HDB garners French urban planning support
Housing & Development Board has signed an MOU with French specialists to jointly develop urban planning solutions for its towns.
In a release marking the end of the World Cities Summit 2012, HDB said it is the first public agency in Singapore to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Electricité de France (EDF) and VEOLIA Environnement Recherche et Innovation (Veolia) to work on a complex Systems Model, which will help HDB develop sustainable, urban planning solutions in HDB towns.
The MOU signifies HDB’s commitment to constantly explore new technologies to promote sustainable, urban planning solutions for the heartland, it added.