Landfill development in the urban fringe of Metro Manila
Issue Date
1-2008
Abstract
In low-lying areas of urban and suburban regions in Asia, the use of landfill has allowed urban land use to encroach onto watery landforms, such as back marshes, which were formerly used as rice fields. To improve understanding of the associations between land-use patterns and landfill development, we carried out a case study in the urban fringe of Metro Manila in the Philippines. We examined landfill volume derived from land-use change using GIS, and field surveyed qualitative aspects of the landfill used. We calculated the rate of application of landfill in low-lying housing development areas to be 5.0 × 103 m3 km-2 year-1, most of which consisted of offsite disposal of construction waste or crushed rock produced by urban development and renewal on the adjoining uplands. The flow of fill material from offsite sources to onsite landfill development areas was on the basis of individual agreements between suppliers and developers. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Source or Periodical Title
GeoJournal
ISSN
3432521
Volume
71
Issue
2
Page
127-141
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Subject
Land use, Landfill, Landform, Material flow, Metro Manila
Recommended Citation
Hara, Y., Takeuchi, K., Palijon, A.M. et al. Landfill development in the urban fringe of Metro Manila. GeoJournal 71, 127–141 (2008).
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-008-9150-z
Digital Copy
YES
