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Singapore plans an underground future
Why is it in news?
- Singapore is preparing to unveil an Underground Master Plan in 2019.
Why is it in news?
- Singapore is preparing to unveil an Underground Master Plan in 2019.
Information
- With the population estimated to grow to 6.9 million by 2030-the island nation is fast running out of space.
- Singapore has been reclaiming land for decades, but that is increasingly unsustainable due to the rising sea levels and other impacts of climate change. So the city is going underground.
- Singapore has already moved some infrastructure and utilities below ground, including train lines, retail, pedestrian walkways, a five-lane highway and air-conditioning cooling pipes.
- It also stores fuel and ammunition underground.
- The Underground Master Plan will feature pilot areas, with ideas including data centres, utility plants, bus depots, a deep-tunnel sewerage system, warehousing and water reservoirs. There are no plans to move homes or offices below ground.
- Singapore joins only a handful of cities that are mapping their subterranean space.
- Helsinki and Montreal are considered leaders in underground urbanism, a movement focused on innovative ways to use underground spaces.
Source
The Hindu