This paper delineates and examines the dynamics of metropolitan areas in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/WPS240371-2
- Dimensions
- 8.5x11
- ISSN
- 2313-6537(print) 2313-6545(electronic)
- Pages
- 44
- Published in
- Philippines
- SKU
- WPS240371-2
- pages
- 42
Table of Contents
- Abstract 4
- 1. Introduction 5
- 2. Administrative Divisions and Metropolitan Areas in the Philippines 8
- 3. Data and Methodology 10
- 3.1 Data 10
- 3.2 Commute-based Delineation Approach 12
- 4. Pre-pandemic Results 13
- 4.1 Large Metropolitan Areas 14
- 4.2 Zipf’s Law with Metropolitan Areas 16
- 4.3 Growth of Metropolitan Areas 17
- 4.4 Three Official Metropolitan Areas 18
- 5. Dynamics of Metropolitan Areas During the Pandemic 21
- 6. Driving Factors for Metropolitan Area Formation 23
- 7. Conclusion 27
- Figures and Tables 29
- References 42
