The underground world of Singapore

Post by pilsetnieks » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:43 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #21

IIAOPSW wrote: post #19

As cool as this is, I think the space savings is a red herring. There's still plenty of undeveloped land in SG, and lots of low rise buildings. A combination of well placed subway stops, transitioning some low-rise apartments to high rise, avoiding excessive road/parking space and generally competent urban planning should be enough to accommodate Singapore's burgeoning population without the need for mole people. Its…

I'm not sure where you get that idea. There isn't plenty of undeveloped land unless you're talking about jurong or punggol, and it doesn't help if those places take 2 or so hours to commute to downtown from on the MRT. If you're talking about the small patches of parks and the historic heritage sites , I think they have their reasons for keeping those.

Post by shalmanese » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:55 PM UTC

revicon wrote: post #14

I was similarly impressed by the gigantic underground systems in Montreal. Many people go for months during the winter time never going above ground, working, shopping and living all inside the interconnected underground shopping malls businesses etc.

Post by dllu » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 9:14 PM UTC

pilsetnieks wrote: post #32

hellofunk wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Singapore is one of the few major populations on earth that is shielded from most natural disasters. It's also not near a fault line, so earthquakes, tropical storms, tsunamis are unlikely to affect it. Major flooding can occur due to rains, however. The city has dealt with it in the past and seems to have that under control. The other major disaster that hits Singapore frequently throughout every year is the "haze"…

What about water level rising due to climate change?

Post by tpurves » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 9:31 PM UTC

revicon wrote: post #14

I was similarly impressed by the gigantic underground systems in Montreal. Many people go for months during the winter time never going above ground, working, shopping and living all inside the interconnected underground shopping malls businesses etc.

Post by SubiculumCode » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 9:35 PM UTC

tpurves wrote: post #37

revicon wrote: post #14

I was similarly impressed by the gigantic underground systems in Montreal. Many people go for months during the winter time never going above ground, working, shopping and living all inside the interconnected underground shopping malls businesses etc.

Toronto's underground system is the largest one in the world. 1200 retail locations, 30km long, 4M sq feet of retail space. It's very nice, all marble or polished stone everywhere, brightly lit, good food courts. Many many food courts. Almost all of it privately maintained and owned by each of the 50+ connected downtown towers and buildings. In the summer, no one goes above ground it's too hot and humid. In the Winte…