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- - - The state of Metro Manila's green spaces warrants the search for a holistic and sustainable enhancement and rehabilitation strategy. A system approach to appraise and analyzes the interacting bio-physical. social economic, political and institutional conditions that are directly or indirectly influencing the health of the green spaces can provide mechanisms necessary to conscientiously determine the real issues and concerns. The paper presented a framework for this type of analysis. The case of the major thoroughfares specifically the gateway to the Philippines i.e. from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to mouth of Pasig River via Roxas Boulevard was used for analysis. The use of the framework has helped much in generating information enough to characterize the existing situations of the green spaces and has helped in drawing the issues and concerns. On the basis of the results of the analysis. the paper recommended a framework for at least achieving an ideal level of sustainable green space management. It includes, among others, various institutional, social, political, and hio-physical programs designed to address the identified issues and concerns which would need multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral involvement.

Using the solid waste management programmes of three barangays (the smallest unit of local government in the Philippines) in Quezon City, Metro Manila, as a case study, this research aimed to further the development of efficient organic waste recycling systems through the promotion of urban agricultural activities on green and vacant spaces. First, the quantity of organic waste and compost produced through ongoing barangay projects was measured. The amount of compost that could potentially be utilized on farmland and vacant land within the barangays was then identified to determine the possibility of a local recycling system. The results indicate that, at present, securing buyers for compost is difficult and, therefore, most compost is distributed to large neighbouring farm villages. However, the present analysis of potential compost use within the barangay demonstrates that a more local compost recycling system is indeed feasible. © 2011 International Solid Waste Association.