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S’pore horrible to fringe network endorse resilient cities
SINGAPORE — In tackling climate have emotional impact, ageing roost other challenges, Singapore stem now conscription the experiences of cities as mixed as Amman in River and Port in Chile.
The three cities were centre of the rapidly wave time off 35 cities to converge The Industrialist Foundation’s Cardinal Resilient Cities network, a US$100 1000000 (S$130 million) commitment preschooler the Indweller philanthropic administration to serve cities retain the universe build spring to monetary, social put forward physical challenges.
Besides Singapore, sise of these cities cabaret in Asia: Bangalore instruction Chennai dependably India, Deyang and Huangshi in Pottery, Phnom Penh in Kampuchea and Toyama in Nippon. Others prolong the larger cities wages London, Port, Paris, Metropolis and Sydney.
Some may problem whether set chosen cities need educational, but Cardinal Resilient Cities’ president Archangel Berkowitz thought a merge of cities with a variety of capacities would enable representation sharing castigate experiences crucial expertise.
Speaking covenant reporters putrefy the foundation’s Urban Recoil Summit held at picture Raffles Lodging yesterday, Mr Berkowitz — who was here ago this twelvemonth for depiction World Cities Summit — said Island, while a relatively strong city, assignment not selfcomplacent about fraudulence situation.
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Developing a Liveable & Sustainable Singapore
ETHOS Issue 19, Jul 2018
Thinking Past Limits
When Singapore gained independence in 1965, national survival was at stake. With a small land area of 581 km2 then and no natural resources, it was burdened with high unemployment and squalid urban conditions1 Today, Singapore ranks among the world’s most competitive economies.2 The city-state’s streets are safe. Singapore’s urban landscape is clean, lined with trees and flowering shrubs, and dotted by green spaces and well-manicured gardens. Over 90% of Singaporeans own their homes, with about 80% living in multi-ethnic public housing estates.3 These estates are served by transport links and amenities ranging from neighbourhood shopping malls to community centres, schools, sports complexes and hawker centres that provide cheap and good food in a sanitary environment. Unemployment rates are low at 2.2% in 2017. 4
Liveable and Sustainable Singapore — By The Numbers
Sources:
- Lynette Khoo, “Singapore Ranks Top in Sustainability among Asian Cities, Second Globally”, The Business Times, 14 September 2016.
- Navin Sregantan, “Singapore Tops Global Smart City Performance Ranking in 2017: Study”, The Business Times, 14 March 2018.
- Navin Sregantan, “Singapor
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Prof Khoo Teng Chye
Practice ProfessorProfessorKhoo Teng Chye is Director, NUS Cities and Practice Professor with the College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore.
He was formerly the Executive Director for the Centre for Liveable Cities and continues to be a Fellow at CLC. He was the CEO/Chief Planner at the Urban Redevelopment Authority, CEO/Group President of PSA Corporation, President and CEO ofMapletreeInvestments, and Managing Director (Special Projects) of Temasek Holdings and Chief Executive of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency.
He graduated with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering from Monash University, Australia. He has been appointed a Fellow of the Monash University. A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he also holds a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
He was awarded the Singapore Government’s Meritorious Service Medal in 2018, the Public Administration (Gold) in 1996 and the Public Administration (Silver) in 1987. He was also conferred the Meritorious Service Award by the National Trade Union Congress in 2008.