Framework

The Liveability Framework

Through the study of Singapore’s development journey and taking into account current and emerging urban challenges, the Centre has distiled the desired outcomes and supporting systems undergirding Singapore’s approach to liveable and sustainable urban development.

The Liveability Framework captures these findings in a diagram comprising three intersecting circles that represent the critical liveability outcomes. An encompassing 'ring-like' structure symbolises the three complementary systems that create the enabling conditions to achieve and sustain these outcomes.

Desired Outcomes for a Liveable City

• Competitive Economy

• Sustainable Environment

• High Quality of Life

Systems to Achieve Desired Outcomes

The Liveability Framework guides the Centre’s research focus and development of its knowledge products. It also provides city leaders and policy makers with a forward-looking and systems-focused lens through which they can generate more resilient strategies for high liveability and sustainability.

For more information on the Liveability Framework, please refer to Building Liveable and Sustainable Cities: A Framework for the Future.

The CLC Liveability Matrix

The CLC Liveability Matrix plots cities’ population densities against liveability scores derived from The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU’s) Global Liveability Index. Singapore is one of a few high-density cities that scored well in EIU’s Global Liveability Index.

Singapore is a densely populated island city-state with around 5.9 million inhabitants on just 730km2 of land. Despite this, it is consistently recognised for its high standard of living in global liveability indices. Unlike other liveable cities that typically feature a large hinterland, lower rise developments and a more dispersed population, Singapore’s urban transformation into a modern and thriving global hub post-independence represents a sustainable development model that combines a compact city structure with a high quality of life.