Urban / Rural Land Use Pattern



The Urban/Rural land use has a total of 109.12 hectares or .66% of the total land area. This is composed of residential areas, Commercial, Institutional, Functional Open spaces such as parks/plaza, cemetery and dumpsite.


·        Residential Areas – it has a total of 65.5 hectares, which constitutes 60.03% of the total built-up areas. These are the major land use category in the built-up areas and even for the total land area. These are occupied by the housing units of the poblacion. These also include the yards, lawns, and waste disposal system of each household. The environments around the residential areas are also included. In the municipality, residential areas are generally sound and clean. Building materials are generally of medium structural quality. Infrastructure and Utilities are accessible to a greater number of households in the residential areas.

·        Commercial Areas – the Municipality has an existing commercial for trade and a commercial activity for only 2.37 has. Or about 2.17% of the total built-up area.

·         Institutional – Areas occupied by the municipal hall, schools, church and other similar establishments within the urban barangays totaled to 16.45 hectares. These land uses are mostly centrally located within the poblacion built-up areas.

·        Functional Open Spaces – A total land area of 3.70 hectares are occupied by functional open spaces. These include the 1.70 hectares parks and playgrounds and 1.00 hectares cemetery and the dumpsite with and area of 1.00 hectare.

·    Roads – Existing road network occupy an aggregate area of 19.60 hectares or 17.69% of the total built-up area. These include the municipal streets of the poblacion, the national roads and the barangay roads.

·        Tourism – the existing potential tourism areas comprises a total of 89.77 hectares or .54%. classified as tourism areas are Kalanyugan Beach, the entire Makate Island, Makalayo and Luyang Beach.
 






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