Singapore

A Study of Urban Heat Island using “Local Climate Zones” – The Case of Singapore

Yvonne X. Y. Ng · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2015

Aims: The study of urban heat islands and traditionally relies on simplistic descriptors such as “urban” and “rural”. While these descriptors may be evocative of the landscape, they are insufficient in providing information like its site properties which have direct impacts on th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2015/13051

Climate Change Resilience and Public Education in Response to Hydrologic Extremes in Singapore

Chew-Hung Chang & Kim N. Irvine · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2014

Aims: In February and March 2014, more than 300,000 households were affected by water rationing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the surrounding State of Selangor. Further south, reservoir levels in Singapore were dropping, prompting the government to raise the water conservation rh...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2014/13098