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As a city-state with limited land, forward planning is important to ensure that Singapore remains liveable and sustainable. Climate change effects such as rising temperatures pose a threat to our city’s liveability. To strengthen Singapore's heat resilience and combat the effects of heat stress, the public, private and academia sectors have leveraged research and innovation to design and plan for a cooler city for many generations to come.
An efficient and well-connected mobility system forms the backbone of a city, allowing access to a range of amenities and opportunities, and supporting social and economic activities. As mobility continues to evolve, Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) has emerged as yet another technological advancement that we could potentially harness, presenting many possibilities for transforming the way we live, work, play and move.
We shop at malls, eat at hawker centres, and buy items online. Retail stores display new offerings, manufacturers assemble products, and restaurants serve meals to customers daily.
Enabling all this is an extensive, and often unnoticed, urban logistics system. Urban logistics keeps the city going by delivering goods to people and businesses, at the right place and right time.
Over the years, we have been making good progress in tapping underground spaces, from utility lines to rail lines and roads, to meet the many and growing needs of our urban environment. There are also extensive underground pedestrian links in areas like Marina Bay, which enhance connectivity and allow people to walk in comfort.
As evident in many urban cities, the use of underground space has largely been developed on a first-come-first-served basis. Over time, this hinders further expansion and optimal use of underground space.
By planning and safeguarding the space upfront and with the help of technology, we can unlock the potential of underground space and make better use of it.
Planning a city requires an understanding of how the economy, environment, infrastructure, mobility and social needs affect the way in which people live, work and play. However, information exists in silo and require extensive consolidation before it becomes usable.
In land-scarce Singapore, we depend heavily on imported food supplies currently.
With limited land for farming, cities can explore creative ways of locating farms in different parts of the city.