Abstract

Abstract:

Under British colonial rule, the Singapore Municipality and the Singapore Botanic Gardens planted roadside trees and created open spaces for recreational activities. In 1967 the government introduced a Garden City concept and began large-scale planting of roadside trees, followed in the mid-1970s by the creation of parks to meet the recreational needs of an increasingly affluent society. As a result of these efforts, Singapore had at least one million trees and more than 300 parks by 2010. The country has now adopted a ‘City in a Garden’ concept, launching a new phase in the greening of urban Singapore.

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