singapore urban development for old and new city. The broad planning principles include building mostly high-rises to save space, carefully considering the balance of buildings' functions, incorporating plenty of greenery, strategically developing towns outside the CBD, creating more land through reclamation and, critically, ensuring enough housing. Singapore has been referred to by many as the "best-planned city" in the world, with planners lauding the rapid development from British colony to global city, world-class public infrastructure, efficient public transportation and wide-scale affordable housing. Singapore and India: Partnering for Liveable and Sustainable Cities is a product of this cooperation. It is the second collaboration between the Centre for Liveable Cities, under Singapore's Ministry of Development, and the Town and Country Planning Organisation of India's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. As its economy lags and its people age, Singapore plans to upgrade its digital workforce and prepare for climate change. Singapore rose to be one of the world's most advanced cities by using its position as a trading hub to attract technology and investment. The city-state constantly experiments with urban development customs, built around the principles of sustainability and innovation. As a city-state, Singapore was the first to earn the “smart nation” title. Today, it enjoys its status as a living, breathing laboratory where over 5 million people live and work. Singapore has set its sights on becoming a world-class, tech-driven city-state. It is transforming itself to become a Smart Nation, harnessing technology to transform how its people and businesses live, work and play. Singapore and India: Partnering for Liveable and Sustainable Cities is a product of this cooperation. It is the second collaboration between the Centre for Liveable Cities, under Singapore's Ministry of Development, and the Town and Country Planning Organisation of India's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The first was the "Urban Governance and Planning Programme", where 99 senior urban practitioners from all over India attended a capability development programme in Singapore over four runs between 2016 and 2017. This book features case studies from the various urban governance and planning projects discussed during those programmes. Examples of case studies featured include how the new capital city of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, was conceptualised, how urban challenges were systematically addressed in Ahmedabad, and how grassroots participation and innovation have combined to deliver optimal results in waste management in Ambikapur. Other case studies have covered land management and planning, affordable housing, transit, smart solutions, and sustainable environment. Singapore and India share a common colonial past, which has influenced the shape of their cities and their planning heritage. This was recognised by India's Prime minister Narendra Modi, who ink
2. Singapore is a city, a nation and a state. It is about 275
square miles, smaller than the State of Rhode Island, and
inhabited by five million people from four major
communities; Chinese (majority), Malay, Indian and
Eurasian. Since its independence in 9 August 1965, the
country has adopted a parliamentary democracy system.
Singapore is known as a City in a Garden and nearly 50
percent of the island is green space. It is a thriving
metropolis offering a world-class infrastructure, a fully
integrated island-wide transport network, dynamic
business environment, vibrant living spaces and a rich
culture largely influenced by the four major communities
in Singapore with each offering different perspective of life
in Singapore in terms of culture, religion, food, language
and history.
Singapore city
3. Singapore urban planning
Urban planning in Singapore began in the 1820s when Stamford
Raffles implemented a land-use plan later known as the Raffles Town
Plan. However, for most of the 19th century and the first half of the
20th century, Singapore’s physical growth was haphazard and largely
unregulated. It was only in the mid-1950s that Singapore truly began
its journey towards the planned city-state that the world sees today.
Singapore – free port
• Traders and ships from all nations could do business without
paying custom duties or taxes.
• Entrepot trade or re-exportation.
• Traders often engaged Chinese middlemen to buy and sell goods.
Other services were also provided for traders.
4. Raffles Town – Under British Rule
• Grid Layout
• Clear segregation of residential communities by ethnic group
(European, Chinese, Indian, Malay and Arab)
• A separate area called Commercial Square was designated for
commercial activities
5. Change in Singapore’s Urban Planning – 1950s
Planned City-State in Singapore started in the mid-1950s with a
comprehensive framework Comprises of two key plans:
1. The concept plan – macro-level blueprint
2. Statutory master plan – translates the concept plan into detailed
guidelines
Three key elements to Singapore reach in the 1950s
1. Singapore Improvement Trust – 1950s
2. After Self-Government (First Concept Plan)
3. Coordinating with the United Nations (UN)
6. Principles of urban planning (Singapore)
1. Concept plan 1971 & 2011
The first Concept Plan was drawn up in 1971, with assistance from the United
Nations Development Programme. The focus of the Concept Plan 1971 was to
meet the basic infrastructure needs of a new nation.
The Concept Plan 1971 Structure
• Adopted a “Ring” Plan structure
• Provisions for industrial estates
• Low-density and medium-density private housing are
built beside these towns…
7. 2. Master plan or local planning
Local Planning: Development Guide Plans (DGP)
• Relationship with Concept Plan
• Relationship with Master Plan
• Relationship with Development Control
Development guide plan for each of the 55 Planning Areas and five
regions
8. There are three phase on master planning
• Phase 1 – Basic Infrastructure 1960’s – 1970’s
• Phase 2 – Providing Quality 1980’s – 2000’s
• Phase 3 – Sustainability and Livability 2000’s – Present
3. Integrated Transport Planning
Plans that guide the overall physical development of the country for a 40-50 year
planning horizon. The plans are prepared in collaboration between various land
use agencies and the Land Transport Authority to accommodate anticipated
population and economic growth.
9. 4. Urban Design Controls
• Refines the overall land use plan.
• Guides developments to relate to surrounding.
• Safeguards spaces for cultural and leisure activities
• Enhances the quality, aesthetic and character of the built environment
• Shapes a dynamic, distinctive and delightful city
5. Conservation
• Retain our Valuable Built Heritage
• Reinforces a sense of rootedness & identity
• Contributes to Distinctiveness of Our City
• Conservation Areas are also Attractions
Criteria for conservation
• Historical significance
• Rarity
• Contribution to environment
• Identity
• Economic impact
10. Urban design element (Singapore)
They used many urban design elements
1. Urban pattern
Based on the map image, the old city of Singapore still uses grid patterns like the
Raffles plan, but there has been development of road and block patterns.
