USTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: EXPLORING SINGAPORE’S SUCCESS IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT

Abstract

Global urbanization presents unprecedented challenges to cities, including resource limitations, population expansion, and climate change. Singapore stands as a prime example of a sustainable urban development model, offering innovative case studies for exploring new urban planning and development approaches. This study examines Singapore's strategies for building sustainable human settlements and cities in the twenty-first century. With the aim of identifying important behaviours, policies, and strategies that support environmental sustainability and urban resilience. The fo- cus mainly lies on understanding the fundamental concepts and tactics guiding Sin- gapore's sustainable urban development and planning, other cities can learn from Sin- gapore’s experience by analyzing, Singapore's key success elements and challenges in implementing sustainable urban practices, and deriving lessons. The main objec- tives are to evaluate Singapore's methods and policies for sustainable urban develop- ment, evaluate how Singapore's initiatives match the goals of global sustainability, and determine the elements influencing Singapore's sustainable urban development achievements and difficulties. This study is qualitative and uses secondary sources, including websites, journal publications, and research articles. The findings suggest that Singapore's achievements in sustainable urban growth are attributed to a compre- hensive strategy integrating land-use planning, transportation, housing, and environ- mental conservation. Singapore’s focus on climate resilience and green infrastructure has also guaranteed the city flexibility to challenges posed by urbanization and cli- mate change. Singapore’s efforts in sustainable urban development and planning pro- vide important insights for cities throughout the globe to become a worldwide leader in sustainable cities and human settlements for the twenty-first century.