As we all know, Singapore is recognized as a garden city, with the title of one of the four Asian tigers, its economy is very developed, and the happiness index of its people is very high.
In the early days, Singapore's land area was still very tight, in order to solve this problem, Singapore began to reclaim the land and reclamation policy, which is one of the reasons why Singapore's land area has been expanding.
Singapore reclamation is too crazy,
50 years to expand the country's land area by 25%!
When Singapore was first established in 1965, it had a land area of 581.5 square kilometers. By 2015, Singapore's reclaimed road area was about 140 square kilometers in 50 years, an increase of 25% of the country's land area.
At present, Singapore's land reclamation project is still underway, and its rate is estimated to be able to create a Chinese Macao every decade in the future, and some experts even predict that by about 2030, Singapore's reclamation road area will reach 760 square kilometers.
land reclamation in Singapore,
The area of Macao, China is expanded every 10 years
Before 1970, Singapore was influenced by the technology of the time, and the area of land reclamation was small, with 76.8 square kilometers of land reclamation, at which time the land reclamation technology was relatively rude and rude.
In the decade 1970-1980, Singapore's demand for land continued to rise, technology began to improve, and 369 square kilometers of land were reclaimed. The area of Macao, China is 329 square kilometers, which is more than the area of Macao, China.
In the decade from 1980 to 1990, Singapore's demand for land continued to rise, and during the rapid growth, there were loopholes in technology, so the scale of land reclamation was reduced, and the land reclamation was 69.2 square kilometers, but the reclamation area was relatively concentrated.
In the decade from 1990 to 2000, Singapore experienced coastal erosion, silt and other natural environment damage, land reclamation was relatively slow, technology began to improve, land reclamation was 59.8 square kilometers. At this time, the scale was reduced, mainly concentrated in the west coast area, and the functions of reclamation technology tended to be diversified.
The explosion of land reclamation in the 21st century,
In more than 20 years, it has increased by more than 1,500 square meters
In the decade from 2000 to 2010, the rate of land reclamation in Singapore increased explosively, with 768.2 square kilometers of land reclaimed. At this time, the scale was reduced, mainly concentrated in the west coast area, and the functions of reclamation technology tended to be diversified.
Earlier, Singapore planned to increase the speed of land reclamation in Singapore after 2010, with a land reclamation area of 750.7 square kilometers. It is now estimated that it has far exceeded the area of land reclamation, and has already exceeded this area.
Types of land reclamation projects in Singapore,
There are three main types!
Of course, the types of land reclamation projects are mainly divided into three types, including beach filling, coastal reclamation, and island reclamation. The change in the type of reclamation is also closely related to historical development and national development.
In the early days of Singapore, due to limited reclamation technology, the government used to reclaim land on the natural base of the original tidal flats and marshes. These include Barge Pier, Chinatown and other places that were formed in this way.
Later, with the improvement of technology, the coastal reclamation began on the outskirts of the main island of Singapore, which was based on its own island shoreline to obtain construction land horizontally. This includes areas such as the East Coast and Changi Airport. Although Changi Airport covers a small area of 13 square kilometres, it cost S$1.76 billion to reclaim the land for the reclaimed Changi Airport
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All in all, in order to cope with the problem of dense population and economic development, Singapore has to continue to reclaim roads from the sea, and it can build a Macao in China in ten years, which is simply amazing!