Event Details

The growth of the urban population in cities is an inexorable trend that will perpetuate for many decades to come. Even for countries with no shortage of land, cities are confronted with challenges to the quality of their living environment. For Singapore, the challenges are exacerbated multi-fold given that it is an island city state that is highly land and resource constrained. However, Singapore has often been cited as a beacon of urban innovation, effectively transforming its limitations to opportunities. As an urban laboratory, Singapore has pioneered many unique urban solutions in land use and urban design, green infrastructure and public housing. The lecture will piece together the multi-faceted efforts and distil the thinking behind many of the urban transformations that have shaped our lived experience in Singapore.

The talk will focus on how we have been addressing two of the most difficult issues that confront us - an increasingly dense environment and the scarcity of fundamental resources such as land, water and energy. The lecture provides useful insights for all who live and work in Singapore and are interested to contribute to making ours an even more liveable, sustainable and vibrant city.

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7. Seats for the lecture is limited. Registration does not guarantee a seat, and the forum organizers reserve the right to limit attendance.