Cheamson Garret Boongaling

• Master of Science
• Assistant Professor at University of the Philippines Los Baños

Lack of studies in developing countries with tropical climate such as the Philippines limit local LID adoption. This study compared the performance of different LID scenarios across different urban land use types at the sub-catchment level using peak flow, runoff volume and flood reductions as performance criteria. Results showed that the most effe...

Walking behavior is influenced by both objective and subjective aspects of the built environment at the macro and micro scales. Most walkability studies focused on objective macro or mesoscale variables. The few studies that included microlevel indicators used various methods and sources to quantify street level urban design features, each with its...

Participatory mapping (PM) approaches are grounded on local spatial knowledge, community interests and needs. Indigenous cultural communities/indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs) in the Philippines have been involved in participatory mapping research in the past decades. Though remarkable advances have been achieved in involving IPs in participatory mappi...

Trees outside Forest (TOF) are trees, shrubs, bushes including palms that are found in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) other land classification that can be agricultural, urban, or non-agricultural/urban. TOF provide various services and functions that are neither well documented nor given enough attention, hence the need to identify an...