The Importance Of Urbanization In Singapore

The dawn of the urban age has given rise to several opportunities to remake and reinvent our concrete jungles for sustainability. At the current speed of urbanization, megacities are being realized across the globe merely within a few decades. A noteworthy example, Singapore, the modern city-state and island country has drawn worldwide attention to its revolutionary change from a developing country to a thriving global nation in a span of about 50 years. Today, Singapore enjoys one of the world’s highest standards of living, economic competitiveness, healthcare and education and despite its dark historic challenging conditions and scarce resources. It is famous worldwide not only as one of the most industrialized state, but also for its greening

All advancements that followed have been the desires of man for a more suitable life, and not a necessity to thrive upon the already plentiful Earth. Since time immemorial, nature has been a giver toward fulfilling man’s needs for a wealthy livelihood. From miracles emerging from the soil to flowing streams of water, from raw materials for clothing and shelter to food for survival, nature has upheld its balance in harmoniously transforming seasons too. All these phenomena help keep its different forms of creation together and dependent on each other, as minuscule but indispensible parts of one large

In order to carefully manage diverse and competing land use demands and priorities it needs to make complex decisions that promise long term benefits surpassing present day trade-offs. At the heart of Singapore’s Concept Plan lie the efforts to effectively integrate urban systems like transport and water supply management and recycling among others and linking public housing estates to sites of employment, services, and recreation. The many existing ‘Living Labs’ in Singapore are the successful fruits of these efforts. Its ‘Liveability Framework’ explains that the underlying systems of integrated master planning and development, and dynamic urban governance are key elements to achieve the three outcomes of a live–able and sustainable city – a robust and vibrant economy, environmental development and a good quality of life through the optimum management of resources