The Cestou Area

A
PHYSICAL
&
SOCIO ECONOMIC
PROFILE
SPECIALIZATION 1 : Group 8
NAVARRO, Klarissa
PARULI, Paolo

Course Instructor: Arch. C. P. BELLO

The Physical Profile

THE CESTOU AREA HAS A RUGGED TERRAIN, WITH SPOTS OF FLAT LANDS,
VALLEYS AND SWAMPS WHICH WERE OFTEN SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODS.

SWAMP

RUGGED
TERRAIN

FLAT
LANDS

Having a rough irregular

surface.

A plane or a land with

a flat terrain

VALLEY
Formed by flowing
water, or river valley

CULTIVATED
LAND

FOREST LAND

GRASS LAND

CESTOU AREA ALSO HAS FOREST LANDS, OPEN GRASS LANDS AND
CULTIVATED LANDS.

Cultivated land - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
Forest Land - a section of land covered with forest or set aside for the cultivation of forests.
Grasslands - are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses.

The Climate
Falls under second climatic type
which has a pronounced rainy
season during November-January

Rainy
Season

A flash flood is a
rapid flooding of geomorphic lowlying areas.
o When precipitation falls
rapidly on saturated soil or
dry soil that has poor
absorption ability.
o The runoff collects in gullies
and streams and, as they
join to form larger volumes.
o Flash flooding can also be
caused by extensive rainfall
released by tropical storms.

FLASH
FLOODS

Annual normal temperature during

May and June is 27 C and minimum
temperature is 24 C

The People
Population

72000 people

Most people live in villages

20% reside in the city and in three poblacion in Cestou

3,000 people lived along the coastline
POBLACION - literally
"town" or "Population
in Spanish, is the name
commonly used for
the central area of a
municipality

VILLAGE - Is a clustered
human settlement or
community

The Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition
Rice is the primary source of calorie
Inadequate in other source of vitamins such as vegetables, milk, etc.
There are cases of malnourished children

Malnourished

RICE

Is the condition that results from eating a diet in

which certain nutrients are lacking.

The Health Conditions

Infant mortality is the death of a child less than one year of age. Childhood mortality is the
death of a child before the child's fifth birthday. National statistics tend to group these
two mortality rates together. Globally, ten million infants and children die each year
before their fifth birthday; 99% of these deaths occur in developing nations. Infant
mortality takes away societys potential physical, social, and human capital.
Generally the most common cause worldwide has been dehydration from diarrhea, a
preventable disease; however, a variety of programs combating this problem have
decreased the rate of children dying from dehydration.
Many factors contribute to infant mortality such as the mothers level of education,
environmental conditions, and political and medical infrastructure. Improving
sanitation, access to clean drinking water, immunization against infectious disease,
and other public health measures could help reduce high rates of infant mortality.

There are cases of respiratory diseases

High case of infant mortality

The Income
Income
Agriculture is the primary source of income, the rest depend on fishing
and paid employment
The families are below the poverty level
The poverty threshold, or poverty level, is the minimum level of income deemed
adequate in a particular country

SLUMS

The Housing

Housing
Small, and simple in architecture. The typical size is 35 sq. m.
Houses are made of bamboo or wooden poles with nipa and cogon grasses
for roofs and walls
Very few have appliances

The Employment
Employment
The total labor force is 50% of the population
Only 25% of the labor force are employed

The labor force is the actual number of people available for work. The labor force of
a country includes both, the employed and the unemployed. The labor force
participation rate is the ratio between the labor force and the overall size of their
cohort(national population of the same age range).

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