City Innovation Systems: The Metro Manila Experience

Asian City Innovation Systems Initiative

Aida L. Velasco, Project Leader

Case WritersPaulynne CastilloMitzie Conchada

Raymund HabaradasDennis Beng Hui

Asian City Innovation System InitiativeSystem Initiative

Disentangle Asian innovation systems

Define city innovation systems

Design future city innovation systemsDesign future city innovation systems

Disentangle Asian innovation System

• Identify and analyze complex set of innovative • Identify and analyze complex set of innovative activities, actors, and their interactions in the Asian context through literature review on innovation systems at the national, sectoral, and regional level.

Define city innovation systems

• Define a new conceptual model for city innovation systems in the context of developing innovation systems in the context of developing economies for policy recommendations for innovation and urban development

Design future city innovation systems

• Foresight mapping, design, and development of integrated innovation systems and urban development

What is city innovation?

• New or improved solutions that contribute towards enhance livability, prosperity, and equity towards enhance livability, prosperity, and equity of the city

Philippine Innovation Strategy

• Strengthening human capital

• Supporting business incubation and acceleration • Supporting business incubation and acceleration efforts

• Regenerating the innovation environment

• Upgrading the Filipino mindset

Metro Manila

• Commonly known as the National Capital Region (NCR)(NCR)

• Composed of 16 cities and 1 municipality

• Population: 11.6 million

• Population Density: 18,093/sq. km.

• Accounts for 33% of Philippine GDP• Accounts for 33% of Philippine GDP

• Contributes 41% of the country’s total tax collection

Metro Manila Land Use

City/

Municipality

Land Area by Land Use Type (sq.km)

Residential Commercial Industrial Institutional Parks, roads Total

Quezon City 77.04 17.34 9.57 13.48 43.69 161.12

Caloocan 27.01 1.15 3.5 2.69 18.98 53.33

Valenzuela 16.76 0.62 6.6 0.01 20.8 44.59Valenzuela 16.76 0.62 6.6 0.01 20.8 44.59

Muntinlupa 21.5 2.8 2.03 0.78 19.59 48.7

Las Pinas 23.68 6.41 1.42 0.68 0.8 32.99

Marikina 8.54 1.33 6.15 1.1 4.38 21.5

Manila 21.73 7.03 2.57 3.67 5.46 40.45

Paranaque 22.82 17.04 5.33 0.6 3.78 48.57

Taguig 2.8 12.15 0.07 0.8 23.58 45.35

Makati 10.31 4.16 0.39 3.9 6.61 25.27

Mandaluyong 4.14 1.97 0.6 0.81 5.35 12.87

Malabon 9.17 0.31 2.44 0.38 11.1 23.4

Pasay 5.67 3.65 0.23 6.87 1.63 18.05

Pasig 18.66 2.2 4.68 0.5 4.96 31

San Juan 3.77 0.53 0.29 0.4 0.95 5.94San Juan 3.77 0.53 0.29 0.4 0.95 5.94

Pateros 1.11 0.15 0.01 0.09 0.49 1.85

Navotas 4.03 0.14 1.5 0.11 4.91 10.69

Total Area 278.74 75.98 47.38 42.87 178.74 621.71

% of Total Area 44.83 12.22 7.62 6.9 28.43 100.00

Governance of Metro Manila

• 1975: Metro Manila Commission• 1990: Metro Manila Authority• 1995: Metro Manila Development Authority• Metro-wide services:• Metro-wide services:– Development planning– Transportation and traffic management– Solid waste disposal and management– Flood control and sewage management– Urban renewal, zoning, land use planning, and shelter– Urban renewal, zoning, land use planning, and shelter– Health sanitation, urban protection, pollution control and public safety

Urban Concerns

• Transport and Traffic Management

• Flood Control

• Solid Waste Management• Solid Waste Management

• Land Use, Housing and Urban Poverty

City Innovation

Government AcademeSocio-economic

Issues

City Innovations

Improved city

Government Academe

Improved city conditions

IndustryNGO and cause-oriented groups

City Innovation Systems Framework

Process ProductInformationProcess Product

Service InstitutionCity

Innovation

InformationSpace

PhysicalSpace

Cognitive

Position Paradigm

CognitiveSpace

City Innovation Dynamics

Socio-EconomicConditions

City InnovationsCity Growth and

Development

innovation actors

resources

laws and policies*Transportation andtraffic management

*Employment

*EnvironmentalConditionsConditions

*Housing andland use

City Innovations

• Gawad Kalinga: A social innovation - addresses social problem on urban housing and community development

• Industry Clustering Innovation: Medical Tourism – development of more job opportunities and promotion of tourism

• Industry Academe Partneship: UP-Ayala • Industry Academe Partneship: UP-Ayala Technology Park – development and commercialization of new technology through industry-academe-government collaboration

Aspects of Innovation

Aspects of innovation

Gawad Kalinga Medical Tourism UP-Ayala TechPark

Product Housing/Community development

Healthcare/Leisure Real Estatedevelopment

Service Community engagement

Medical travel Business incubation

Process Volunteerism Clustering ofhelathcare facilities in MM

Collaboration among government,schools, and new ventures

Paradigm Community Integration of health, Academically based Paradigm Community involvement

Integration of health, travel and leisure

Academically based IT park

Institution Government, NGOs, schools

Industries , Government

Government. Industries, schools

Innovation AnalysisAspects of Innovation

Gawad Kalinga Medical Tourism UP-Ayala Technopark

Novelty Volunteerism Integration of medical treatments and leisure

Business engagement of state university

Impact Improved lives and community of informal

Job creation New venture development and job community of informal

city dwellersdevelopment and job creation

Equity Sharing of resources among communities

Equity sharing to provide poor access to healthcare

State university access to income generation potential

Economic and Financial Stability

Donation based Private funding and management

P6.5 billion investment and expected earnings of P200m

Environmental Sustainability

Focus on urban environmental concerns

Issue of land use and environmental degradation

Environment friendly design of IT ParkSustainability environmental concerns environmental degradation design of IT Park

Transferability Replicated in other major cities

Clustering in other major cities (Davao, Cebu)

Model for other state universities

Political acceptability Strong support from local government

Collaboration of health care and tourism

Strong industry, academe, government collaboration

Metro Manila City Innovations Dynamics

Gawad Kalinga

UP-AyalaTechnopark

city developmentand growthINNOVATIONS

social issuesknowledge

policies

population

infrastructure

urban migration

Technopark

Medical Tourism

resources

employment

transportation

environment

employment

Where do we go from here?

• Technology and innovation

– Education

– R&D– R&D

– Culture and social values

• Success indicators

• Innovations for progress

– Macro (landscape)– Macro (landscape)

– Meso (regime)

– Micro (micro)

Thank you!