Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the State to adopt a national dispersion through regional agglomeration strategy to revitalize large cities and eventually stir them to expand their physical areas for planning as well as their service areas for urban service delivery.

Considering the rapid urbanization of Davao City and the increasing population of the cities of Panabo, Tagum, and the Island Garden City of Samal (IgaCoS), in Davao del Norte; the City of Digos in Davao del Sur; and the City of Mati in Davao Oriental, and the spatial, functional, and economic interdependence of these cities with the municipalities of Sta. Cruz, Hagonoy, Padaa, Malalag, andSulop in Davao del Sur, Carmen in Davao del Norte, Maco in Davao de Oro, and Malita and Sta. Maria in Davao Occidental, it is likewise hereby declared the policy of the State to consider these local government units (LGUs) as a special development and administrative region, to be known as Metropolitan Davao.