{"id":15879,"date":"2023-12-28T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/?page_id=15879"},"modified":"2023-12-28T17:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:39:58","slug":"nus-cities-newsletter-issue-1-dec-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/nus-cities-newsletter-issue-1-dec-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NUS Cities Newsletter Issue 1 | Dec 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

NUS Cities Newsletter Issue 1 | Dec 2023<\/h2>\r\n

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Welcome to our inaugural issue!<\/h2>\r\n

Professor Khoo Teng Chye (Director, NUS Cities) introduces what the NUS Cities Newsletter has to offer.<\/p>\r\n

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The Science(s) of Cities?<\/h2>\r\n

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.<\/p>\r\n

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NUS Cities Symposium 2023: Key takeaways<\/h2>\r\n

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.<\/p>\r\n

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Are Singapore’s new towns now less complex?<\/h2>\r\n

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<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Island biodiversity and Jane Jacobs’ urban vision<\/h2>\r\n

Andrew Schauf (Research Fellow, NUS Cities) uses biology to examine the question of whether high-density is a good thing for cities.\u00a0Photo Credit: Magda Ehlers \/ Pexels<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Ibasho: How to design for ageing<\/h2>\r\n

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.\u00a0Photo Credit: Ingo Joseph \/ Pexels<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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The 2000-watt society in Asia?<\/h2>\r\n

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.\u00a0Photo Credit: LED Supermarket \/ Pexels<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Reimagining liveability at NUS Cities<\/h2>\r\n

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.<\/p>\r\n

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Exploring the future of cities<\/h2>\r\n

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.<\/p>\r\n

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How Singapore can become car-lite<\/h2>\r\n

Gopinath Menon (Public Transport Council, Ministry of Transport) discusses the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Singapore in weaning off cars.\u00a0Photo Credit: Tobi Law \/ Pexels<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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NUS Cities Newsletter Issue 1 | Dec 2023 Download PDF Version Welcome to our inaugural issue! Professor Khoo Teng Chye (Director, NUS Cities) introduces what the NUS Cities Newsletter has to offer. Read more The Science(s) of Cities? At a NUS Cities Lecture, Professors Michael Batty (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL) and Luis Bettencourt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15879"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16098,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15879\/revisions\/16098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/nuscities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}