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2. Does a strong sense of neighborhood or district identity support the collective identity Joaquin believes Filipinos need, or can strong local identities make broader integration more difficult? Defend your position.
A neighborhood or district identity can be different from the collective identity of the Filipinos. Integration has to be difficult if the people of the city have outsiders open to their area. The district identity can be an option to keep separate and can be integrated in how Filipinos navigate their surroundings. For multiple centuries original tribal cities and lands manage to still have cities, such as Ilocanos being from the Ilocos region and Visayas region being united etc.
3. Joaquin criticizes fragmentation and difficulty sustaining large efforts. Lynch emphasizes manageable and recognizable elements. Can a city be both highly legible locally and strongly connected metropolitan-wide? What would that look like?
Yes both can be highly legible locally and strongly connected Metropolitan wide. Multiple places such as the Cities developed by Ayala which are BGC and Makati have managed to be connected and eligible locally. Both Makati and BGC end up being expat hubs where many expats go and be able to socialize and relax and are high value locations. While also having those filipinos who can afford BGC be able to hang out in the area.
On the Fertility of Rising Lands
TOPIC 2
DECLINING FERTILITY AND THE CHANGING FILIPINO FAMILY
The 2025 NDHS (National Demographic and Health Survey) reports a Total Fertility Rate of 1.7 children per woman, down from 1.9 in 2022. PSA also reports higher fertility in rural areas than urban areas, with 2.0 children per woman in rural areas versus 1.5 in urban areas.
MAIN DEEPENING QUESTION
Why might people living in highly urbanized regions such as Metro Manila and CALABARZON have fewer children than those in rural or less urbanized areas?
This problem has been a problem since humanity existed as in general, the more someone is wealthier, the less likely they choose to have children.
Further Guide Questions
Analyze the problem through the liminalities
1. Periurbanization:
How does the movement between rural and urban areas affect where young Filipinos live, work, marry, and raise families?
2. Land-use mismatch:
What happens when residential areas are far from jobs, schools, childcare, healthcare, and transportation?
3. Gentrification:
Could rising housing costs and the transformation of neighborhoods make family formation more difficult for young couples?
GROUP/ INDIVIDUAL TASK
Imagine that your group is advising a Philippine city in 2035.
What would a family-friendly city need to provide so that young adults who want children can realistically afford to build a family?
Present three changes and explain which liminality each addresses.