Singapore's Urban Redevelopment

Qi Feng Huang

English 110

Prof. Cambridge

                                                       Singapore's Urban Redevelopment 

            Singapore is country in Southeast Asia that has been truly making headlines these past decades. It is relatively small put has one of the highest Gross domestic Product per capita in the world. With those kinds of numbers, Singapore is surely producing their share of waste. What exactly are they doing to keep their ecological damage to a minimum? The country is dubbed by many as “the Green City” but what exactly are they doing to receive such a prestigious title? Can the other countries learn from this?

                   

            For every country with still growing marketplaces, population doesn’t stop growing and cities have

 to continue to expand to cope. This is a major reason I want to look into the urban redevelopment of Singapore. I want to research how they will continue to meet the demands of the population while keeping pollution to a minimum. I will look into their complex and well designed water recycling system as well as their plans to build and distribute the parks throughout the city to provide the population with soothing mini vacations and how they will plant trees to keep the city air free and clean. I would also like to look into the government’s ideas of roof top gardens as well as other large scale gardening projects they plan on undergoing.

            Urban redevelopment doesn’t just play huge roles in developing countries but also in the sustainability of mankind. The building of cities has to be well planned out or it can lead to disasters. Singapore is taking the world by storm and rapidly expanding their influence. Even so, they are titled by many as “the Green City.” For that reason, it is safe to assume they are doing something right with their cities.