{"id":9937,"date":"2017-01-07T07:19:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T07:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/news\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2020-03-04T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T11:52:38","slug":"singapores-transformation-urban-planning-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ierek.com\/news\/singapores-transformation-urban-planning-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s Transformation: Urban Planning Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore: From the Past Directly To the Future<\/span><\/h1>\n

Singapore\u2019s transformation<\/strong> since its independence in 1965<\/strong> to a modern and smart city-state is a benchmark hard to replicate, but it holds valuable lessons for other Asian cities as they urbanize. The focus on long-term planning<\/em> is perhaps the most important one.<\/p>\n

In 1960<\/strong>, of Singapore\u2019s 1.6 million people, approximately 75 percent lived as squatters. The country had an abundance of ethnic enclaves and ghettos with communal riots and disharmony being commonplace.<\/p>\n

By 1985<\/strong>, a dramatic transformation took place, led by the government, which ended the vast majority of homelessness and squatters and eliminated the ethnic enclaves and ghettos.<\/p>\n

Singapore\u2019s Urbanization Experience<\/h2>\n

Singapore\u2019s achievement in urbanization<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> lay in two key areas.<\/p>\n

The first was a focus on making people\u2019s lives livable; and second, helping the land become sustainable.<\/p>\n

Government policy formed the basis for these initiatives to make areas more livable, urban planners created accessible space for basic resources that would also benefit the economy, such as schools, universities and hospitals.<\/p>\n

The urbanization success<\/strong> also involved a focus on providing residents with homes by 1990, 88 percent of residents owned their homes, and the number has stabilized at around 90 percent, one of the highest home-ownership rates in the word.<\/p>\n

These aspects of urban planning<\/strong> are most effective when combined with ensuring the sustainability<\/a> of the land. In many cities across Asia, there is a sharp focus on economic growth and the provision of big-ticket infrastructure, which is supposed to help support the growth of the city as well as economic activity. However, in doing so, cities are paying scant regard to the environment and to sustainability.<\/p>\n

Singapore was concerned about its land, and as early as the 1980s, there were no brownfield sites across the city.<\/p>\n

A strong focus on protecting the environment meant attempts were made to limit air pollution and to increase green cover across the city. This, coupled with Singapore\u2019s early investment in essential infrastructure, like public transport, sewers, water and electricity, enabled it to transform into a first-world city in a short span of time.<\/p>\n

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Charts Infographic shows how much urbanization affected on Singapore’s economy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Planning for the Future<\/h3>\n

Cities that are not planned and developed well often face the risk of social unrest and instability. Singapore was plagued with this problem, and one of the key tools that helped solve it was public housing. Public housing in Singapore does not segregate spaces based on income, ethnicity, race or religion. There has been a concerted effort to ensure diversity among its living spaces.<\/p>\n

Many in the West have called this social engineering, using the word as a pejorative. But the phrase \u201csocial engineering\u201d can also be good, depending on how it is used. Singapore engaged in social engineering and the positive results are evident today.<\/p>\n

Singapore\u2019s urbanization<\/strong> is highly relevant in Asia owing to its design regarding living environments for a high-density city. Asia has 30 percent of the world\u2019s land but about 60 percent of its population, so high-density cities are not really a matter of choice, but a necessity.<\/p>\n

In this regard too, many planners expressed concern that in creating high-rise public housing blocks, Singapore was creating conditions ripe for a different kind of urban slum. But Singapore did what was needed at the time.<\/p>\n

Singapore went against the perceived wisdom in both of these areas and is better off for it. That is a key lesson for Asian cities to plan their future depending on their unique context and their distinct features and not on the basis of a standard template.<\/p>\n

The focus, however, at all times, must be on creating better lives for people, and the surest way to do this is to plan well, and to plan long-term.<\/p>\n

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