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The Making of a Model Green City
| Singapore has enjoyed rapid
development and economic growth, and at the same time successfully preserved
a good environment for her citizens. This has been possible only through
careful planning and investment in environmental infrastructure.
The need for a fresh approach to environmental management began to make itself felt towards the end of the eighties. By that time, the basic infrastructures to meet Singapore's environmental needs, such as removal of solid waste, wastewater and stormwater, were in place. Air and water pollution were regulated through stringent land-use planning controls and tightly enforced emission methods. However, an increasingly affluent population with higher expectations and a growing appetite, may lead to profligacy in resource consumption and waste generation. The implications of this on Singapore's limited capacity and resources to absorb waste and deal with pollution are cause for concern. At the same time, global environmental issues -- such as global warming, protection of the ozone layer and preservation of endangered species -- were beginning to take on a greater prominence.
These programmes have focused on improving the environment for the benefit of Singapore, Singaporeans and visitors. UPBOUND organises the Learning Partnership programme to share the Singapore Experience with overseas visitors who see Singapore as a learning model. This study tour programme is customised to meet the specific interests of individual organisations. For more information, contact
the Programme Director at e-mail:
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Over the past 33 years, Singapore has responded to the challanges for fast-paced
industrial development and rapid urbanisation by building a Garden City
that is renowned throughout Asia; a city with a well designed land-use
plan and a comprehensive and sophisticated environmental infrastructure.
It was against this backdrop that a fresh approach to environmental management,
The Singapore Green Plan, was conceived. This plan identified new
strategic directions that have to be addressed if the goals and targets
of sustainable development are to be met. Concrete plans were developed
for improving and promoting environmental education, environmental technology,
resource conservation, clean technologies and nature conservation, and
reducing environmental noise. Feedback was also sought from the public
and all interested parties before action programme were finalised and appropriate
agencies were identified to carry out each action.
