Green Infrastructure for Urban Competitiveness Enhancement: Lessons Learned from Paris and Singapore

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Montouch Maglumtong
Medhas Maglumtong

Abstract

Public parks or green spaces are a fundamental necessity in urban development that directly affects the quality of life of the city's population. It directly impacts on physical and mental health. Moreover, it can be used to attract both tourists and investment. Green Infrastructure is the concept of combining urban green spaces with infrastructure development to form a network of green infrastructures, including both natural and semi-natural areas.
It helps in promoting the quality of urban ecosystems by comprising of city park, district park, community park and green way that are connected to each other as a network. This creates a competitive asset and contributes to enhancing the urban competitiveness, in terms of the quality of life of the population, dynamics of the local economy, and costs of doing business.


This is a study that combined literature review with field survey under the topic of green infrastructure development for enhancing the urban competitiveness. Two case studies included the world's major cities, i.e., Paris and Singapore. It shows that green infrastructure does not only enhance the quality of life of urban citizen, but it is also part of the infrastructure that indirectly effects the dynamics of the local economy and the cost of doing business, which promotes economic development and increases the urban competitiveness of the city.

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Maglumtong, M., & Maglumtong, M. (2022). Green Infrastructure for Urban Competitiveness Enhancement: Lessons Learned from Paris and Singapore. Journal of Faculty of Architecture and Design RMUTP, 1(2), 70–88. Retrieved from https://so08.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JFAD/article/view/1005
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