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Singapore's planning framework comprises three tiers, a long-term plan, the Master Plan, and detailed plans. [18] The long-term plan, formerly called the Concept Plan, [19] plots out Singapore's developmental direction over at least five decades. Intended to ensure optimal land use to meet economic growth targets and handle expected population ...
Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) is a 10-year master plan by the Government of Singapore to improve Singapore's infocomm infrastructure over the next decade. Led by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), iN2015 involves several organizations.
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions, which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas, and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones. [1]
7.63 22,970 2,800 4 Tengah * 登加 Dēngjiā தெங்கா West: 7.4 10 1.4 N/A Toa Payoh: 大巴窑 Dàbāyáo தோ பாயோ Central: 8.17 128,450 14,300 12 Tuas * 大士 Dàshì துவாஸ் West: 30.04 40 2.3 6 Western Islands: Kepulauan Barat 西部群岛 Xībù Qúndǎo மேற்கத்திய தீவுகள் ...
Building conservation in Singapore is the responsibility of URA, which issued a Conservation Master Plan in 1989. This plan laid down guidelines and processes for the conservation of culturally and historically significant buildings. [2] More than 7,000 buildings in Singapore have been gazetted as conserved buildings.
In 1952, the SIT began work on a Master Plan for Singapore, which was submitted to the Singapore government for approval in 1955. This plan made several recommendations regarding the zoning and transport infrastructure in Singapore, such as an improved road network and the construction of new towns that could function separately from the city. [27]
Prior to 1991, urban planners in Singapore preferred to have a strong commercial zone in the centre of the metropolitan area. Coupled with a disjointed residential developments in the northern and eastern areas, and industrial developments in the western areas of Singapore, this resulted in citizens having to travel across the island to their work or retail destinations.
The first Master Plan was adopted in 1958. [7] The Master Plan was a statutory plan which regulated land use and development over a 20-year period, to be reviewed every five years. [7] One of the main aims of this plan was to establish New Towns away from the Central Region, laying the precedent for the North-East Region’s urban development. [7]