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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF GENERAL SANTOS CITY 1
BRIEF HISTORY 2
KEY ISSUES 3
GUIDELINES 10
REFERENCES 23
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Introduction
GENERAL SANTOS CITY Its beendubbed as the TunaCapital of the Philippines
due to the bountiful yellow fin tuna in the
surrounding waters. As the top producer of tuna
in the country, it has placed the city on the global
map. The warm, temperate water in the province
has allowed the fish to spawn abundantly.
Gensan, as locals call the city, holds the annual
Tuna Festival in thanksgiving. The celebration
features tuna dish competitions, carnivals,
parades of tuna and tuna-like floats, street
dancing, and drum-and-lyre performances. It
also brings together the locals into one united
force; they call themselves generals during the
event and make an all-out push to promote
Gensans tourism trade.
Plus, while youre feasting, you might
bump into the eight-division world boxing
champion, Manny Pacquiao. He hails from this
area and patronizes all the businesses in his
hometown.
General Santos City is located in Region XIor Southern Mindanao, at the southernmost tip of
the archipelago, with bearings 530' to 640' North
Latitude and 12415' to 12545' East Latitude.
GenSan (Gen. Santos) covers a total area
of 536sq.km. Its terrain ranges from generally flat
to gently undulating in the city and generally flat
with scattered hills and isolated mountains inneighboring South Cotabato and Sarangani
Province.
The city is the gateway to the opportunities,
sights, sounds and culture of SOCCSKSARGEN
region. Backed with world class infrastructure
today, GenSan and the whole of
SOCCSKSARGEN region can be reached by air,
land, and sea or even via the most advanced form
of technology from virtually any part of the world.
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BRIEF HISTORY
The Blaan people were the original and
native settlers of what is know now as the city
of General Santos. They lived a nomadic way
of life in GenSan, and they are believed to
have very rich culture and tradition. They
named GenSan after the trees called
Dadiangas which are abundant during that
time.
Under the organization of National
Land Settlement Administration headed by the
former President Manuel L. Quezon, on
February 27, 1939, headed by General
Paulino Santos, 62 Christian Settlers were
sent to the land of Dadiangas. They traveled
by a steam boat Basilan of Compania
Maritima. The 62 settlers industriously
cultivate GenSans fertile expanse of land.
After some time more and more settlers from
Luzon and Visayas moved to the fertile land of
Dadiangas. However this resulted in the
displacement of the nomadic tribes of Blaan.
On March 1939, the first formal settlemen
in Dadiangas was established in Alagao whic
is now known as Barangay Lagao. Lagao distric
was known then as the Municipal District o
Buayan under the jurisdiction of the deput
governor of the Municipal District of Glan. Until
officially became an independent Municipa
District of Buayan on October 1, 1940 appointing
Datu Sharif Zainal Abedin.
Fourteen years later the Municipality o
Buayan was renamed General Santos in tribute
to the great leader of the pioneers who built th
small town of GenSan. After long years of waitin
on July 8, 1968 The Municipality General Santo
was finally converted into a City.
Now General Santos City is one of the mos
populous and prosperous cities in the Philippine
and it is continuously improving and developing tocompete globally. General Santos City is als
classified as a Higly-Urbanized City.
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Key Issues
Parking
The rapid growth of community in General
Santos City affects the availability of the desired
parking areas for the vehicle (PV or NPV). Other
establishments also and buildings have
insufficient parking spaces to be used. Others
may have wrong orientations of their parking
areas and does not have the right setback.
Street Lights
Not all the streets in General Santos Cihave decent street lightings due to the imprope
maintenance of the people and governmen
Other streets also do not have lightings especial
in those areas that are quite far from the center o
the city. Other street lights also do not wor
properly and are not maintained which leads t
the malfunction of other lightings.
Street Lights
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Key Issues
Waiting Shed
Most of the waiting shed are abandoneand destroyed which some homeless peop
prefer to make it as their temporary shelte
especially the beggars, crazy people, badjao
etc. Some also are cannot be used for it is alrea
broken and useless. Other waiting sheds are dir
and have an unpleasant smell.
Traffic Flow
Due to the increasing number of PV and
NPV causes traffic delay. Road expansions are
now going on in the city due also to the increasing
numbers of vehicles that leads to slow traffic.
General Santos City has narrow roads making the
vehicles stuck and closer to each other. The city
also has only three traffic lights and the other
areas need to have more of it.
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Key Issues
Drainage System
Due to the improper drainage system herein General Santos City the stuck water in canals
causes some various diseases such as dengue
and typhoid. Other drainage system in the city is
not maintained and some are broken. Other
drainage also has holes that are very much
dangerous to people passing through these ways.
Garbage Disposal
Some problems in General Santos Cgarbage disposal is lack of garbage can
improper segregation, and unsuitable dumpin
stations. The garbage trucks in the city are ve
few and they collect garbage on baranga
seldom.
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Key Issues
Round Ball
The Round balls in General Santos Care not properly stabilized for the reason that
cannot be easily recognized due to the absenc
of landmarks on it. Normally they are just a b
form of a circle at the center of the road. N
landmarks are built, thats why its hard to b
recognized. Some round balls also does not hav
any round ball. It is because the propose
structure for it was not implemented and n
followed up.
Street Vendors
The street vendors are already occupyingthe sidewalks as an area for selling their goods.
Even if they are given a designated area for
selling, these vendors will occupy spaces
especially the sidewalks. Many cases of it is at the
public market. Some illegal vendors also do these
which would create slow traffic on the streets and
would cause disturbance.
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Key Issues
Manhole
The improper location of the respectivemanhole leads to some accidents. Some
manholes in the city have no cover. This is very
dangerous especially to the people passing
through these areas. Open manholes also lead to
unwanted smells of canals and others are stuck
during rains because of the garbage thrown in it.
Ramp Installation
Approximately commercial buildings a
violating the B.P. 344 about the ramp installatio
are not following the required standa
measurement for ramps. Other ramps are to
steep and are not appropriate to be use
especially by the disabled persons. Standa
ramp ratios must be 1:12 and not all ramps in th
city have proper locations. Some are located
a dangerous manner such as near the roa
steep, narrow and does not have any handles
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Key Issues
Shoreline
Due to the presence of illegal settlers o
shores, people make it as their own garbag
disposal area and their toilet. Other facilities al
dispose their wastes on the sea whic
contaminates the water and making it dirty. Slum
also make the shoreline as their shelter and the
build their own houses with it.
Public Comfort Rooms
The lack of public comfort rooms lead
people to make streets, walls, post and
abandoned lot as their public comfort room. This
makes these establishments having undesired
smells, dirty and unpleasant. The city have less
urinals and public comfort rooms which leads the
people release their wastes everywhere. Other
public toilets are not clean and sanitary, they also
ask for payment despite the fact that it is for public
use.
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Key Issues
Road Systems
Some road in General Santos City is
narrow and bumpy. This may lead to slow traffic
for vehicles and can also lead to vehicular
accidents. Other roads have cracks and the road
lines are fading. Due to the narrow road systems,
there are many difficulties between the large and
small vehicles traveling on the roads.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE
PARKING
As for General SantosCity, and to be noted as one othe developing cities in thePhilippines, the demand fo
parking slots are now uprisingdue to the existence of hugeestablishments that showstotal urban development in thecity.
Since its nowconsidered as a key issue fothe succeeding productionone of the best treatment fothis problem is to provide a
nearby spaces for theallocated functional structuresby building parking elementsSPACE BUILDING, PARKINGLOTS, UNDERGROUNDBASEMENT PARKINGSROOF TOP PARKING andMULI-STOREY PARKINGS.
Thus, these proposalswill provide uninterrupted
sidewalks and access roadthat causes delay and bumpeto bumper traffics.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATESTREET
LIGHTS
Post lights/ stree
lightings is one of the main
component to have a
compatible arrangement in
urbanization.
For the city of Genera
Santos, the lightings are highly
observed to be inappropriate
in terms of sufficiencyproximity and adequacy for a
safer condition.
In this situation
additional for streetlamps
post lights, path lightings
building decorative lightings
should be administer by
government for every design
element reflected in the
ground of the city.
Through this, we can
achieve a good ambiance fo
the city with concern to
sufficient lighting, safer place
and environmental friendly
location.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE WAITING
SHED
Shading component o
simply waiting sheds are
structure responsible to cove
a number of persons in a
particular area, temporarily.
But having a problem in
maintaining it, unsheltered
citizen in the city dominated
the said structure, so the
function is not acquainted to its
real purpose.
In this situation, the
waiting shed should be
maintained, expanded, added
and secured.
In line with this, the use
should focus on its function
without the determinants o
the presence of unshelteredpeople.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC
FLOW
Due to the
development of the city, traffic
flow took place as a grea
contributor to the places
problem.
Not extended, no
widened, unpolished
properties of the surface of the
road & streets are the causes
of this constraint, and for this
the most common solution tha
can treat this problem is to
widen, extend and repair a
the road connected internally.
Traffic lights should
also be placed in a location
that it needs the most. Flow
structures and rotunda as
regulator can also beconstructed for an ease o
access.
For peoples access
Overpass Bridge connecting
both edges of roads is a grea
idea to surpass any
pedestrians that causes also
traffics.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATEDRAINAGE
SYSTEM
Due to the imprope
drainage system here in
General Santos City the stuck
water in canals causes some
various diseases such as
dengue and typhoid.
Clogging as a result in
an improper garbage disposa
is also observable. By this
situation, the city is on its highrisk in rain floods which
causes other constraints to
occur in one time.
As a treatment
drainage system should be
repaired, enlarged and
conducted to any evaluation
for its stability to maintain its
function.
The drainage slots
should also protruded to the
road as on its safe dimension
without adjusting to any of the
opening dimensions
responsible for the draining
system.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATEGARBAGE
DISPOSAL
Some problems in
General Santos Citys
garbage disposal is lacking o
equipment and systematized
processes like, garbage can
improper segregation, and
unsuitable dumping station.
The disposition to every
waste can be interlinked to any
of the constraints indicatedthat would cause any
uncomfortable situation to the
city.
In having this problem
the treatment is as follows
ADDITIONAL GARBAGE
COLLECTING EQUIPMENT
IMPLEMENT STRICTLY THE
CITY ORDINZNCE ABOUT
GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND
CHANGE OF SYSTEMATIC
PROCESSES IN
DISPOSING.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE ROUND BALL
/ ROTUNDA
Accessible by its route
City should improve the given
structure located to every
intersection roads.
This rotundas or round
ball structure can be isolated
to any other road because o
its unpresentable features.
The engagement oduty to regulate traffic
situations is regularly defined
but the aesthetical element o
the structure that visually
perceived the image of a
rotunda is not completed
because of the absence o
ornamental monument and
landmark.
For this problem, wecan treat it by adding
monuments or any iconi
structure that represents the
city in order to mobilize the
presence of the said route
towards any road circulations
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE STREET
VENDOR
We know that one o
the source income of Generals
is street vending, due to this
concern, their safety is the one
that should be looked at by the
local government.
Before this, the effect o
this condition is related to any
other circumstances, like
occupying pedestrian
sidewalks, cause of traffics
and cause of other road
related issues.
For the treatment, we
can conduct relocation projec
for the vendors that could
provide safety environment fo
them and can bring back a
their profits and proficienneeds.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE
MANHOLE
Road portrays as the
greatest element for urban
cities, like Gen. Santos City
and because of this, othe
attached elements to tha
structure should be kep
intellectually constructed.
Manhole, this problem
centralized the imprope
utilization in streets and roads
of the city. The openings are
not protected or covered
because of not maintaining i
and with it some effects are
observable, like cause
accidents, clogging o
drainage due to some debris
insertions, and because o
clogging condition it will not be
maintained continuously.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATEPUBLIC COMFOR
ROOMS
As to be indicate
comfort room is the gener
public area use for people
convenience. So as to have
problem to some CR in pub
places, CR CAB
MAINTAINED URINA
FACILITIES AN
ADDITIONAL RESTROO
can be set as solutions.
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Guidelines
INAPPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE ROAD
SYSTEMGenerally, circulation
matters is good for this city
The access are quite
transportable, but due to some
constraints, road is one of the
element that is mainly
affected.
As of this feature, roads
should be repaired andmaintained to deploy some
constraints and problems
towards the convenience o
the generals.
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References
http://gensantoscity.weebly.com/
http://gensan.freehomepage.com/
http://wowgensantos.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/general-santos-citys-brief-history/
http://www.gensantos.gov.ph/
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