The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) manages land supply in Singapore. As the national land use planning authority, the URA plans and facilitates Singapore's physical development through long-term strategic plans that guide development in a sustainable manner. The URA also acts as the main government land sales agent, selling state land to attract private investment for developing sites to support economic and social growth. Additionally, the URA takes on development and conservation roles to create a vibrant and livable city.

2. Unit 19: Managing Land Supply

3. Less than one-third is land

4. About half of Earth’s surface is covered
by mountains, deserts, ice and swamps

5. Some land is damaged by activities such as
mining, deforestation and over-farming

6. Reasons for increasing demand for land
Increasing world population
creates demand for land for farming, housing and
industries.
Countries in process of development needs
more land
for transportation and communication
infrastructure, housing, schools, parks, gardens and
recreational facilities

7. Solution to Rising
Demand for Land
Increase price of land Relocating people
Demand for Land
Increase land supply

8. Relocating People
 Urban Sprawl to Urban Heights
 Bukit Ho Swee
 Fire in Squatter settlement on 25 May
1961.
 4 dead, 85 injured, 16000 homeless
 2200 attap houses destroyed
 HDB resettled victims to new flats
Queenstown and St Michael
 5 blocks of 768 flats built in 9 months
 8,000 flats built in Bukit Ho Swee,
victims could return.

9. Increasing Price of Land

10. Increase Land Supply
Land Reclamation
 Creating new land from
ocean, riverbeds, or lakes
Deforestation
 Clearing forests
Maximising Land Use
 Building UP!
 Mixed use developments
Using a building/set of
buildings/neighbourhood for
more than one purpose.
 Land Re-Purposing

11. Measure for Where in Singapore is it Benefits Disadvantages
solving increasing used?
demand of land
Maximising Compass Point, Sengkang • Saves space – more • Costly, requires great
Landuse by (Transport Hub [MRT, functions with the same effort in planning
building Mixed- LRT, Buses Interchange], amount of space •
Use Shopping Mall and • encourages using public
Developments Condominiums in the transport – reduces demand
same complex) for cars and carpark lots
Land Marina Bay • Creates more space for a • Costly
Reclamation human activities • Can damage
environment (Coral
reefs, aquatic life)
• Can obscure heritage
Deforestation Planned use of Sungei Frees up more land for • Reduces Green spaces
Tengah area for housing building of housing and • Environmentally
would require the infrastructure damaging
removal of 2nd generation
forests there
Land Re- Pinnacle@Duxton • Make built spaces more • Inconveniences
purposing efficient by creating more people who have to
usable floor space out of be re-settled
the same plot of land • Heritage lost.

12. Pinnacles@Duxton
 50 stories
 1848 units
 2.5 hectare
(25000m2 )
 The original two HDB rental blocks at
the site of The Pinnacle@Duxton
were completed in 1963.
 The Duxton Plain site is historically
significant as the site of the first two
ten-storey HDB blocks in theTanjong
Pagar area and amongst the oldest
built by HDB in the country.[9]

13. Who Manages Land Supply in
Singapore?
Housing Development Board (HDB)?
Singapore Land Authority? (SLA)
Urban Redevelopment Authority?

15. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore’s national land use planning and
conservation authority. URA’s mission is “to make Singapore a great city to live, work and play in”.
We strive to create a vibrant and sustainable city of distinction by planning and facilitating
Singapore’s physical development in partnership with the community.
The URA has successfully transformed Singapore into one of the most liveable cities in Asia through
judicious land use planning and good urban design. We adopt a long term and comprehensive
planning approach in formulating strategic plans such as the Concept Plan and the Master Plan, to
guide the physical development of Singapore in a sustainable manner. Our plans and policies focus
on achieving a balance between economic growth and a quality living environment. As the
conservation authority, URA has an internationally recognised conservation programme, having
successfully conserved not only single buildings, but entire districts.
To turn its plans and visions into reality, URA takes on a multi-faceted role. In addition to its planning
function, URA is also the main government land sales agent. Through the sale of state land, we
attract and channel private capital investment to develop sites to support economic and social
development. URA is also the development agency for Marina Bay, the new city extension. To create
an exciting cityscape, URA also actively promotes architecture and urban design excellence.
Drawing on our experience in integrated planning and urban management, URA provides
consultancy for overseas bilateral projects and shares our urban planning experience through
professional training programmes.