Issue 01 | April 2024
Forging New Frontiers
Architecture
Architecting resilient, future-proof cities
NUS CDE researchers design a multi-scale, climate-sensitive framework to support urban design decision-making.
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hile urban centres have become the engine of national and global economic growth, generating over 80% of global GDP and lifting millions out of poverty, this shift is no bed of roses. The speed and scale of urbanisation tugs with it unprecedented challenges, from increased prevalence of infectious diseases to substantial changes in land use to escalating urban heat risk.
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