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Liveability Framework

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Last updated 3 July 2025

The Liveability Framework

Explore the framework to understand how cities can achieve a good balance of liveability outcomes, underpinned by supporting systems and strategic use of enablers.

Liveability Outcomes

Discover the three desired outcomes for a liveable and sustainable city.

Competitive Economy

Discover what contributes to a competitive economy, and how Singapore has developed an ecosystem to support a vibrant and innovative economy.

Sustainable Environment

Discover how Singapore creates a thriving city that coexists harmoniously with nature.

High Quality of Life

Discover how Singapore accommodates evolving needs for individual and collective well-being to cultivate safe, vibrant and inclusive communities.

High Quality of Life: Cultivating a City for Health and Wellness

Discover Singapore's holistic approach to health and wellness through urban planning and community initiatives.

High Quality of Life: Housing a Nation

Discover Singapore's public housing evolution, and how homes have transformed to match residents' growing aspirations and changing needs.

Liveability Outcomes and Their Intersections

Discover the synergies, interdependencies and trade-offs between liveability outcomes, and how they shape urban policies and decision-making.

Supporting Systems

Discover the crucial systems that support cities to achieve liveability outcomes through long-term planning, dynamic governance and transformative collaborations.

Integrated Master Planning and Development

Discover Singapore’s planning and development system and the five implicit principles that underpin this supporting system.

Dynamic Urban Governance

Discover Singapore’s urban governance model and the five implicit principles that underpin this supporting system.

Collaborative Ecosystem

Discover how Singapore has developed a collaborative ecosystem and the two implicit principles that underpin this supporting system.

Enablers

Discover the enablers that help to augment the effectiveness of systems in delivering liveability outcomes.

Strategic Foresight and Planning

Discover how cities can leverage strategic foresight, data analytics and modelling tools to navigate liveability scenarios.

Science and Technology

Discover the application of science and technology to enhance planning and management of the built environment.

Citizen and Socio-Behavioural Sciences

Discover how Singapore harnesses social, behavioural and citizen sciences to design effective policies and interventions that promote liveability and well-being of residents.

Measuring Urban Liveability

Discover how cities leverage liveability indices and key indicators to benchmark urban performance and guide strategic planning to enhance liveability.