Over the last three decades, Punggol has transformed from
farmland with highly pollutive industries to an attractive
waterside smart eco-town beloved by residents. This successful
outcome was achieved only through focused and deliberate
actions that addressed recessions, complex pollution problems
and the challenges of building a highly dense community from
the ground up.
Punggol Town’s development journey is a result of innovations
in housing, water infrastructure, urban design, transport, smart
technologies, and greening. The outcome is now a sustainable,
vibrant, smart and ecologically sensitive township of nearly
200,000 people.
This Urban System Study captures the decisions, policies and
actions in Punggol’s development journey.
“Experience gained in the planning process, together with
rigorous testing in large-scale, real world settings, make
Punggol a replicable model for master-planned communities,
both nationally and globally.”
- Urban Land Institute
Citation for Punggol Town winning the 2021 Global and
Asia Pacific Awards for Excellence