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Metro Manila is seen at the southwestern section of luzon. It is located in between the Central Luzon region & CALABARZON region. Its neighboring provinces are as follows: Bulacan to the north, Rizal to the east, and Laguna and Cavite to the south. It is geographically split up into 4 zones: the Coastal Margin, Guadalupe Plateau, Marikina Valley & Laguna Lowlands. The area of Metro Manila is 619.57 square kilometers (239.22 sq mi) wide. According to the Census of Population done in 2020, there are currently 13,484,462 people living in this area. In this population, 50.5% are males while 49.5% are females. It is also seen that around 27.2% of the population is aged 0 to 14 years old, 68.9% of the population is aged 15 to 65 years old and 3.9% of the population is aged 65 years old and above. Since the capital of the country is located here, it is the center of trade and commerce. According to a study done in 2018, it accounts for 36% of the gross domestic product of the Philippines. The minimum wage for non agricultural workers would be around PHP 481 while agricultural workers would earn PHP 444.

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Metro Manila is one of the largest areas in the Philippines, according to its size. So it is no question that it takes a long time to travel from one point to another. Nowadays because of COVID, everyone wants to bring their own car because they are afraid of using the public transportation available., but even before COVID was present people were still reluctant to use light rails, buses and taxis due to it not being maintained properly. A place that would normally take 20-30 minutes to get to would take an hour or so, and when rush hour begins the cars barely move.

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Based on the 2015 Global Satisfaction conducted by Waze, Metro Manila has the "worst traffic in Southeast Asia".

According to TomTom’s annual traffic index, Metro Manila traffic ranked second in 2020 with drivers expecting to spend an average of 53 percent extra travel time being stuck in traffic.

Metro Manila has the second-worst traffic congestion in the world among 416 cities in 57 countries, technology specialist TomTom (TOM2) reported.

In 2020, commuters in the capital city of Manila in the Philippines lost about 188 hours per year driving in rush hour.

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To lessen the amount of cars that pile up on the road, a technological advancement that could have both a negative and positive impact on traffic would be to make use of the available public transportation systems we have like light rails, buses and jeepneys. A positive effect of this would be that there will be less cars on the road, meaning that there would be a reduced amount of traffic compared to if everyone brought their own car. A negative impact of this would be that a lot of people will be using this, meaning that the lines will pile up and will cause some people to miss or be late to wherever they need to go.

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If you have been to Metro Manila, you would see that it is all buildings and infrastructures everywhere. Especially in the capital city, there would be nothing but establishments left and right. Rightfully so, because it is the capital meaning it is the most well known place of the area. There are only so many trees that can be seen, and if there are any, most likely some type of construction is happening there. Not only does this destroy the natural habitats of wild life, it leads to the area becoming more flood prone as well.

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​​In 2010, Metropolitan Manila had 3.55kha of natural forest, extending over 6.4% of its land area. In 2020, it lost 968mha of natural forest, equivalent to 344t of CO₂ of emissions.

In Metropolitan Manila, the top 3 regions were responsible for 58% of all tree cover loss between 2001 and 2020.

About 20% of Metro Manila is designated as flood-prone.

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To make sure that the amount of trees left in an area are still enough, a technological advancement could be the use of specific types of logging. Logging in general or clear cut logging involves cutting down all the trees in a certain area, this has a negative impact because it denies a chance for younger trees to grow. Selective logging could have a positive impact on the forest because here it is only the trees that are high risk trees or trees that could potentially cause hazards that are harvested leaving the younger ones to grow.

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