ABSTRACT
The final chapter of the book assesses the application and evolution of city planning in the Philippines between the founding of the Commonwealth Government and the onset of World War II in Southeast Asia, i.e. the years from 1935 to 1941. Focusing upon the establishment of the Philippines’s new capital city, Quezon City, and also urban design schemes implemented in the provinces, Chapter Five explains the broadening character of urban planning post-1935 in relation to the enactment of the final phase of American decolonization. Chapter Five, in drawing to the monograph to a close, gives reference to the need to widen Philippine heritage debates so as to better comprehend the form and meaning of colonial environments, and to more deeply recognize the role of Filipino architects in nation-building prior to the awarding of national independence in 1946.
