Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore
Green urbanism has been applied to cities but not in Asia. Seven characteristics of green urbanism are outlined and then applied to Singapore. The Renewable City is not yet a concept for Singapore. The Carbon Neutral City is being developed for an island Palau Ubin and by some firms but not to signi...
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| description | Green urbanism has been applied to cities but not in Asia. Seven characteristics of green urbanism are outlined and then applied to Singapore. The Renewable City is not yet a concept for Singapore. The Carbon Neutral City is being developed for an island Palau Ubin and by some firms but not to significant sectors or parts of urban Singapore. The Distributed City is being developed around Singapore’s polycentric model but needs specific infrastructure plans similar to ones developed by Singapore for Tianjin Eco-City. The Biophillic City is being developed as a world first through its Skyrise Greenery initiative and urban landscaping. The Eco-Efficient City is also being demonstrated through Singapore closing the loop on their water and solid waste systems. The Place Based City is very evident in all its 22 sub centres. And the Sustainable Transport City is an Asian leader in integrated transport planning though there are signs of this becoming harder to achieve. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-210602017-09-13T16:05:29Z Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore Newman, Peter biophilic sustainable transport renewables Singapore distributed eco-efficient carbon-neutral place-based Green urbanism has been applied to cities but not in Asia. Seven characteristics of green urbanism are outlined and then applied to Singapore. The Renewable City is not yet a concept for Singapore. The Carbon Neutral City is being developed for an island Palau Ubin and by some firms but not to significant sectors or parts of urban Singapore. The Distributed City is being developed around Singapore’s polycentric model but needs specific infrastructure plans similar to ones developed by Singapore for Tianjin Eco-City. The Biophillic City is being developed as a world first through its Skyrise Greenery initiative and urban landscaping. The Eco-Efficient City is also being demonstrated through Singapore closing the loop on their water and solid waste systems. The Place Based City is very evident in all its 22 sub centres. And the Sustainable Transport City is an Asian leader in integrated transport planning though there are signs of this becoming harder to achieve. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21060 10.1177/097542531000100204 Sage Publications Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | biophilic sustainable transport renewables Singapore distributed eco-efficient carbon-neutral place-based Newman, Peter Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title | Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title_full | Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title_short | Green Urbanism and its Application to Singapore |
| title_sort | green urbanism and its application to singapore |
| topic | biophilic sustainable transport renewables Singapore distributed eco-efficient carbon-neutral place-based |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21060 |