The sustainable development lessons and capacities of a highly-urbanized city in the Philippines: from the perspectives of city planners and developers, 2018–2019.

The article analyses and synthesises the sustainable development important lessons and capacities of Quezon City, a highly-dynamic urban city in the Philippines, from the narratives and discourses of the City Planning and Development Officials. Conducting an elite and expert interview with the city planning and development officials, the paper document and highlight the city's vital best practices and capacities as a result of its technical expertise and specialised knowledge as supported and reinforced by the Comprehensive Development Plan 2017–2020 it helped to craft as evidence-based public policy coming straight from a city planner and developer views and perspectives on sustainable development. Utilising an integrative review approach, the article also critically examines some current literature frameworks and methods on sustainable development associated with Asia as an added dimension and contribution to sustainable development literature. Consequently, the article revealed and highlighted important sustainable development governance lessons that can contribute in shaping the future sustainable development agenda and its potential impact and contribution to the Philippines and Asia in terms of research, theory, and praxis, such as land banking, identification of manufacturing growth centres, revitalisation of manufacturing industry, and the promotion of Gender-Fair programmes and policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]