ABSTRACT
With a population density of over 5 million residents living on 719 square kilometers of land, Singapore is one of only a few highly dense cities in the world to consistently rank high in various global surveys of livability of cities. How did Singapore achieve this balance of density and liveability in a short span of five decades, and what did Singapore learn in the process of achieving this balance? Through studying Singapore’s urban development experience, this chapter distills the broad principles that have guided the city-state’s transformation over the years and examines how these same principles also underlie the development of other successful cities around the world. This suggests that there may be broad universal principles useful for the development of livable and sustainable cities.
