The book is intended to be a landmark publication to showcase Singapore academics' and practising planners' work and thinking in the globalisation age. The book takes a reflective approach in reviewing the direction, impact and significance of sustainable development in Singapore planning and the future challenges facing the city-state looked upon by many developing countries as a 'model'.

"The book is intended to be a landmark publication to showcase Singapore academics' and practising planners' work and thinking in the globalisation age. The book takes a reflective approach in reviewing the direction, impact and significance of sustainable development in Singapore planning and the future challenges facing the city-state looked upon by many developing countries as a 'model'.

Global Development and Planning.- Sustainability Planning and Its Theory and Practice: An Introduction.- Planning the World Metropolis on an Island-City Scale: Urban Innovation as a Constraint and Tool for Global Change.- Sustainable City Centre Development: The Singapore City Centre in the Context of Sustainable Development.- Integrated Resort in the Central Business District of Singapore: The Land Use Planning and Sustainability Issues.- Singapore River: Six Strategies for Sustainability.- Transport, Industrial, Housing and Nature Planning.- Singapore's Urban Transport: Sustainability by Design or Necessity?.- Achieving Sustainable Industrial Development Through a System of Strategic Planning and Implementation: The Singapore Model.- Public Housing in Singapore: A Sustainable Housing Form and Development.- Vertical Living and the Garden City: The Sustainability of an Urban Figure.- Nature and Sustainability of the Marine Environment.- Singapore's Natural Environment, Past, Present and Future: A Construct of National Identity and Land Use Imperatives.- Conclusion: Beyond Sustainable Development?.