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As cool as this is, I think the space savings is a red herring. There's still plenty of undeveloped land in SG, and lots of low rise buildings. A combination of
by IIAOPSW 9y ago
As cool as this is, I think the space savings is a red herring. There's still plenty of undeveloped land in SG, and lots of low rise buildings. A combination of well placed subway stops, transitioning some low-rise apartments to high rise, avoiding excessive road/parking space and generally competent urban planning should be enough to accommodate Singapore's burgeoning population without the need for mole people. Its always cheaper and easier to build up and out than to dig down.
- noobermin 9y agoI'm not sure where you get that idea. There isn't plenty of undeveloped land unless you're talking about jurong or punggol, and it doesn't help if those places take 2 or so hours to commute to downtown from on the MRT. If you're talking about the small patches of parks and the historic heritage sites, I think they have their reasons for keeping those.
- pilsetnieks 9y agoEither way, I'd argue that you need some parks and forests, or your populace will go insane. 20 or so golf courses in such a small and dense island are ridiculous, though.
- hellofunk 9y ago> it doesn't help if those places take 2 or so hours to commute to downtown from on the MRT This is part of the problem; it should never take 2 or more hours to go anywhere in a place as small as Singapore.
- jpatokal 9y agoIt doesn't? It's 53 min from Tuas Link at the extreme western tip of Singapore to Raffles Place by MRT, and you'd be hard pressed to find a place in Singapore where even a connecting bus would add more than 30 min to that.
- outside1234 9y agoThe most valuable space is the blank space on Singapore - the catchment areas are fabulous places to go hike and the island would be a nightmare without them.
- jsemrau 9y agoYou surely don't want to build another Hong Kong.
- zhte415 9y agoBut HK is mostly park, mountain and forest. Saikung, Lamma and Lantau my favourites.
- emmanuel_1234 9y agoThe city itself has none of it. Hong Kong is large slabs of concrete, where the people lives, surrounded by large slabs of green hills, where no one lives. Victoria Park, in the heart of Causeway Bay is the best example of it: it's just concrete with a few trees here and there, so depressing.
- zhte415 9y agoIncorrect. HK has one one the most beautiful envinoments any city state has to offer. Explore more.