Zamboanga city, a finalist in the Liveable Cities Design Challenge

Zamboanga city, a finalist in the

Liveable Cities Design Challenge

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (ZNS) –Zamboanga City was one of the four cities in the country selected to join in the Liveable Cities Design Challenge (LCDC), a planning and design competition aimed to get city planners to better plan their respective cities for a climate-defined future.

Mayor Beng Climaco led the Zamboanga team in the final defense presentation of the city’s entry in the LCDC under the Government Center/Evacuation Center category held in Manila Wednesday. The other cities that made it to the finals were Cagayan de Oro, Valenzuela and Roxas. Cagayan de Oro City was selected as grand winner.

The other category was APEC meeting venue where finalists were the cities of Ilo-ilo, Cebu and Legazpi. Ilo-ilo City was the grand winner.

It is also the aim of the competition to encourage city planners to design liveable cities that offer safety, convenience, livelihood, lifestyle and sustainability, attracting people to live, work, play, thus enhancing the city’s competitiveness.

The organizers of the competition believe that the facilities are vital elements or parts of the city that should be planned in the context of  the city’s overall development strategy, particularly its environmental characteristics, land use and road network and the competition initiative can thus serve as models for liveable and environmentally-responsible urban planning and spatial designs.

Mayor Beng Climaco Wednesday leads the Zamboanga team during the defense of the city's entry in the Liveable Cities Design Challenge (LCDC) where Zamboanga was selected as one of the four finalists to the competition under the Government Center/Evacuation center category. CED ZABALA

Originally, there were 20 cities from all over the country that submitted entries. Zamboanga was included in the shortlist of four cities to join in the Government Center/evacuation center category.

Organizers included National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines, USAID, Microsoft, WWF, APEC 2015 National Organizing Council Philippines, Assure, Asia Society Philippines Foundation, Inc. and Urban Legend Institute. (Sheila Covarrubias) (102114)