Politics of urban lake development in the Philippines: the case of San Pablo City's Sampaloc Lake

Date

2015

Abstract

The study assesses the development issues of Sampaloc Lake. Premised on the difficulty developing the urban lake, the article argues that Sampaloc Lake's administration is complex since it involves two key government agencies-the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) and the City Government of San Pablo, various overlapping laws advancing distinct interests, and stakeholders with varying demands on the utilization of the lake. It further contends that the two crucial development issues in Sampaloc Lake in the formulation of a zoning-management plan and the completion grounded on the scientific assessment of the lake, among the three stakeholders' proposals namely: 1)the Tourism Council and Environment and Natural Resource Office (TC-ENRO) proposal; and 2)the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management (FARMC) proposal; and 3)the Seven Crater Lakes and Watershed Management Council (SCLWMC) proposal. Resolving the latter requires a move to address the financial difficulty of the demolition-relocation program. It is critical to address these issues in order to remedy the stagnation of Sampaloc Lake's development. Moreover, this study also addresses the lucana in Philippine lake studies, specifically the scarcity of scholarly outputs on development studies (as the field is dominated by limnology and aquaculture studies) and on small lakes (as the field is heavy concentrated on big-lake studies).

Language

English

Source Title

Politics of urban lake development in the Philippines: the case of San Pablo City's Sampaloc Lake

Document Type

Article

Pages /Collation

27 leaves

En – AGROVOC descriptors

LAKES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; PHILIPPINES

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