‘Greenifying’ the Skyline – Sustainable Infrastructure

In many ways, Singapore is similar to New York City: it is a cosmopolitan place, with a rich history and cultural legacy; it is a merger of new and old, architecturally and most importantly it is incredibly dense and scarce in space. However, despite its historical and natural constraints, the city has been able to flourish from slums and poverty to modernity and environmental friendliness, through green infrastructure. In fact, the city even has a target of achieving an environmental performance of 80% in their rating of Green Mark by 2030. [1] Initiatives that Singapore has been doing to implement GI (green infrastructure) on its land include the connecting of parks into networks through iconic bridges, creating the largest body of freshwater in a city at Marina Bay Gardens, creating community green spaces with terraces and green roofs, [2]and most importantly: implementing the Skyrise Greenery Incentive in 2009 which motivates developers of high rises to implement green roofs in the

In many ways, Singapore is similar to New York City: it is a cosmopolitan place, with a rich history and cultural legacy; it is a merger of new and old, architecturally and most importantly it is incredibly dense and scarce in space. However, despite its historical and natural constraints, the city has been able to flourish from slums and poverty to modernity and environmental friendliness, through green infrastructure. In fact, the city even has a target of achieving an environmental performance of 80% in their rating of Green Mark by 2030. [1] Initiatives that Singapore has been doing to imp