The Benefits Of Greening In Singapore

In Singapore, greening is not limited, it is built on ground, walls, to rooftops, it goes both upwards and downwards. It is both practical and beneficial because it reduces the island’s tropical climate. In the latest HDBs in Singapore, rooftop planting as for recreational purposes and to prevent from dry conditions. Architects and designers use a lot of vertical green walls nowadays, it improves the aesthetics of the building as well protect the building from the heat. “They provide a habitat, for birds, butterflies, and other small animals. Above all, they have a psychological benefit, helping to make the urban environment less stressful” (Auger,2013, P.171) “Designers must educated the public that design is about strategy, not decoration”

The revolution is “blue” as we as “green”, involving rivers and canals. (Auger,2013, P.24) The Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew vision Singapore as Garden City, as an integration with the environment and the urban development. He claims that it is to soften (hides) the effects of a concrete jungle. The development of Singapore as Garden City by name has been successful in many ways; in both public and private spaces. Many trees and plants are planted along all the road sides, buildings, and at any spare area of every estate. The greening has to become priority in Singapore without side-lined to transform the city to oasis in Southeast Asia. Most importantly, it would make Singapore a pleasant place in which to live and raise a family. It gives comfort, and eye pleasing by having surrounded by greeneries. It also suggest the public awareness, as we’re living on the tropical climate zones. “One arm of my strategy was to make Singapore into an oasis in Southeast Asia, for if we had First world standards, hen businessmen and tourist would make us a base for their business and tours of the Region”, says Lee Kwan

It is a very pleasant environment for both first time travellers and regular travellers as well as people who works there. “Without the greening effort, Singapore would have been a barren, ugly city. There would have been a few trees, planted haphazardly here and there, but there would have been none of the planning or the care and maintenance that sustain our greenery today.” LEE KWAN YEW (Auger. 2013. P.17) While most architects have genuinely attempted to improve the living conditions in many ways, nature, the use of greens has been used to solve the city as a more sustainable environment, it has not improved much over the nineteenth-century counterparts but in the twentieth century, with a majority of trees being planted and wildlife being preserved, changes in social attitudes, and advances in technology has become more