NUS Cities Newsletter Issue 1 | Dec 2023
Welcome to our inaugural issue!
Professor Khoo Teng Chye (Director, NUS Cities) introduces what the NUS Cities Newsletter has to offer.
The Science(s) of Cities?
At a NUS Cities Lecture, Professors Michael Batty (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL) and Luis Bettencourt (UChicago) share differing views on what it means for a science of cities to be established.
NUS Cities Symposium 2023: Key takeaways
The NUS Cities Symposium (31 August-1 September 2023) was a forum for participants from academia, public agencies, NGOs, the industry, and students to share knowledge and exchange ideas on how to make cities liveable, sustainable, and resilient. We reflect on the takeaways from the event.
Are Singapore's new towns now less complex?
Michael McGreevy (Research Fellow, NUS Cities) looks back at how our HDB neighbourhoods have changed, and what might have been lost as a result. Photo Credit: Fabian Reck / Pexels
Island biodiversity and Jane Jacobs' urban vision
Andrew Schauf (Research Fellow, NUS Cities) uses biology to examine the question of whether high-density is a good thing for cities. Photo Credit: Magda Ehlers / Pexels
Ibasho: How to design for ageing
Professor Emi Kiyota from the Centre for Population Health at NUS is the founder of Ibasho, a pioneering approach to empowering the elderly to have fulfilling lives by building organic communities that they are an integral part of. She shares her insights into a pressing challenge of our time: the relationship between the built environment and ageing populations. Photo Credit: Ingo Joseph / Pexels
The 2000-watt society in Asia?
Professor Alexander Zehnder (President, triple Z Ltd, Zurich) is a founder of the 2000-Watt Society, developed to measure sustainable energy outcomes for cities. He is also a member of NUS Cities’ distinguished Panel of Advisors. We interview him on how he envisions his concept could be applied to Asia. Photo Credit: LED Supermarket / Pexels
Reimagining liveability at NUS Cities
Lee Kwong Weng (former Executive Director of the Council for Estate Agencies) shares about his experience as a Studio Leader for NUS Cities’ flagship course, Liveable Cities.
Exploring the future of cities
Chloe Ng (undergraduate in the BA Civil Engineering (Honours) programme, NUS) shares about how NUS Cities’ courses have developed her interest and concern for cities and their sustainability.
How Singapore can become car-lite
Gopinath Menon (Public Transport Council, Ministry of Transport) discusses the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Singapore in weaning off cars. Photo Credit: Tobi Law / Pexels