARZON, 2002 2.17 Yellow Corn Feed Commodity Sufficiency Levels 23 CALABARZON Region, 2002 2.18 Land Acquisition and Distribution Target by Year (In has) 23 CALABARZON, 2004-2010 2.19 Agrarian Reform Communities Launched by Province 25 CALABARZON, 2004 2.20 Selected Non-Metallic Minerals / Volume of Production 28 CALABARZON Region, 1998- 2002 29 2.21 Existing Mineral Permitees by Province CALABARZON Region, 2003 31 2.22 Status of Ecozones CALABARZON, 2003 2.23 Growth Rate of Economic Zones 33 CALABARZON Region, 1993-2003 39 2.24 Foreign and Domestic Tourist Travel Movements by Region(In thousands)Philippines, 1990-2002 2.25 Distribution of Travelers by Province (In thousands) 39 CALABARZON, 2000-2002 viiiviiiviii Regionial Physical Framework Plan Volume 2 PROTECTION LAND USE 2.26 Erosion Classes by Province 61 CALABARZON Region, 1990-1991 URBANIZATION AND SETTLEMENTS PATTERN 2.27 Number and Percentage of Urban Barangays and Population 64 CALABARZON, 2000 2.28 Total Land Area, A & D, Estimated Built-Up Areas and 67 Percentage of Built-up Areas from A & D CALABARZON Region, 20002 2.29 Scalogram of Development Clusters 71 2.30 Population Growth Rate by Urban-Rural and 72 Urban-Rural Growth Differential (URGD) CALABARZON Region, 1970-2000 INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES 2.31 Road Sections with Estimated Annual Estimate 75 Average Daily Traffic (ADDT) >10,000) CALABARZON, 1999 2.32 Road Densities and Paved Road Ratio by Province CALABARZON, 2000 76 2.33 Number and Length of Existing National Bridges by Province/City CALABARZON, 2002-2003 (Length/span in kilometers) 2.34 Distribution of Ports by Province, Classification and Status 77 CALABARZON Region, 1999 2.35 Inventory of Airport as of 30 June 2000 79 CALABARZON Region, 2000 2.36 Installed Telephone Lines vs. Subscribed Telephone Lines 82 CALABARZON, 1999 and 2002 2.37 Number of Municipalities/Cities with Telephone Service 83 CALABARZON, 1995-1999 ixixix List of Tables 2.38 Postal Indicators 84 CALABARZON, CY 2000 – CY 2002 2.39 Palay Area Harvested , Production and Yield by Farm Type 86 CALABARZON, 1997 – 2002 2.40 Water Supply Coverage Targets by Province 87 CALABARZON, 2000 2.41 Households by Main Source of Water Supply 87 for Drinking and/ or Cooking CALABARZON Region, 1990 & 2000 2.42 Summary of Water Issues/Problems of CALA Covered LGUs 88 2.43 Flood Prone Areas in 89 CALABARZON 2.44 Power Plan by Location, Type and Capacity 91 CALABARZON Region, 2004 92 2.45 Status of Energization by Service Provider CALABARZON, 2000 92 2.46 Percentage Households who are using Electricity for Lighting and Percentage of Households who are using Electricity, Kerosene & LPG for Cooking CALABARZON Region, 1990 & 2000 2.47 Number of Schools in