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O-Level Small Island City-State (Topic 5.1)

Singapore's natural and human traits, vulnerabilities and resilience

What the syllabus expects

• In size and elevation Singapore is a small landmass with few natural resources and a low-lying island.
  Scope: Singapore's natural characteristics
• Its climate is tropical equatorial and it experiences the Northeast and Southwest monsoons.
  Scope: Singapore's natural characteristics
• It holds ecosystems of large biodiversity, land-based ones including tropical rainforests and coastal ones including inter-tidal areas, mangroves and coral reefs.
  Scope: Singapore's natural characteristics
• Economically Singapore has a diversified economy spanning a broad range of service and manufacturing industries.
  Scope: Singapore's human characteristics
• Socially it is open and globalised, densely populated and strongly connected internationally.
  Scope: Singapore's human characteristics
• Politically it is an independent sovereign state and an active contributor to global initiatives.
  Scope: Singapore's human characteristics
• Its limited land and natural resources make sustainable urban development hard to achieve and leave it exposed to food, water and energy insecurity.
  Scope: Singapore's vulnerabilities
• Changing demographics, with a falling birth rate, an ageing population and a more diverse society, expose it to labour shortages and economic slowdown.
  Scope: Singapore's vulnerabilities
• External shocks and global uncertainties, whether environmental, social or economic, leave it vulnerable to climate change, pandemics and financial crises.
  Scope: Singapore's vulnerabilities
• Singapore is resilient in survival, able to overcome national crises and to manage economic recessions and pandemics effectively.
  Scope: What underpins Singapore's resilience
• It is resilient in adaptability, adjusting to changing circumstances by putting robust infrastructure and strong systems in place.
  Scope: What underpins Singapore's resilience
• It is resilient in thriving, prospering as a small island city-state by concentrating on building a liveable and sustainable city.
  Scope: What underpins Singapore's resilience

How it's examined

About 5% of the past-paper style questions in Rae's bank for this subject sit in this topic.

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