SIN
‘Lion City.’
Singapore is an island city state, separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.
From its trading origins as Temasek, it has benefitted from its strategic location.
Despite only having a very small land area and with a high density of population, as a result of judicious planning and focus on higher education, it has developed a very modern and diversified trans-national economy to become a pivotal centre in SE Asia.
Maps of Singapore
Overview
Streets and Networks
Satellite View
All maps above provided courtesy of Google Maps.
Population Density
Visualising population density in Global Cities
This interactive map shows population density in 2020, measured in residents per square kilometre.
The data is from the ‘Global Human Settlement Layer’ (GHSL) 2023, produced by the European Commission JRC and the ‘Center for International Earth Science Information Network’ at Columbia University using earth sensing data from the European Copernicus Space Program that Integrates high volumes of satellite data with national census data.
The GHSL describes the settlement geography of the entire globe and has applications for a wide range of research and policy issues related to urban growth, development and sustainability.
Map provided courtesy of LuminoCity3D.org.
Rail Networks
Rail and transport networks in Global Cities
The above map represents the urban metro and light rail network of the city and immediate suburbs. This shows individual rail routes and the level of connectivity for urban travellers across the expanding city’.
Map provided courtesy of UrbanRail.net.
Journals
22. Singapore + extract (James Morris)
“The British created modern Singapore in the flush of their early Victorian vigour, transforming a fishing village into a great port, and celebrated stronghold, a rich and vital city. They founded their settlement on a swampy island at the southern tip of Malaya, partly to thwart their rivals the Dutch, partly to serve as a way-station used on the Eastern trade routes, partly to be a trade centre in its own right.”
