Urban redevelopment can come into conflict with preserving heritage. In land-scarce Singapore, it is often inevitable.

But effective urban planning is necessary to ensure that the nation’s land use needs are met. This often requires our urban planners to redevelop existing plots of land to create space for new developments.


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Dr Woo Jun Jie is senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore.

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