ECOLOGICAL PROFILE

a merger of the socioeconomic and biophysical profiles of the study area and treats these subjects on equal footing

Basic reference about all possible aspects of the locality.

Picture of the Current Realities of the Locality

ECOLOGICAL PROFILE

Information on the five development sectors:  

Contents of an Ecological Profile

Population and Social Services

Local Economy

Infrastructure and Physical Base

Environmental Management and Natural Resources Management

Institutional Development

IMPORTANCE OF AN ECOLOGICAL PROFILE

To help the LGU determine the following:

current level of services to its constituents resources available environmental factors which will affect policy and

to which policy it is expected to bring changes to

To provide data that will lead to identification of problem situations affecting the target or specific segments of the population

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Vision

Element Descript

ors

Success Indicator

s

Current Reality

• Ecological Profile

• Statistical Compendium

• Thematic Maps

Physical Planning

Goals

C D P

CLUP

Vision –

Reality Gap

Sectoral

Goals

Sectoral

ObjectivesWhatever

it takes to close the gap

What can be reasonably done in 3

years

ELABORATION OF ENDS

SPECIFICATION OF MEANS

SPATIAL STRATEGI

ESLOCATION

PRINCIPLES Settlemen

t Protection Productio

n Infrastruct

ureDEVELOPMENT

Policies Strategies Programs Projects Legislatio

ns

Simplified Planning Process

Raw data, information

Organized data, usually in the form of tables, not much value in themselves,

require further analysis and interpretation

Single numbers, mostly ratios, which permit comparisons over time and space and have

normative or policy implications

Combination of indicators designed to measure the overall condition of the object of study, etc.

CPI, GDP, GVA, HDI, etc

DATA PYRAMID

Variables used to measure progress towards goals

Single numbers, mostly ratios, which permit comparisons over time and space and have normative or policy implications

Direct and unambiguous measure of progress

DEFINITION OF INDICATORS

LOCAL DEVELOPME

NT INDICATORS

SYSTEM

Local Development Indicators System

• An analytical tool that portrays information in 3 dimensions:

(1) sectoral, (2) temporal and (3) geographical/spatial

Sectoral Dimension•Social•Economic•Environment•Physical/Infra•Institutional

Temporal Dimension•Comparison

between the latest and earlier data to describe change over time

Spatial•Compares one

LGU with higher-level LGUs

LDIS: Dimensions

Sector IndicatorPlanning

AreaLarger Spatial

Unit

Smaller Spatial Units

A B C D

Social Population growth rate

2000 3.2% 2.8% 2.7% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0%

2003 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 2.1& 2.5% 2.9%

Literacy Rate

2000 95% 87% 98% 90% 88% 92%

2003 97% 88% 95% 92% 89% 94%

LDIS are expressed in terms of:

Ratio Proportion Percentage Average Per capita share

LDIS-generated dataLevel of development or underdevelopment of the area

Potential and problems of each sector and sub-sector

Success indicators for each descriptor of the different elements of the vision statement

Indicators that national agencies are pushing

USING THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS SYSTEM (LDIS) FOR DATA

ANALYSIS

3 “I’s” in Analysis

I Items, Statistics, IndicatorsI InformationI Intelligence

Sector IndicatorPlanning

AreaLarge

r Spati

al Unit

Smaller Spatial Units

A B C D

Social

Population growth

rate2000 3.2% 2.8% 2.7% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0%

2003 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 2.1& 2.5% 2.9%

Literacy Rate

2000 95% 87% 98% 90% 88% 92%

2003 97% 88% 95% 92% 89% 94%Examples of Items, Statistics,

Indicators

INFORMATION

GENERATION

What do these

figures mean?

1

Compare data/ indicators across two spatial or geographical units

Sector IndicatorPlanning

AreaLarge

r Spati

al Unit

Smaller Spatial Units

A B C D

Social Population growth

rate

3.2% 2.8% 2.7% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0%

Literacy Rate

95% 87% 98% 90% 88% 92%Scenarios: 1) A is greater than B2) A is less than B3) A is equal to B

Compare data indicators in two points or periods of time.

Sector IndicatorPlanning

AreaLarger Spatial

Unit

Smaller Spatial Units

A B C D

Social Population growth

rate2000 3.2% 2.8% 2.7% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0%

2003 3.0% 2.9% 3.0% 2.1& 2.5% 2.9%

Literacy Rate

2000 95% 87% 98% 90% 88% 92%

2003 97% 88% 95% 92% 89% 94%Scenarios: 1) increase

2) decrease 3) no change

Scenarios: Study area is

1) below, 2) above, or 3) the same as standard or benchmark

Compare data for study area with known standards or benchmarks – if no time-series or spatial distribution of data is available

This entails probing into the causes or explanations behind the observed conditions.

It asks the question, “Why?”

It provides the clue to finding more fundamental solutions by attacking the causes rather than the symptoms of the problems.

EXTRACTING

INTELLIGENCE

2

It asks the question, “So what?” if no significant intervention is made

Analysis can be extended further into determining appropriate policy interventions

EXPLORING

IMPLICATIONS

3

Take note!

If positive implications predominate, then the observed condition may be regarded as a potential.

If negative implications predominate, then the observed condition can be regarded as a problem. Formulate policies that either mitigate the inconvenience or solve the problem permanently.

Observed Conditions

Explanations (Causes)

Implications when unresolved

Policy Options

WHAT DO THESE FIGURES MEAN?

WHY? SO WHAT? WHAT TO DO?

SOLUTIONS

LDI System

Map Overlays

Observed Conditions

Implications when no intervention is

introduced

Explanations of Causative

Factors

Policy Interventions

CBMS LGPMS Vision-Reality Gap

Analysis

Goal Statements