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The power of parks in urban pockets (translation)
Berita Harian covered a commentary by Dr Samuel Chng and Dr Harvey Neo on the significance of parks in urban areas.
Singapore’s pioneer urban planner and URA founder Alan Choe dies at 93
The Straits Times reported on the passing of Singapore’s pioneer urban planner and URA founder, Alan Choe, at the age of 93. The article included quotes from Professor Cheong Koon Hean.
The power of parks in urban pockets
The Straits Times covered a commentary by Dr Samuel Chng and Dr Harvey Neo on the significance of parks in urban areas.
New HDB flats prevent further entrenchment of Bukit Timah as private home enclave: Expertsa
The Straits Times covered a report on how new HDB flats are preventing the further entrenchment of Bukit Timah as a private home enclave, according to experts. Associate Professor Yeo Kang Shua and Dr Harvey Neo provided insights in the article.
Older adults more likely to embrace environmental actions with low costs
According to a survey report on Singaporeans’ understanding of net-zero emissions, while 65% of respondents support Singapore’s aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and 17% advocate for an even earlier target, only 15% are aware of the government’s commitment for 2050.
Only 15% of people surveyed are aware of S’pore’s net-zero emission target: Study
Conducted by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (Ipur) at NUS, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, and the Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit of the MSE, the study was done in 2023 among some 2,300 people aged 15.
Is Tampines indeed Singapore’s most well-connected regional centre?
CNA’s Daily Cuts – Singapore Today’s Lance Alexander and Justine Moss speak with Dr Harvey Neo, Research Fellow and Head of Programme for Cities and Urban Science and Urban Environmental Sustainability, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, about whether Tampines is indeed Singapore’s most well-connected regional centre.
Singapore needs to create leisure spaces after 60 years of infrastructure development
Red Ants highlighted Singapore’s need to pivot to creating leisure spaces after 60 years of infrastructure development. Professor Chan Heng Chee was quoted in the article.
Set aside space for people to use spontaneously to create ‘magic’ in the city: Chan Heng Chee
Sustaining a city’s magic is among the urban issues explored in a new book launched on April 26. The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity And Place Identities In Singapore was edited by Prof Chan, from the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and geographer Harvey Neo.
Tampines is Singapore’s most well-connected regional centre, says new book on urbanisation
How successful Singapore’s regionalism project has been, the future of city centre office spaces post-pandemic, and how cities recover post-crisis are among the key urban issues tackled in a new book. The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity And Place Identities In Singapore was edited by Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) honorary professor Chan Heng Chee and professorial research fellow Harvey Neo. The Straits Times unpacks some of the book’s key ideas and insights, as well as those raised during a panel discussion at the book’s launch on April 26.