The Deceptive Allure of Singapore's Urban Planning to Urban Planners in America

Abstract

Singapore is an amazing city island state of entrepreneurism, with clusters of high rise housing and financial buildings, a viable mass transit system, smooth flowing traffic,clean streets, and wealth. Constraints exist because of the island's small size, but also because the one-party government has restricted individual freedoms since independence, including restrictions on car ownership with most property owned by the government. It works for Singapore, but not the United States.

Keywords: Singapore, Land Use Planning, Comparative Land Use Planning, Economic Success, UNitary Government