新加坡在过去廿五年的时间里,在城市规划和住宅建设方面的成就,被国际上公认为二十世纪的奇迹,令全世界的人们不得不刮目相看。经过长期的研究试验和大量的建设实践,改造旧城,开发新城。到目前为止新加坡已规划和发展了十五个新镇。新镇(New Town),作为解决城市发展问题最主要的手段之一已屡见不鲜。但是,新加坡却有着自己独特的理论和设计方法,并积累了最好的经验。一、新镇问题的提出新加坡位于马来半岛南端,由新加坡岛及其附近的五十四个小岛组成,总面积为621平方公里。其全国土地面积只有我国首都北京的3.6％.而人口250多万,约为北京的27％。由此可见,新加坡的人口密度超过北京近八倍,达到平均每平方公里4000人以上,是东南亚地区面积最小,人口密度最大的国家,也是世界上典型的高密度发展区。 Singapore’s achievements in urban planning and housing construction over the past two or five years have been internationally recognized as a miracle of the 20th century, and people around the world have to take notice. After long-term research experiments and a large number of construction practices, the old city was transformed and a new city was developed. So far Singapore has planned and developed fifteen new towns. New Town is one of the most important means to solve the problem of urban development. However, Singapore has its own unique theory and design method and has accumulated the best experience. I. The proposal of the new town The Singapore is located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It consists of the island of Singapore and the 54 islands in its vicinity with a total area of ​​621 square kilometers. Its national land area is only 3.6% of Beijing, the capital of China, and its population is more than 2.5 million, which is about 27% of Beijing. It can be seen that Singapore’s population density is nearly eight times that of Beijing, reaching an average of more than 4,000 people per square kilometer. It is the country with the smallest area and largest population density in Southeast Asia, and is also a typical high-density development area in the world.