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Much of that vision to keep Singapore both sustainable and livable stems from Cheong Koon Hean, the first woman to lead Singapore’s urban development agency. The push to go green extends to construction as well- green building has been mandatory since 2008.

New developments must include plant life, in the form of green roofs, cascading vertical gardens, and verdant walls. Singapore's meteoric economic rise launched a landscape of towering architecture in the compact city-state, but as the metropolis continues to grow, urban planners are weaving nature throughout-and even into its heights. Singapore calls itself the Garden City, and it’s making good on that promise.