Singapore’s resilience to extreme urban heat ranked 19th globally: Savills
Singapore is placed 19th out of 30 global metropolitan areas best organized to handle severe city temperature in a new Heat Resilience Index by Savills. The index analyzes a metro’s standard and document heats in 2023 against its ecological practices, social plans and governance.
Extreme warm worsens air contamination, raises the hazard of wildfires, and increases the risk of flooding, undermining a city’s appearance as a place to reside, work, and enjoy and as a location for investment and organization development, he adds.
Property proprietors should ensure that their estate can adapt to environment modifications, future energy-related legislation, and physical threats, including the threat of building damage induced by severe warm.
Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Sydney are among the top 20 Asia Pacific cities, with Tokyo ranking highest at 4th place.
European urban areas dominate the top ranks, with Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Stockholm taking the top three spots due to their colder climates and dynamic ecological policies.
Chris Cummings, director of Savills Earth, emphasises the relevance of contemplating city hot weather in city planning. He mentions that greater land worths facing parks and water bodies commonly lead to a concentration of taller establishments that can create a “wall effect”, capturing heat in the metropolitan atmosphere.
According to Paul Tostevin, Savills’ supervisor of world research, excessive warmth worsens air contamination, enhances the risk of a wild fire, and increases the threat of flood. “It undermines the appearance of a city to settle, work, and play and as a destination for investment and small business expansion,” he states.
