Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2019
Abstract
This paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation policy in Singapore. We also examine Singapore’s policies to manage increasing wastes and review the four tap water management plan. Finally, we look at various initiatives by the government for sustainable use of energy. While Singapore has been successful in many ways in transforming itself into one of the most prosperous and sustainable cities in the world, there remain challenges to make the city even cleaner and greener for a better future. We discuss the opportunities that new technologies will bring about and the role that Singapore can play in building a sustainable city.
Discipline
Econometrics
Research Areas
Econometrics
First Page
1
Last Page
70
Publisher
SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, Paper No. 18-2019
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
FUJII, Tomoki and RAY, Rohan.
Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future. (2019). 1-70.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2297
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