Research

As the national university, we champion and support innovative research that addresses the country’s most pressing challenges.

05 Jan 2024

UP Diliman

Social media fueled widespread dissemination of disinformation narratives during the 2022 Philippine national election campaign period

Social media played a significant role in the 2022 Philippine national elections. Using various empirical sources, including an original pre-electoral...

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04 Jan 2024

UP Diliman

The Sakdalistas focused on moral language in their writings while the Communists used a more economic-oriented tone

In Philippine historiography, there has been a tendency to either classify political movements using rigid and “elite” categories (fanatical vs...

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02 Jan 2024

UP Diliman

Researchers develop first marine plastics pollution database in Southeast Asia

The Southeast Asian region has been consistently tagged as among the top polluters of plastic in the oceans, with the...

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02 Jan 2024

UP Los Baños

Despite having positive views about queering English language teaching, teachers report limited knowledge of queer concepts

In the last two decades, there has been an increasing acknowledgement of and interest in the role of education in...

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29 Nov 2023

UP Manila

“No home birthing” policy affected the social and economic status of hilots and the well-being of mothers in a community

The paper aims to document the ways people understand, practice and experience pregnancy and childbirth in a community in Batangas,...

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24 Nov 2023

UP Diliman

Filipino women exposed to violence between their parents are likely to be both a perpetrator and a victim of intimate partner violence

Violence can be transferred from one generation to another through social learning. Social learning theory posits that behaviors and values...

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22 Nov 2023

UP Diliman

Children’s writers can present issues to young readers through words, linguistic structures and literary devices

This research focuses on the analysis of five stories for children written by Filipino authors and published in the Philippines...

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17 Nov 2023

UP Los Baños

Study looks at how Filipino researchers write articles in Philippine English and its implications for academic writing

For over half a century, Philippine English has existed as a linguistic issue in the Philippines. Despite the numerous studies...

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10 Nov 2023

UP Los Baños

The local Chinese population helped make Iloilo the textile capital of the Philippines in the 19th century

Textiles played a significant role in Philippine economic history. In this study, archival materials and records have shown that the...

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07 Nov 2023

UP Cebu

Knowing whether initiatives are employee-led, leader-led, organization-led or HR-led can increase organization citizenship behavior in the service industry

Most studies about organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) focus on actions that employees, supervisors, or owners of organizations should exhibit. OCB...

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Research

This study sought to assess the visual quality of dual thoroughfare streetscapes in Davao City, specifically identifying existing visual components in terms of landscape layer, landform, vegetation, light and color, compatibility, archetypal elements and its character of peace and silence. Davao City had a consistent score in its streetscapes, garnering not the highest but a relatively high score. The results showed that the presence of landscape layers, light and color, vegetation, and character of peace and silence seemed to be the most critical visual components in its overall contemplative score. Of the city’s streets, the highest visual quality score was obtained by Roxas Avenue with a mean of 4.44. The lowest was received by Manambulan-Tagakpan Road with a mean of 4.07. Based on the overall ranking system in the contemplative score, Davao City got a relatively high rank. The presence of vegetation, particularly the young to fully grown trees, also produces more shade which provides thermal comfort and a cooler experience in the streetscape. The association between the individual visual landscape component scores against the overall visual quality resulted in a landscape layer of 0.825 and vegetation of 0.824, which showed a significant correlation. The significant findings among the components is the indication of landforms which greatly contributed to the total score.

The significance of this research lies in its use of a quantitative approach to: (1) evaluate the visual qualities of dual thoroughfare streetscapes in Davao City, (2) determine what underlying and prevalent components will enhance these sceneries, and (3) identify the association of these components in order to determine the necessary requirements for a streetscape to be able to transform a city and the way of living for its people. The findings of this work have practical implications for urban planners, landscape architects, and policymakers, so they can formulate informed design strategies and prioritize appropriate interventions that will enhance the visual quality of dual thoroughfare streetscapes in Davao City.

Authors: Jean Marie V. Juanga (University of the Philippines Mindanao) and Mario R. Delos Reyes (School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines Diliman)

Read the full paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09754253221122743