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Belinda Yuen

YUEN Belinda

Research Director

Environmental planning, Town and Regional Planning

EMAIL
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sutd.edu.sg
CONTACT
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Biography

Dr Belinda Yuen is Senior Professorial Research Fellow. She is a qualified urban planner. Aside from master planning practice, Belinda has extensive research and publication in spatial planning and urban policy analysis, most recently, on planning livable, sustainable cities. She has been elected to President, Singapore Institute of Planners (2005-08), and Vice-President, Commonwealth Association of Planners (South-east Asia) (2006-08; 2010-12; 2014-16). Belinda has served on various Singapore urban planning committees including as Planning Appeals Inspector, and on numerous international advisory committees including International Advisory Board of United Nations State of World’s Cities Report 2008/09; United Nations Global Research Network on Human Settlements (2008-11); Working Group of United Nations Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Editorial Board of international journals – Asia Pacific Planning Review; Regional Development Studies; Cities; Journal of Planning History, Journal of Comparative Asian Development, among others. She has been a Juror, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Habitat Award, 2008-2009, and science reviewer of international pluridisciplinary research programmes. Belinda has worked with the university, public, private as well as international development organisations including Asian Development Bank, United Nations and The World Bank.

Education
  • PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia (topic focus: environmental planning)
  • MA, Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • BA, Geography, University of Singapore, Singapore (Hons, 2nd upper)
  • BA, Economics and Geography, University of Singapore, Singapore
Selected Publications
  • Yuen, B. 1999. Greening Singapore: Concrete city to garden city. In Best practices to improve the living environment (Awarded good practice paper). United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS), 2000
  • Yuen, B., Kong, L., & Briffett, C., 1999, Nature and the Singapore resident, Geojournal, 49(3), 323–331.
  • Sodhi, N., Briffett, C., Kong, L., & Yuen, B. 1999, Bird use of linear areas of a tropical city: Implications for park connector design and management. Landscape and Urban Planning, 45, 123–130.
  • Kong, L., Yuen, B., Sodhi, N., & Briffett, C. 1999, The construction and experience of nature: Perspectives from urban youths, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 90(1), 3–16.
  • Motha, P., & Yuen, B. 1999, Singapore real property guide. Singapore University Press.
  • Yuen, B., Teo, H. P., & Ooi, G. L. 1999, Singapore housing, National University of Singapore.
  • Foo, A. F., & Yuen, B. (Eds.), 1999, Sustainable cities in the 21st century, National University of Singapore.
  • Lim, L. Y., Yuen, B., & Low, C. (Eds.), 1999, Urban quality of life: Critical issues and options, National University of Singapore.
  • Yuen, B., & Ng, T. H. 2001, Urban conservation in Singapore: Tradition or tourist bane, Planning Practice & Research, 16(1), 39–50.
  • Yuen, B. 2002, Singapore, In A. Rozali, J. Doling, & D.-S. Lee (Eds.), Housing policy systems in South and East Asia, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Briffett, C., Yuen, B., & Barrow Marrs, C. 2002, Multi-use green corridors in the city: Guidelines for implementation (Environmental Planning and Management Series No. 1), The Nature Society.
  • Yuen, B. 2004, Safety and dwelling in Singapore, Cities, 21(1), 19-28.
  • Freire, M., & Yuen, B. (Eds.) 2004, Enhancing urban management in East Asia, Ashgate.
  • Yuen, B. 2005, Searching for place identity in Singapore, Habitat International, 29(2), 197–214.
  • Tu, Y., Kwee, L. K., & Yuen, B. 2005 An empirical analysis of Singapore households’ upgrading mobility behaviour: From public homeownership to private homeownership, Habitat International, 29(3), 511–525.
  • Yuen, B. 2005, Romancing the high-rise in Singapore. Cities, 22(1), 3-14.
  • Yuen, B., & Wong, N. H. 2005, Resident perceptions and expectations of rooftop gardens in Singapore, Landscape and Urban Planning, 73(4), 263–276.
  • Soh, E., & Yuen, B. 2006, Government-aided participation in planning Singapore. Cities, 23(1), 30-43.
  • Yuen, B., Yeh, A., Appold, S. J., Earl, G., Ting, J., & Kwee, L. K. 2006, High-rise living in Singapore public housing. Urban Studies, 43(3), 583-600.
  • Yuen, B. 2006, Reclaiming cultural heritage in Singapore. Urban Affairs Review, 41(6), 830-854.
  • Yuen, B., Kwee, L. K., & Tu, Y. 2006, Housing affordability in Singapore: Can we move from public to private housing, Urban Policy and Research, 24(2), 253-270.
  • Yuen, B., Ahmad, S., & Ho, C. S. 2006, Malaysia. In B. Roberts & T. Kanaley (Eds.), Urbanisation and sustainability in Asia, Asian Development Bank.
  • Roberts, B., Schwartz, H., Carline, J., King, L., Orange, J., Cumming, P., Yuen, B., & Ravetz, J. 2006, Global good practices in sustainable urban region development. In B. Roberts & T. Kanaley (Eds.), Urbanisation and sustainability in Asia, Asian Development Bank.
  • Appold, S. J., & Yuen, B. 2007, Families in flats, revisited, Urban Studies, 44(3), 569-589.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, Beyond sustainable development. In T.-C. Wong, B. Yuen, & C. Goldblum (Eds.), Spatial planning for a sustainable Singapore, Springer.
  • Yuen, B. 2008, Sport and urban development in Singapore, Cities, 25(1), 29-36.
  • Yuen, B. 2008, Strengthening urban heritage in Singapore: Building economic competitiveness and civic identity, In N. R. Khadpekar (Ed.), Urban revitalization: Perspectives and initiatives, Icfai University Press.
  • Yuen, B. 2009, Revisiting urban planning in East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific: Regional study prepared for Revisiting Urban Planning: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009, UN-HABITAT.
  • Yuen, B. 2009, Reinventing high-rise housing in Singapore. Cityscape, 11(1), 3-18.
  • Yuen, B., & Kong, L. 2009, Climate change and urban planning in Southeast Asia. SAPIENS, 2(3, http://sapiens.revues.org/index881.html
  • Ooi, G. L., & Yuen, B. (Eds.), 2010, World cities: Achieving liveability and vibrancy, World Scientific Press,
  • Yuen, B. 2010, Guiding spatial changes: Singapore urban planning, In S. V. Lall, M. Freire, B. Yuen, R. Rajack, & J.-J. Helluin (Eds.), Urban land markets, Springer.
  • Seetharam, K., & Yuen, B. (Eds.), 2010, Developing living cities: From analysis to action, World Scientific Press.
  • Yuen, B., & Kumssa, A. (Eds.), 2011, Climate change and sustainable development in Africa and Asia, Springer.
  • Yuen, B., & Yeh, A. (Eds.), 2011, High-rise living in Asian cities, Springer.
  • Wong, T.-C., & Yuen, B. (Eds.), 2011, Eco-city planning: Policies, practice and design. Springer.
  • Yuen, B. 2011, Urban planning in Southeast Asia: Perspective from Singapore. Town Planning Review, 82(2), 146-167.
  • Yuen, B. 2011, Singapore: Planning for more with less, In S. Hamnett & D. Forbes (Eds.), Planning Asian cities: Risk and resilience, Routledge.
  • Soh, E., & Yuen, B. (2011), Singapore’s changing spaces. Cities, 28(1), 3-10.
  • Bertaud, A., Lefevre, B., & Yuen, B. 2011, GHG emissions, urban mobility and morphology: A hypothesis. In D. Hoornweg, M. Freire, M. J. Lee, P. Bhada-Tata, & B. Yuen (Eds.), Cities and climate change: Responding to an urgent agenda, World Bank.
  • Kumar Debnath, A., Haque, M. M., Chin, H. C., & Yuen, B. 2011, Sustainable urban transport: Smart technology initiatives in Singapore, Transportation Research Record, 2243, 38-45.
  • Yuen, B., & Kong, L. 2011 Singapore’s eco-development in a changing climate, Regional Development Dialogue, 32(2), 85-98.
  • Yuen, B. 2012, Singapore urban planning and city image, In H. Li & C. Wu (Eds.), Branding Asian cities, Communication University of China.
  • Yuen, B. 2013, Migration and slums in urban Asia. In S. Chatterjee (Ed.), Ending Asian deprivations: Compulsions for a fair, prosperous and equitable Asia, Routledge.
  • Yuen, B. 2013, Urban regeneration in Asia: Mega projects and heritage conservation. In M. E. Leary & J. McCarthy (Eds.), Handbook on urban regeneration, Routledge.
  • Yuen, B. 2013, Challenges and opportunities of providing efficient urban services, Regional Development Dialogue, 34(2), 37-52.
  • Kumar Debnath, A., Chin, H. C., Haque, M. M., & Yuen, B. (2014, A methodological framework for benchmarking smart transport cities. Cities, 37, 47–56.
  • Yuen, B., & Seetharam, K. E. 2015, Building age-friendly cities in ageing Asian tigers. ISOCARP Review, 11, 202-217.
  • Yuen, B., & Kumssa, A. 2016, Transition towards sustainable urbanisation in Asia and Africa. In H. G. Brauch et al. (Ed.), Handbook on sustainability transition and sustainable peace, Springer.
  • Yuen, B., & Soh, E. 2017, Housing for older people in Singapore: An annotated bibliography, Springer.
  • Yuen, B., & Kong, P. (2018), Arts and culture for older people in Singapore: An annotated bibliography, Springer.
  • Yuen, B. (Ed., (2019), Ageing and the built environment in Singapore, Springer.
  • Marakkalage, H., Sarica, S., Lau, P. L. B., Viswanath, S. K., Balasubramaniam, T., Yuen, C., Yuen, B., Luo, J., & Nayak, R. 2019, Understanding the lifestyle of older population: Mobile crowdsourcing approach. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 6(1), 82-95.
  • Yuen, B. 2019, Moving towards age-inclusive public housing in Singapore. Urban Research & Practice, 12(1), 84–98.
  • Hamnett, S., & Yuen, B. (Eds.), 2019, Planning Singapore: The experimental city. Routledge.
  • Yuen, B. 2019, Adapting public housing to age in place in Singapore. In A. Lane (Ed.), Urban environments for healthy ageing: A global perspective. Routledge.
  • Yuen, B., Močnik, Š., Yu, C.-H. F., & Yap, W. 2020, Ageing-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America: An annotated bibliography. Springer Briefs in Aging.
  • Song, S., Yap, W., Hou, Y., & Yuen, B. 2020, Neighbourhood built environment, physical activity, and physical health among older adults in Singapore: A simultaneous equations approach. Journal of Transport & Health, 18, 100881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100881
  • Ho, S. H., Tan, D. P. S., Tan, P. J., Ng, K. W., Lim, Z. Z. B., Ng, I. H. L., Wong, L. H., Ginting, M. L., Yuen, B., Mallya, J. U., Chong, M. S., & Wong, C. H. 2020, The development and validation of a prototype mobility tracker for assessing the life space mobility and activity participation of older adults. BMC Geriatrics, 20, 251.
  • Bhuyan, M. R., Lane, A., Moogoor, A., Močnik, Š., & Yuen, B. 2020, Meaning of age-friendly neighbourhood: An exploratory study with older adults and key informants in Singapore. Cities, 107, 102940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102940
  • Hou, Y., Yap, W., Chua, R., Song, S., & Yuen, B. 2020, The associations between older adults’ daily travel pattern and objective and perceived built environment: A study of three neighbourhoods in Singapore. Transport Policy, 99, 314–328.
  • Yuen, B. 2021, Ageing and digital technology in the COVID-19 response. Town Planning Review. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2020.75
  • Yuen, B. 2021, Moving towards age-inclusive public housing in Singapore. In S. Tsenkova (Ed.), Transforming social housing: International perspectives. Routledge.
  • Yuen, B. 2021, Neighbourhoods for an ageing population in Singapore. In R. Bartel & J. Carter (Eds.), Handbook on space, place and law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Hou, Y., Moogoor, A., Dieterich, A., Song, S., & Yuen, B. 2021, Exploring built environment correlates of older adults’ walking travel from lifelogging images. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 96, 102850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102850
  • Siew, W., Yuen, B., & Silva, A. 2021, Mobile technologies for ageing population with dementia in Singapore. In A. Chakrabarti, R. Poovaiah, P. Bokil, & V. Kant (Eds.), Design for tomorrow Vol. 2 pp. 841–852, Springer.
  • Huang, F., Lim, K., Sidhi, E., & Yuen, B. 2021, Sensing community resilience using social media. In A. Rajabifard, D. Paez, & G. Foliente (Eds.), COVID-19 pandemic, geospatial information, and community resilience: Global applications and lessons. CRC Press.
  • Yuen, B., & Jacobs, J. M. 2022, Down the vertical refuse chutes in Singapore high-rise living. Journal of Planning History. https://doi.org/10.1177/15385132221085948
  • Yuen, B., Bhuyan, M. R., Song, S., Moogoor, A., Yap, W., Močnik, Š., & Chua, R. 2022, Age-friendly neighbourhood planning and design guidelines: A Singapore case study. World Scientific.
  • Yuen, B., Bhuyan, M. R., Dieterich, A., Yap, W., & Chua, R. 2022, Age-friendly neighbourhood post-implementation toolkit. World Scientific.
  • Yuen, B., Močnik, Š., Moogoor, A., Dieterich, A., Yap, W., & Bhuyan, M. R. 2022, Age-friendly neighbourhood environmental audit toolkit. World Scientific.
  • Močnik, Š., Moogoor, A., & Yuen, B. 2022, Exploring facilitators and barriers of older adults’ outdoor mobility: A walk-along study in Singapore. Journal of Transport & Health, Volume 26, 101386.
  • Yuen, B., & Tan, Z. 2022, Melbourne: A people-first design for liveable city. In A. Bris, C. Cabolis, B. Lanvin, & H. C. Chan (Eds.), Cities in a time of global emergencies. IMD Publishing.
  • Moogoor, A., Močnik, Š., & Yuen, B. 2022, Neighbourhood environmental influences on older adults’ physical activities and social participation in Singapore: A photovoice study. Social Science & Medicine, 310, 115288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115288
  • Yuen, B., Lane, A., & Močnik, Š. 2022, Using Delphi technique to develop a shared vision for dementia-friendly Singapore. Journal of Aging and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2022.2140374
  • Yuen, B. 2023, Singapore: Planning for healthy ageing. In R. Hu (Ed.), Routledge handbook of Asian cities. Routledge.
  • Jacobs, J. M., & Yuen, B. 2023, Edges and eddies: Learning to be a high-rise society in post-independence Singapore, 1960-1995. In T. Haas (Ed.), Women reclaiming the city: International research on urbanism, architecture, and planning. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  • Bhuyan, M. R., Yuen, B., & Ho, D. 2023 Contested active mobility infrastructure: Diversity of uses and experiences of walkable neighbourhoods in Singapore. In P. R. Messinger & K. Habib (Eds.), Reimagining architecture and urbanism in the post-pandemic world. Ethics Press.
  • Yuen, B., Chan, F., Lim, K., Siew, W., & Tan, W. M. 2023 Community wellness hub playbook. Singapore University of Technology and Design & MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation.
  • Yuen, B., Chan, F., Yang, X., & Lim, K. 2023 Smart sustainability transformation playbook.
  • Yuen, B., Bhuyan, M. R., Ho, D., & Joyce, S. 2024 Redefining active mobility from spatial to social in Singapore. Journal of Transport & Health, 38, 101869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101869
  • Yuen, B., Cai, Y., Chan, F., Yang, X., & Lim, K. 2024 11 smart cities. World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/13917
  • Yuen, B., Yang, X., Chan, F., How, C. H., & Shum, E. 2025 Walking far and near in Singapore public housing town. Cities, 167, 106297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106297
  • Yuen, B., Kato, Y., Chan, F., Nearing, C., Jimenez, L., & Waldeck, F. 2025 Adaptive reuse of abandoned rail infrastructure playbook. Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Lin, S. H., Zhao, F., Yang, X., Ho, Y.-C. L., Yuen, B., & Ng, Y. S. 2025 Out-of-home activities motivating older adults’ participation in the community. International Journal of Health Geographics, 24, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-025-00429-3
  • Yuen, B., Yang, X., Chan, F., Nearing, C., Jimenez, L., & Wang, J. 2025 Youth outdoor recreation space playbook. Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Kato, Y., Chan, F., & Yuen, B. 2026 Using social network analysis to understand residents’ social connection in a Singapore neighbourhood. Social Networks, 85, 121–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2025.12.006
  • Ng, Y. S., Zhao, F., Ho, L. Y.-C., Tay, L., Shum, E., Latib, A., Choo, S., Chew, S., Leong, T., Pua, Y. H., Yuen, B., Joyce, S. C., Yang, X., Chan, A., Maulod, A., Wong, Y., Soh, D., Balan, R. K., Low, L. L., Thumboo, J., Ding, Y. Y., Hoenig, H. M., & Lin, S. 2025 Elderly Activity Life-Space Envelopes (EASE): Development and feasibility of a comprehensive, integrated protocol for life-space mobility research in population health. JMIR Research Protocols, 14, e79308. https://doi.org/10.2196/79308
  • Yuen, B., Chan, F., Kato, Y., Wang, J., & Jimenez, L. 2026 Activating outdoor recreation space: People connection playbook. Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
  • Cai, Y., Yuen, B., & Nearing, C. 2026 Collaborative governance in urban regeneration: Comparative insights from Seoul, Shenzhen, Vancouver, and Vienna. Planning Practice & Research, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2026.2630042
  • Yuen, B., Cai, Y., Nearing, C. M., Wang, J., & Yang, X, 2026, Innovation Towards Sustainability: 6 Cities, 12 Approaches, In WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks, World Scientific, https://doi.org/10.1142/14665
International/Regional Conference Papers/Presentation
  • Yuen, B. (1999, September), 1999, Building for sustainable development in Singapore, 5th International Congress of Asian Planning Schools Association: Retrospect and Prospect of Planning in Asia at the Turn of the Century, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Yuen, B. (1999, October), 1999, Financing public housing: The Singapore development [Invited], ASEAN Association for Planning and Housing Indonesia International Seminar, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Yuen, B. (1999, November), 1999 Land use policy and sustainable development in Singapore [Invited], International Conference on Cities in Transition, Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, B. (2000, June), 2000 Singapore housing: A strategy for urban development and regeneration, International Conference on the City Region in a World of Globalisation, Bergen, Norway.
  • Briffett, C., Yuen, B., & Barlow Marrs, C. (2000, March), 2000 A theoretical framework and practical guidelines for the planning, design and management of urban multi-use green corridors, 2nd International Conference on Quality of Life in Cities, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2001, February), 2000 Uplifting the poor through mass housing in Singapore [Invited], Inter and Intra Regional Cooperation to Promote Social Development Policy and Practice Seminar, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Kwee, L. K., Tu, Y., & Yuen, B. (2001, May), 2001, The affordability aspects of private homeownership in Singapore, American Real Estate and Urban Economics International Conference, Cancun, Mexico.
  • Yuen, B. (2001, July), 2001, Homes for today and tomorrow: Access to housing in Singapore, 1st World Planning Schools Congress: Planning for Cities in the 21st Century, Opportunities and Challenges, Shanghai, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2002, April), 2002, A study of pragmatic planning [Invited], IHS International Workshop on Leadership in Urban Management, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2002, April), 2002, Singapore tourism: The engine for regeneration, Twin Cities Conference 2002, Malacca, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2002, October), 2002, Enlivening the city [Invited], 1st Mayor National Healthy Cities Conference, Malacca, Malaysia.
  • Appold, M. S., & Yuen, B. (2003, August), 2003, Singaporean family life in high-rise apartment blocks, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Yuen, B. (2003, October), 2003, Two plans, one ideology of urban sustainability in Singapore [Invited], CREBA-HUDCC National Conference on Sustainable Development, Manila, Philippines.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, March), 2005, (Re)vitalising Singapore’s urban edge, International Conference on Development and Tourism in Coastal Areas, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, April), 2005, Squatters no more: Singapore social housing, World Bank 3rd Urban Research Symposium, Brasília, Brazil.
  • Dao, T. C., & Yuen, B. (2005, April), 2005, Constituting the use in the making of local public space, Conference on Sustainable Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, June), 2005, Urban development and management: Planning a distinctive Singapore [Invited, Keynote address], Urban Management Forum, Madrid, Spain.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, June), 2005, Remaking Singapore: Heritage and culture, sustainable region [Invited], Solar Region and Cultural/Natural Heritage International Meeting, Naples, Italy.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, October), 2005, Leverage for city development [Invited]. Valencia Summit 2005, Valencia, Spain,
  • Yuen, B., Yeh, A., Appold, S. J., Earl, G., Ting, J., & Kwee, L. K. (2005, December), 2005, How willing are we to live in taller housing? 6th International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, December), 2005, The shifting paradigms of high-rise living [Invited, Theme address], 6th International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, B. (2005, December), 2005, Urban heritage and the global city [Invited], Asia Society Hong Kong Centre Luncheon Address, Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, February), 2006, Regeneration of “abandoned doorstep” [Invited], RHUF Revitalisation of Historical Urban Fabrics, Naples, Italy.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, June), 2006, Sustaining quality of life, reclaiming heritage [Invited], 4th International Conference on the City Net: The Net of Cities, Capri, Italy.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, June), 2006, Re-inventing high-rise in Singapore, CIP Urban Planning Congress: Sustainable Urbanization, Turning Ideas into Actions, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, July), 2006, Public spaces in Singapore high-rise living, 2nd World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, October), 2006, Sport and international promotion of Singapore [Invited], Valencia Summit 2006, Valencia, Spain.
  • Yuen, B. (2006, November), 2006, Connected planning, economic competitiveness and liveability [Invited], Malaysia World Town Planning Day Convention 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, January), 2007, Globalisation and the skyscraper [Invited], City Development Asia 2007, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, February), 2007, Effective water resource management in urban development [Invited], 3R Workshop on Effective Waste Management and Resource Use Efficiency in East and South-East Asia, Asian Development Bank Headquarters, Manila, Philippines.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, May), 2007, Guiding spatial changes: Singapore urban planning, World Bank 4th Urban Research Symposium, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, May), 2007, Metropolitan planning of Singapore [Invited], Roundtable on Perspectives on Metropolitan Management: A Dialogue Between Academics and Practitioners, World Bank, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, June), 2007, The flâneur of Singapore high-density public housing [Invited], Density Inside Out: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, July), 2007, Risk and security in Singapore high-rise, AESOP 2007, Naples, Italy.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, November), 2007, Singapore high-rise: A sustainable housing model, International Conference on Sustainable Building Southeast Asia (CIB SB07SEA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2007, November), 2007, Planning civic nature for smart growth, International Symposium on Cities and Conservation: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Institutional Collaboration Towards Sustainable Urban Development, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, March), 2008, Planning Singapore: Creating growth and places [Invited, Plenary address], UNIAPRAVI 45 Conferencia Interamericana para la Vivienda, Lima, Peru.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, April), 2008, Sustainable urbanization in Southeast Asia [Invited], Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization, Embassy of Sweden, Indonesia and Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, May), 2008, Singapore local economic development: The case of EDB [Invited], Workshop on City Economic Development: The Agency Question, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, July), 2008 The behavioural pattern of neighbour relations in Singapore public housing, ACSP-AESOP International Conference: Building the Divide, Celebrating the City, Chicago, IL, United States.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, November), 2008, Heritage preservation: The “soul” of cities [Invited], World Urban Forum IV Session on Historic Preservation and Urban Regeneration, Nanjing International Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2008, November), 2008, Planning for more growth in Singapore [Invited], UNIAPRAVI International Conference on Housing and Finance, Hotel J. W. Marriott, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Yuen, B. (2009, June), 2009, Singapore: Its comprehensive approach to urban sustainability [Invited], World Bank 5th Urban Research Symposium, Marseille, France.
  • Yuen, B., & Kong, L. (2009, June), 2009, Climate change and urban planning in Southeast Asia, World Bank 5th Urban Research Symposium, Marseille, France.
  • Bertaud, A., Lefevre, B., & Yuen, B. (2009, June), 2009, GHG emissions, urban mobility and efficiency of urban morphology: A hypothesis [Invited, Plenary address]. World Bank 5th Urban Research Symposium, Marseille, France,
  • Yuen, B. (2009, July), 2009, Singapore water urbanism: Proactive planning, AESOP 2009, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
  • Yuen, B. (2009, October), 2009, Social capital and green urbanism [Invited, Keynote address], Green Urbanism at Albano Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Yuen, B. (2009, November), 2009, Urban planning and the image of capital cities [Invited], VNCI-USAID Workshop on RIA for Capital Law, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Yuen, B. (2010, March), 2010, The risks and potentials of Asian megacities [Invited, Keynote address], Kyoto University-JICA Symposium on Human Security Engineering, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yuen, B. (2010, August), 2010, Eco-development and climate change in Singapore [Invited], ITB-UNCRD Senior Policy Seminar on Climate Change and Poverty in Africa-Asia: Challenges and Initiatives, Bandung, Indonesia.
  • Yuen, B. (2010, October), 2010, Planning city of opportunity in Singapore [Invited], Asia-Europe Foundation International Workshop on Urban Management for an Urban Future, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Yuen, B. (2011, January), 2011, Transforming constraints into growth [Invited], Colloque International Sustainable Cities Today Inventing a New Urbanity Tomorrow, Paris, France.
  • Yuen, B. (2011, September), 2011, Climate change and food security in Asia [Invited, Keynote address], UNCRD-HCMUT Seminar on Toward a Green Economy: The Effects of Climate Change on Food Security and Earth Resources in Africa and Asia.
  • Yuen, B. (2011, November), 2011, Conserving traditional neighbourhoods, achieving urban sustainability [Invited], Urban Planning Society of China 2011 Annual Conference: Between the Old and the New, Interaction and Coordination, Tianjin, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2011, November), 2011, Sports and city image promotion [Invited], 9th Asian Media Forum and 3rd Asian City Forum, Chengdu, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2012, August), 2012, Heritage conservation and enchanting destination [Invited], 2012 Asian City Forum-Wuhan Summit, Wuhan, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2012, September), 2012, Spaces in the sky [Invited], Future Cities Laboratory 2nd International Conference on Territorial Encounters, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Yuen, B. (2012, November), 2012, The matter of high-rise living [Invited, Keynote address], Annual Conference on Ivory Tower: High-Rise Building in Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Yuen, B. (2013, October), 2013, Eco-city planning: Pure hype or achievable concept, 49th ISOCARP Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Yuen, B. (2013, November), 2013, Public housing in Singapore: Transforming lives [Invited], 46th EAROPH Regional Conference, Iskandar Malaysia, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2013, November), 2013, Urban development and management in Asia: Lessons for African cities [Invited, Keynote address], UNCRD and UN-HABITAT Forum for Mayors and Senior Officials on Sustainable Urban Development and Management in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Yuen, B. (2013, November), 2013, Challenges and opportunities of providing efficient urban services [Invited], UNCRD and UN-HABITAT Forum for Mayors and Senior Officials on Sustainable Urban Development and Management in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Yuen, B. (2014, May), 2014, Eco-city in Singapore [Invited], 2014 Spring Symposium of Korea Institute of Ecological Architecture and Environment, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Yuen, B. (2014, October), 2014, Urban futures of Asian cities [Invited], USAID-UNDP Asia Urban Futures Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, May), 2015, The multiple transformations of public housing in Singapore [Invited], The Future of Public Housing Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, May), 2015, Intensification: Smart urbanization development [Invited], FIABCI 66th World Real Estate Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, June), 2015, Adaptive strategies for climate resilient society in Singapore [Invited], Regional Workshop for Capacity Development on Low Carbon and Resilient Society in Southeast Asia Countries, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, July), 2015, How age-friendly is your dwelling? [Invited], National Urban Sustainability R&D Conference, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, October), 2015, To be inclusive is to be age-ready: Perspective from Singapore, 51st ISOCARP Congress, Brussels-Rotterdam, Belgium and the Netherlands.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, December), 2015, Seniors parks: The next planning frontier [Invited, Keynote address], NParks CUGE Research Seminar 2015, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2015, December), 2015, The silver opportunity in leisure [Invited], 6th Asian City Forum: City-Leisure-Future, Ningbo, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2016, November), 2015, Planning a city for all ages in Singapore, Commonwealth Association of Planners Conference 2016, Fiji.
  • Lau, B. P. L., Marakkalage, S. H., Viswanath, S. K., Balasubramaniam, T., Yuen, C., Yuen, B., & Nayak, R. (2017, March), 2017, Extracting point of interest and classifying environment for low sampling crowd sensing smartphone sensor data, CASPer 2017: The 4th IEEE PerCom International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications, Hawaii, United States.
  • Marakkalage, S. H., Lau, B. P. L., Viswanath, S. K., Balasubramaniam, T., Yuen, C., Yuen, B., & Nayak, R. (2017, April), 2017, Identifying points of interest for elderly in Singapore through mobile crowdsensing, 6th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems (SMARTGREENS 2017), Porto, Portugal.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, June), 2017, Social sustainability of Singapore neighbourhoods [Invited], World Sustainable Built Environment 2017 Conference, Hong Kong.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, June), 2017, Building capacity for resilient Singapore [Invited], UNDP Asia Forum on the Role of Local and Urban Governments in Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities and Rural Areas, Haiyang, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, June), 2017, Age-friendly housing+ in Singapore [Invited], ADB Aging Asia and the Pacific, Manila, Philippines.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, July), 2017, Retooling neighbourhoods for older people in Singapore, AESOP 2017 Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, August), 2017, Completing the SDG loop with research [Invited], UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Programme (2018–2021), Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Yuen, B. (2017, October), 2017, Visual art and ageing, International Ageing Urbanism Colloquium 2017, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, February), 2018, Growing older in Singapore public housing, International Research Forum on Multi-owned Properties, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, April), 2018, European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018: International perspectives [Invited, Panel speaker], European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, May), 2018, Child-friendly urban planning [Invited], Growing Up Urban Mayors Forum, Surabaya, Indonesia.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, July), 2018, Towards age-friendliness in Singapore [Invited], Centre for Liveable Cities-Seoul Institute Age-Friendly Cities Panel Discussion: Sharing from Asian Cities, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2018), 2018, From planning to implementation: Singapore [Invited, Keynote address], World Class Sustainable Cities 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, October), 2018, Designing ageing-friendly urban environment [Invited], Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress 2018, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, October), 2018, Enabling aging-in-place in Singapore [Invited], 2018 International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Ageing, Longevity and Health Conference, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, November), 2018, Inclusive planning in urban China [Invited, Keynote], China’s New Urban Agenda Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, November), 2018, Retooling the housing environment for ageing in Singapore [Invited], ADB Tongji Workshop on Developing Healthy and Age-Friendly Cities in the PRC: From Planning to Practice, Shanghai, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2018, November), 2018, Public housing in Singapore [Invited], Urban Age Conference: Developing Urban Future, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Yuen, B. (2019, March), 2019, Arts for older people: What are we researching? [Invited, Panel apeaker], Arts and Culture Research Symposium, National Arts Council, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2019, May), 2019, Amenities in senior housing [Invited Speaker], ADB-NDRC Workshop on Innovative Operations in Elderly Care in the PRC, Beijing, China.
  • Yuen, B. (2019, July), 2019, Sensing older people’s lived experiences through visual images in Singapore, AESOP Annual Congress, Venice, Italy.
  • Yuen, B. (2019, October), 2019, Planning for population ageing in Singapore [Invited], Value of Planning Symposium, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Yuen, B. (2019, November), 2019, Innovative planning and design of age-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore [Invited], URA Urban Lab Speaker Series: Designing Our Age-Friendly City, Singapore.
  • Yuen, B. (2020, September), 2020, Designing ageing-friendly cities [Invited], DesignSingapore Good Design Research Talk, Singapore.
  • Yang, X., Yuen, B., Ng, Y. S., & Lin, S. H. (2023, December), 2023, The built environment, health, and social determinants of older adults’ walking patterns in Singapore, 8th International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Wang, J., & Yuen, B. (2024, May), 2024, Rewarding cities innovation and transformation in urban sustainability, The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kato, Y., & Yuen, B. (2024, June), 2024, Outdoor recreation space and wellbeing in Singapore: A socio-temporal perspective, 55th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).
  • Chan, F., & Yuen, B. (2024, June), 2024, Outdoor recreation space: Accessibility and aspects of creating urban resilience, Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (AMPS) Livable Cities London Conference 2024. (Proceedings)
  • Koh, Z., Ng, B. K. K., Joyce, S. C., Yuen, B., & Yuen, C. (2024, November), 2024, Understanding park visitors mobility via passive Wi-Fi sensing and data mining, ACM MobiArch 2024.
  • Kato, Y., & Yuen, B. (2024, December), 2024, The role of outdoor recreation space in fostering social interactions: Insights from a mixed-method ethnographic study in Singapore, 9th Annual Conference of the International Conference on Research in Humanities and Social Sciences.
  • Cai, Y., Yuen, B., & Nearing, C. (2025, May), 2025, Collaborative governance in urban regeneration: Comparative insights from Seoul, Shenzhen, Vancouver, and Vienna, Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era: 2025 International Conference on Collaborative Planning in China and Beyond, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Kato, Y., & Yuen, B. (2025, May), 2025, Navigating power dynamics in multi-stakeholder collaboration for placekeeping: A mixed-methods study of the Rail Corridor, Singapore, 56th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA).
  • Nearing, C., Kato, Y., & Yuen, B. (2025, May), 2025, From proposal to placekeeping: Tracing landscape democracy along Singapore’s Rail Corridor, Democratic Landscape Transformation in Action Symposium.
  • Nearing, C., Kato, Y., & Yuen, B. (2025, December), 2025, Stepping through spatial and social precarity: Placekeeping of Singapore’s Rail Corridor, 13th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Yang, X., & Yuen, B. (2025, December), 2025, Sensing youth-friendly neighbourhood development in Singapore: A focus on youth outdoor play spaces, State of Australasian Cities Conference (SOAC) 2025.
  • Wang, J., & Yuen, B. (2026, April), 2025, Digital first, not digital only: Examining AI literacy and “6As” of digital inclusion among older adults in Singapore, 10th International Conference on Urban e-Planning, Urban e-Planning Research Network (UEPNET).
  • Cai, Y., & Yuen, B. 2026, Beyond access: Ageing in digitalising Singapore [Webinar presentation], Active Aging Consortium in Asia Pacific Webinar.
  • Yuen, B., Chan, F., Cai, Y., Yang, X., Jimenez, L., Wang, J., Li, B., & Nearing, C. M. 2026, Pulse of global smart and low carbon urban development, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, https://www.sutd.edu.sg/lkycic/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2026/06/pulse-of-global-smart-and-low-carbon-urban-development.pdf