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Julian Goh, Director

Singapore: Present, Past & FutureCreating a sustainable, resilient and equitable city

Source: Urban Development Authority (URA)

Bukit Ho Swee Fire in 1961

Our Present

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Singapore, a compact city-state• 5.4 mil population, S$330 billion GDP• 5 Airports, World’s busiest port• 3rd largest refinery hub• 20% of land for defence

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Yet Singapore is Green & LiveableAsia’s greenest city (EIU Asia Green City index)Asia’s most liveable city (Mercer)

Two-thirds of the land is water catchment

~50% green cover, more biodiversity than the North America continent

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Our Past

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A third world city at independence in 1965With 1.6mil population, two-thirds in squatters & slums

Building homes and resettling peopleCheap, fast and scaleable

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Creating a clean and green SingaporeWith a lot of hard work and trial & error

Building resilience in our water needsCollect every drop of water, and re-use more than once

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Keeping our roads congestion-freeAnd promoting public transport for the masses

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Systematic planning to meet long-term needsProjecting our needs, safeguarding our resources

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Bukit Ho Swee Fire in 1961

Our Future…

Pervasive Connectivity Smart Infrastructure

Harnessing Big Data Smart, Sustainable Districts

Fibre broadband >95% Free Wifi 4G network

Technology has opened up new possibilitiesWhich we have yet to fully grasp

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Good GovernanceLeadership,

Sound, competent institutions

Integrated ApproachThink long-term,

Fight productively

Good Governance needed to realize its potentialAnd technology will in turn strengthen governance

About CLC

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The Singapore Story @ WUF Medellin

Making Cities Sustainable, Resiiient and Equitable12:15-14:15, 7 Apr 2014City Changer Room / UN-Habitat Pavilion

Press Launch of Partnership on Greener Cities by UNEP and UN Habitat15:00-17:00, 7 Apr 2014

CLC Training Event: Common Challenges, Shared Solutions8:30-11:30, 9 Apr 2014

Special Session: Urban Equity in Development Medellin City: City for Life14:00-16:00, 9 Apr 2014

About CLC

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 The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) was set up in 2008 based on a strategic blueprint developed by Singapore’s Inter-Ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development. The Centre’s mission is to distil, create and share knowledge on liveable and sustainable cities. CLC distils key learning points from Singapore’s experiences over the last half-century, while creating knowledge to address emerging challenges. It also shares knowledge with, and learns from, other cities and experts.

CLC receives guidance from its Advisory Board, comprising senior fi gures from academia, industry and the public sector. A high-level panel of Distinguished Advisors - comprising prominent former politicians and senior civil servants - contributes to the intellectual development of the Centre. CLC works closely with its Stakeholder Agencies - representing Singapore’s urban planning, governance and development expertise – to integrate their knowledge. CLC Panel of Experts are domain experts with technical knowledge and expertise that CLC will tap for capability development and future consultancy projects.

The Centre operates as part of the Ministry of National Development, and comprises a dynamic CLC team of offi cers from diverse disciplines and backgrounds. Guided by the CLC Framework for Liveable and sustainable Cities, the Centre works across three main areas - Research, Capability Development, and Promotion.

About the speaker

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 Mr Julian Goh has extensive experience in both the public and private sector in the area of urban planning and development. He is currently Director of the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), which is part of Ministry of National Development Singapore. At CLC, he is responsible for research, training and advisory services.  Prior to this, Mr Goh was with Siemens AG, Europe’s largest infrastructure and engineering company. He was the Head of Urban Planning & Smart City at Siemens, and a founding member of Siemens’ Global Centre for Competence on City Management. At Siemens, he combined his urban development know-how with the technological expertise of the company, to identify new innovative solutions for cities. He was also directly involved in a comprehensive strategy review as Siemens re-positions itself for the city market.  Mr Goh started his career with the Urban Redevelopment Authority, with his last appointment as the Head of Physical Planning. He was responsible for delivering Master Plan 2008, a strategic blueprint for the development of Singapore for the next 15 years. In his career as an urban planner, he has involved in the planning of various large scale infrastructure projects such as mixed-use integrated developments, road/rail lines, and reclamation/coastal developments. Outside of his professional career, Mr Goh is also active in serving the community, as an appointed District Councilor for the Southwest District of Singapore.  Mr Goh graduated from Imperial College London with a Masters in Civil Engineering (First Class) on a Singapore Government scholarship. He also holds a Masters of Science in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore.

Julian GohDirectorCentre for Liveable Citiesjulian_goh@mnd.gov.sg

World Cities Summit, 1 - 4 June 2014World Cities Summit Mayors Forum, 1 June 2014Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2014

Liveable and Sustainable Cities : Common Challenges, Shared Solutions

An integrated event with:

You’re Invited to Singapore in June 2014!

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Transformation

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