Urban Planning News
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Can Singapore, the city in a garden, grow into a city in nature?Singapore uses greenery to keep cool, calm and clean. But many of its green areas are ecologically sparse by design. Is the hyper-urbanised city-state nature-loving enough to grow into a city in nature? -
With more data, Asia Pacific can build more resilient citiesGovernments in Asia Pacific may lack the much-needed data to fix urban challenges themselves, but 100RC's Andrew Salkin says there is one group in the private sector that governments can partner with for more resilient and liveable cities.
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A civic outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly promiseFacing public protests and concern from neighbouring Singapore, the government halted the Chinese-backed massive land reclamation project which was initially allowed to begin construction without a detailed environmental impact assessment. -
Can EVs be green if they run on fossil fuels?How green is an electric vehicle that runs on fossil fuel-based electricity? Will the car run out of charge? Anxiety and misinformation are among the key barriers to greater EV adoption.
Urban Planning Opinion
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For people working to protect nature, cities can no longer be an afterthought– Urban areas present an interesting challenge—and a big opportunity—for groups that traditionally focus on saving pristine places. -
How the urban nexus will make your city more resource efficient– The way that cities are conceived, planned and managed does not always recognise the interconnections between the different systems they run on. But this must change if we are to address future challenges, says Dr Steffen Lehmann. -
As more super storms affect Asia, we must typhoon-proof our cities– Typhoon season in Asia is an annual, grim reminder of the need for more resilient infrastructure as the impact of climate change intensifies. Arcadis’ John Batten III talks about how cities can prepare themselves for worse weather.
Videos
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Wanted: Million-dollar solutions for better cities– Launched last week, The Liveability Challenge is looking for projects offering new and innovative solutions to solve problems of waste and cooling.
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Will technology steer us to a better future?– At the recent Technology + Sustainability: The Road to Smart Cities event, Singapore's public and private sector leaders gathered for a crystal-ball gazing session to answer one key question: Will technology deliver a better future for Singapore, and the world? And if so, how do we get there?
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In pictures: Confronting climate change– Airing on Sunday March 5 at 8pm, a new ChannelNews Asia documentary features Eco-Business editor Jessica Cheam on a journey from India to Copenhagen to glean lessons on what Singapore can do to overcome one of its most pressing challenges.
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More land, less sand: Singapore's latest reclamation project– The new development - to be used for military exercises - will reclaim land using less sand, and introduces the city-state’s first sub-sea level polder.
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