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Singapore
Smart City, Smart State
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2016
Summary
How Singapore’s solutions to common problems can provide examples for other societies.
Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and competitive, advanced economies in the world. But can this unique citystate of some 5.5 million residents also serve as a model for other advanced economies as well as for the emerging world? Respected East Asia expert Kent Calder provides clear answers to this intriguing question in his new, groundbreaking book that looks at how Singapore’s government has harnessed information technology, data, and a focus on innovative, adaptive governance to become a model smart city, smart state.
Calder describes Singapore as a laboratory for solutions to problems experienced by urban societies around the world. In particular, he shows how Singapore has dealt successfully with education, energy, environmental, housing, and transportation challenges; many of its solutions can be adapted in a wide range of other societies.
Calder also explains how Singapore offers lessons for how countries can adapt their economies to the contemporary demands of global commerce. Singapore consistently ranks at the top in world surveys measuring competitiveness, ease of doing business, protection of intellectual property, and absence of corruption.
The book offers concrete insights and a lucid appreciation of how Singapore's answers to near-universal problems can have a much broader relevance, even in very different societies.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-2947-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-2948-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
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1
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Table of Contents No access
Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
Preface No access
Introduction: Singapore and a World of Change No access Pages 1 - 15
The Imperative to Be Smart: Small Country, Few Resources, Volatile Surroundings No access Pages 16 - 27
How Singapore Became Smart No access Pages 28 - 60
Singapore as Smart State: Minimalist, Enabling Governance No access Pages 61 - 107
Singapore as Smart City: Building a Livable, Sustainable Urban Community No access Pages 108 - 132
Singapore as Smart Global Hub: Catalyst for Ideas and Action No access Pages 133 - 162
Conclusion: Singapore's Policy Laboratory and the Global Future No access Pages 163 - 176
Appendix: Chronology of Singapore's Experience No access Pages 177 - 186
