{"id":1402,"date":"2012-04-03T10:10:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2016-10-25T04:29:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T04:29:54","slug":"singapore-one-of-the-three-sovereign-city-states-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/03\/singapore-one-of-the-three-sovereign-city-states-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore &#8211; One of The Three Sovereign City States in the World."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I view the photos I took last year in Singapore, I made a trip to URA center in Tanjong Pagar. Rest assured that I made the right choice of all I needed to know in Singapore was in there. I am always amazed at the island, twice the size of Penang, Smaller than Johor Bahru from any aspects. Being a first world country, of course, it has an irrefutable reputation in almost anything, despite being one of the smallest nation in the world, same goes to its urban planning. On average, I have been to Singapore once a year, not that often but essential to catch up with their urban development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1403\" title=\"signapore\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/signapore-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/signapore-1024x578.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/signapore-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/signapore.jpg 1554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I could really blog a lot of posts to what I have read this morning, the demographic and functional space of their island (country), the waste management system with Pulau Semakau for being the world&#8217;s first offshore landfill, their airports and airbases, the surrounding small islands of Singapore and their vital usages, or even their underground development. But here&#8217;s a simple post today what makes Singapore unique in a general node. Urban Planners have recognized that Singapore has been a City State all the while. <strong>They are the only island city-state in the world. Within this small island of 710 square km, they have to squeeze everything they need into that single piece of land.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1408 alignleft\" title=\"DSC_0099 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0099-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0099-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0099-2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0099-2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/>Though there are a lot of state like cities in the world, there are only 3 similar sovereign city-states in the world.\u00a0A\u00a0<strong>city-state<\/strong>\u00a0is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government. A city-state can also be defined as a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law, have one form of government, and share languages, religious beliefs, and ways of life.\u00a0The list of Country by Areas is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_countries_by_area\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0A\u00a0<strong>sovereign state<\/strong>\u00a0(or simply\u00a0<strong>state<\/strong>) is classically defined as a\u00a0<a title=\"State (polity)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_(polity)\">state<\/a>\u00a0with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external\u00a0<a title=\"Sovereignty\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sovereignty\">sovereignty<\/a>, a permanent\u00a0<a title=\"Population\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Population\">population<\/a>, a\u00a0<a title=\"Government\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Government\">government<\/a>, and the capacity to enter into\u00a0<a title=\"International relations\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_relations\">relations<\/a>\u00a0with other sovereign states (More info<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sovereign_state\"> HERE<\/a>) Singapore is one of the 3 sovereign cities besides <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monaco\">Monaco<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vatican_City\">Vatican City<\/a>. However in terms of Industry Singapore dominates a lot in economic terms, Vatican is the holy place, while Monaco relates to gambling a lot, 3 of these places functions totally different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1404\" title=\"Singapore City Gallery, Marina Barrage info_00018\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00018.jpg 858w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00018-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00018-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A city-state means a lot of difference compared to other cities from other countries who has vast space to accommodate their function. For example, I will take Kuala Lumpur in comparison with Singapore. <strong>KL has a space of\u00a0272 so miles (704 km\u00b2), while Singapore has\u00a0\u00a0243 km2 (94 sq mi<\/strong>). KL has a population of close to 2 million while Singapore has 5.18\u00a0million people, of whom 3.25\u00a0million (63%) are\u00a0<a title=\"Singaporean nationality law\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singaporean_nationality_law\">citizens<\/a>\u00a0while the rest (37%) are permanent residents or foreign workers.\u00a0\u00a0Speaking about Commercial and Industrial, Singapore does its Industrial area by the Southern West of its island, the Jurong area, it deals with mostly assembling and packaging manufacturing I believe. While for Kuala Lumpur, it locates its industrial area outside of Kuala Lumpur, namely Shah Alam or SS13. Which is considerably far in comparison with Singapore&#8217;s CBD distance with Jurong area?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1405\" title=\"DSC_0096 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0096-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0096-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0096-2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0096-2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Public amenities, the city-state definitely has to squeeze in these areas again to the island, notice that lands for military purpose, cemeteries, reservoirs, these lands must be planned intelligently to preserve property real estate values. Undeveloped lands must be well plotted for future development too in Singapore unlike Malaysia has a vast area to develop in its satellite cities such as Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya which accommodates the workforce residential area. The Reservoirs or Water Management of Kuala Lumpur has a lot of dependency with outside such as the Selangor Dam, same goes to the power grid.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1406\" title=\"Singapore City Gallery, Marina Barrage info_00020\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00020.jpg 858w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00020-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00020-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And most of the land in KL has much to do with commercial but not housing, same goes to Singapore CBD area, however, KL has the option to locate its residential area out of KL, Selangor namely, Singapore has to do it all within its island. It&#8217;s interesting to see how a city-state like Singapore manages its community, sports and recreation and also green areas all into the same plot. Their urban planning sure has to do with a lot of double function plotting and vertical development management. It&#8217;s a sustainable city prototype to encourage vertical development with lesser distraction to the environment and hence making people and utilities centralized for easier management and lesser carbon footprints of traveling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0098-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1407\" title=\"DSC_0098 (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0098-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0098-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0098-2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DSC_0098-2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All in all, the city planning of a city-state of an island such as Singapore is reflected at the masterplan below. In general, the southern tip is the Central Business District, the Southern West Jurong Area is for industrial purpose land, Northern West is their water catchment area, Eastern side will be their airport and few islands for Military purpose and Pulau Ubin that preserves the &#8220;old Singapore&#8221;, while the rest in central and northern pretty much residential with a lot of commercial nodes respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1409\" title=\"Singapore City Gallery, Marina Barrage info_00050\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00050.jpg 858w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00050-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Singapore-City-Gallery-Marina-Barrage-info_00050-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay Tune for more Singapore Urban management related Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I view the photos I took last year in Singapore, I made a trip to URA center in Tanjong Pagar. Rest assured that I made the right choice of all I needed to know in Singapore was in there. I am always amazed at the island, twice the size of Penang, Smaller than Johor Bahru&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,163,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-singapore","category-urban-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Singapore - One of The Three Sovereign City States in the World. - JAPHETH LIM.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.japhethlim.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/03\/singapore-one-of-the-three-sovereign-city-states-in-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singapore - One of The Three Sovereign City States in the World. - JAPHETH LIM.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I view the photos I took last year in Singapore, I made a trip to URA center in Tanjong Pagar. 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