With nature-mocking megastructures and sparkly-clean streets, Singapore is widely regarded as a beacon: an eco-friendly model of the future. But who reaps the benefits of its green building? Are Singapore’s flaunted environmental infrastructures accessible to everyone, including the resident populations of low-wage migrant workers? My research will investigate the reality of an apparent environmental justice in Singapore to seek the green-branded city-state’s real beneficiaries—and rejects.
