The updating of the Regional Physical Framework Plan (RPFPs) for the next 30 years was in response to the directive of the NEDA Board-National Land Use Committee to update and reorient the National Framework for Physical Planning (NFPP), 2001-2030 to National Physical Framework Plan (NPFP) which is more prescriptive with its policies and spatial recommendations. The NPFP aims to guide public sector policy and decision makers in bringing about efficient settlement, production and service delivery systems for sustainable land use and disaster risk reduction through its key strategies of concentration, connectivity and vulnerability reduction that all come under the broad National Spatial Strategy (NSS). In view of the updating of the NPFP, the NB- NLUC directed the formulation of the Area Spatial Strategy/ Development Framework (ASDF) for the three island-economies of the country. The principles and strategies in the ASDFs are mainstreamed in the respective Updated Regional Physical Framework Plans (RPFPs) of the regions.