The word urbanization has been defined in many ways as it gathered the interest of various researchers from different fields. In the Philippines, the level of urbanization is measured through the number of population residing in urban areas. The urbanization rate recorded last 2015 was 51.2% which means around 51.73 million people are residing in urban classified barangays (Philippine Statistic Authority, 2019). It is estimated that half of the country’s population is residing in 7,437 urban barangays and the rest are in 34,599 rural barangays. The process has benefited the country such as better health services, increase in job opportunities, and increased overall income of the population (Ling Ooi, 2007). If not handled properly, the process imposed negative effects in the area as it cause uncertainties due to rapid population growth.

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