Monday, 15 March 2010

Mixed Land Use and Building Upwards


In Singapore, different activities( residential, commercial, and industrial ) are carried out together in an area, forming a mixed land use. For instance, in a zone, you can see commercial activities occupying the ground floors, residential flats occupying the upper floors.
Many buildings are also built upwards with multi storey as multi storey buildings use up less land and provide extra space for housing, offices and recreation. For instance, in Singapore, you can see HDB flats or condominium almost everywhere.

Advantanges:
People can enjoy the convenience of a variety of activities at a small area.
People would not have to travel long distances.
Scarce land is free up for the other purposes such as military and reservoirs.

Disadvantanges:
Large number of people may result in traffic congestion.
Large number of people may result in crowded environment.
Large number of people may result in high noise level.

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