Economic Profile
Environmental
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Government
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Urban
Environment & Infrastructure
Private Sector
and Academia
Environmental
Awareness &
Public Involvement
U.S.
Government
Activities
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Multilateral
Activities
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References
Endnotes |
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Singapore is a city state about three and a half times the size of the
District of Columbia or the size of Fairfax County, Virginia. With
more than $19,000* per capita gross domestic product (GDP),
Singapore is rich, clean, and export oriented. It is the only country
on the Asian subcontinent that provides drinking water out of the tap.1
Singapore has few natural resources, and most of its water comes from
Malaysia. It began to integrate environment into its industrial policy
in the late 1960s and has progressively improved it ever since.
Singapore's industrial and environmental practices are driven by
strong regulatory enforcement and pervasive recognition by government
and industry that Singapore's markets and its future depend on
effective environmental management as well as a competitive economy.
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