The paper is a study on the socioeconomic profile of Pampanga Delta/ Candaba Swamp Area in Central Luzon and the major macro-economic determinants which serve as the fundamental data base for the over-all comprehensive planning effort assumed by the planning agency and the consultant. Simultaneously, it attempts to identify major problems which deter the region from assuming its valid socioeconomic role consistent with its resource potential. A preliminary extensive analysis of the land and water resource has been performed and a tentative balance of resource availability for the project area within the boundaries of the entire river basin has been drawn up. Preliminary proposals for the development framework of land and water resources have been formulated and high priority projects have been tentatively identified to constitute the initial planning phase of pre-feasibility studies.