NOVALICHES

One of the first commercial nodes in the City owing to its good location being at the crossroads of old
public roads, namely Quirino Highway, General Luis Avenue and Susano Road. The area is a commuter
transfer point for residents around the town and even from neighboring cities of Valenzuela, Caloocan
and San Jose del Monte. As such vehicular and pedestrian traffic volume is usually high. Merchandise
retailing is the main type of business and a wide variety of personal services can be availed of in this
area. Buses, jeepneys and tricycles ply the local routes in and around Novaliches. The catchment area of
Novaliches is a short radius covering only the nearby barangays and, to some extent, retains those
commuters from Valenzuela and Caloocan. This decrease took into account the existence of commercial
nodes in Deparo Caloocan, SM Fairview, Robinson’s Place and the newly opened SM in Gulod.
 Novaliches-Lagro
Growth Area
This growth area is located at the
northern part of the city adjacent to
Novaliches Watershed and near the
political boundary of Upper Caloocan
City. The area is the Gateway of the city
from neighboring cities of Caloocan and
San Jose del Monte of Bulacan
interconnected by Quirino Highway.
The industrial area of the city along
with those of the cities of Caloocan and
Valenzuela are also sited on the western
side of the study area. It has a total land
area of 445.00 hectares or 2.76% of the
land area of the city covering Bgy.
Novaliches Proper, Pasong Putik Proper
and portions of Bgys. Sta. Monica, San
Agustin, Kaligayahan, and Greater
Lagro. It has a total estimated
population of 31,591.
IMPORTANT LANDMARKS
OUR LADY OF MERCY SHRINE NOVALICHES DISTRICT CENTER
 SB PLAZA NOVALICHES

FAIRVIEW TERRACES
SM CITY FAIRVIEW

ROBINSONS PLACE
PRESENT FUNCTIONS
• The existence of the three major shopping malls in the study area makes it the
commercial center of the northern portion of the city including its immediate environs
such as upper Caloocan City and the province of Bulacan, particularly San Jose Del
Monte City. The project area can also be considered an IT Center with the existence
of two (2) major IT companies specifically located inside Robinsons (Teletech) and SM
City Fairview (Teleperformance) with the support facilities of the IT-related
educational institutions. The area is also the old community and commercial center of
the Novaliches District with the existence of Novaliches Market and other markets in
the area. The area remains to be the Novaliches commercial core catering not only to
its residents but also those of the upper Caloocan and San Jose Del Monte. The
existence of several terminals in the project area makes the major transport mode
interchange zone where commuters change rides mostly either to/from work or
to/from school.
 Remarkable Constraints and Development Potentials
CONSTRAINTS POTENTIALS PROPOSAL FOR THE AREA
• Congestion of commercial • Private investors still • Functions to be Retained or
areas and narrow road consider the area as a strengthened
rights-of-way that aggravate
traffic and pedestrian potential site for commerce
circulation and limit the area by putting up new • The commercial center that
for high commercial development in the area. provides retail and trade
activities.
businesses and employment.
• Proliferation of various • The existing zone
transport terminals and o- classification (C3) will • The IT center that provides
street parking provide investors an employment particularly call
opportunity to develop the center agents.
• Limited buildable area for highest and best use of the
development in the land.
Novaliches area. • The Transport Hub that
needs rehabilitation to avoid
• Poor physical condition • Availability of buildable major traffic congestion
(unsanitary surrounding's) areas for development
particularly in markets
• Presence of major IT
• Slow phasing of the
development in Lagro area. Companies

• Loading and unloading of • Existence of IT related

passengers anywhere. educational institutions
POLICY INTERVENTION
Widening of roads especially in Novaliches Proper
and decongesting Quirino Highway by providing
alternative or parallel routes
Encourage private investors to put up modern
medical centers to supplement the few small hospitals
that serve the growing population of the area and the
neighboring cities.
Put up tertiary educational institutions to
accommodate the growing student population taking up
Vocational, IT, Medical Courses in the area instead of
going to the University Belt of the City of Manila.
 URBAN BLIGHT AND DEGRATION

Novaliches is seeing a ton of rebuilding and construction.

This may be credited to the fact that the Philippine economy
has grown and is continually growing to this date. Even
though the country is seeing growth in terms of economy
and GDP, a huge part of the city of Novaliches, is still on the
verge of degradation. The sight of old and degrading
buildings is impossible to miss as you walk around the city.
Rusted roofs, broken windows, and degraded wooden walls
irks is a common sight. It’s almost impossible to believe that
these buildings are still somewhat functional and is still of
use despite the inevitable hazard that comes with it. The
urban state of Novaliches is lagging compared to other
robust and bustling urban centers in south-east Asia. This
may be attributed to corruption and poor execution of
building laws. In the heart of Novaliches, old and new
buildings are located side by side which makes it not so
difficult for people to notice how the infrastructure of the
district is problematic.
• PEOPLE, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE

After hundreds of years of colonization, Novaliches a mixing pot. People of different background and
culture has learned to coexist together. While most of the population is of Christian/Catholic background
since most Muslims set fort within the area of Novaliches Bayan. While the district has a good population
of local inhabitants, it is incomparable to some parts of Novaliches where there’s a huge concentration of
inhabitants in small square per meters. One of the strengths of the district is that commercial spots and
establishments are sprawl across the area. This is one of the reasons why the district has a diverse group
of people. The population of the district consists of people from different social backgrounds and walks
of life.
Social gentrification is inevitable as the district progresses. This happens to every urban center as time
goes by. The good side of it is that more professionals move in as the neighborhood progresses. The
downside would have to be that the poor and those belonging to the lower working class who can’t
afford the cost of living and whose property were bought out by large developing companies will be
forced to move out.
 PROBLEM SOLUTION!!! A way to
solve this
One of the major problems I noticed within the Novaliches is problem
the clogged sidewalks. A lot of the sidewalks within the is to clear
district of within Novaliches in general also doubles as sari the
sari stores or make shift houses of the homeless. This can be sidewalks
problematic since Novaliches is one of the busiest places in of
the Metro. During peak hours, pedestrian traffic is expected, obstructions.
and a lot of people come and go. The sidewalks which were Make the
supposed to cater to people who are walking are then path walk
clogged up by pop-up stores or stalls or are being used as clear from
sleeping quarters for homeless families. This in makes people any hindrances
avoid walking on them and in turn resorts to walking on the and impose stricter punishments for those who violates the law.
street which then leads up to vehicular traffic to slowdown. This will make the streets and sidewalks a better place and offer
a pleasant experience for the pedestrians. Another way to
approach this problem is to solve the crisis of homelessness by
providing people with low cost housing. In this way, people will
not resort to sleeping on the streets and help clear the sidewalks
and lower the petty crimes that are prevalent in the district.
Also, to prevent people from putting up carts on the sidewalks is
to provide a center for selling food and other merchandise with
cheap lease. In this way, the livelihood of the street vendors
would not have to compromise in order to achieve clean and
peaceful streets for the masses.
 PROBLEM SOLUTION!!!
For as long as we can all remember, vehicles parked at no
parking spots have been a huge problem for other drivers
and pedestrians alike. Illegally parked vehicles are a
common sight if you were to visit the district of Novaliches.
Cars are blatantly parked in front of ‘’No Parking’’ signs.
This can be easily solved if the government were to
carefully plan out the street layout and execute the existing
laws. But let us discuss the root of the problem first. One of
the many reasons why people choose to bring cars always is
because of the poor modes of transportation. Bringing cars
everywhere you go can be a bit of a hassle if you were to go
to the city since the competition for parking slots is very
high. But people are left with no other choice since the A way to solve this problem is to provide
government fails to provide its people with proper and a better alternatives of transportation than the
variety of choice for transportation. conventional jeepneys that we are all
familiar with. This will limit the people from
bringing cars every time and it will also help
make vehicular traffic drastically lighter. In
some cases where it’s inevitable to bring
cars, parking complex should be built in
order to cater to the huge number of cars
coming in.
 PROBLEM SOLUTION!!!
One of the major problems that need immediate
solution would have to be the petty crimes that happen
on a day to day basis in the district of Novaliches. Theft To solve this problem, streets should be properly
and mugging is at an all time high in the city. This is utilized and manned. Police officers or security
directly the cause of poverty that the government has personnel should always be visible and police
yet to address. Poverty is the root of all problems in our precincts should be of comfortable distance from
country. Being in desperate situation and left with no major streets and roads. Old light posts should
other choice leads people to partake in petty crimes always be replaced with newer ones and be
which affects the overall happiness and security of the properly maintained to keep streets well-lit .
inhabitants of Novaliches. While this may always be
solved by police visibility , it is far more complicated
than just having security personnel. Poor city planning
also attributes
to the crime problems
in the city. Poorly lit
streets make it easy for
people to commit crimes
and harder for people to
avoid such.
 PROBLEM SOLUTION!!!
Jaywalking can be problematic for both pedestrians
and drivers. As Filipino’s, we are not fond of walking Elevated walkways and footbridges can be built to
even short distances. Many walkers tend to cross address this problem. In this way, no one’s life is
streets and roads wherever it’s convenient for them being put in danger. Elevated walkways can also be
without thinking of the possible danger that they are incorporated in between establishments or
putting themselves in. On top of that, it also causes buildings making it convenient for people to get
traffic to slow down. from one place to another.
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