SMT201 AY2019-20T1 EX1 Kok Jim Meng

Part 1: Thematic Map

1. Schools Distribution

The schools are distributed into different parts of Singapore towns which are categorised according to the icons in the legend stated. Most primary schools and secondary schools are heavily concentrated in the Northeast, East, and West. Northeast towns are known as catering for many young families to live in while both East and West towns are heartlands districts. Most mixed-level institutions are located in the South. Many students from these schools are highly from double income family and hence their parents can fetch them to school in the morning while on their way to work in the city.

2. Road Network System

The roads are classified into different hierarchy as shown in the legend by using line symbols. According to the map, roads in Singapore are very well connected especially the expressways are jointly connected in the South region. This is due to many people need to commute to-and-fro the city to work and go home. We also can see that local access roads are connected to minor roads which are surrounded by the major roads to provide access to the people in Singapore.

3. 2014 Master Plan Landuse

Similar categories were grouped together (eg. Business 1, Business 2) to avoid the display of overwhelming colours which causes confusion and difficulty to understand the representation. Overall, there is a high usage of both residential area, and Road and Transport as there is high population density and travelling is essential for everyone. Business area usage is concentrated high at the West and low at the Northeast. There’s a probability that more business area usage will be planned in the Northeast due to the Punggol Digital District initiative which will be launched in 2023.

Part 2: Choropleth Map

1. Aged population (+65) in 2010 and 2018

We can see that the distribution of aged population in both maps is quite similar even though there’s minor changes. Tampines, together with Bedok, remains the same with the most aged population in 2010 and 2018. Probably, this is not a useful way to depict.

2. Proportional of aged population in 2010 and 2018

By showing the proportion of aged population to total population for 2010 and 2018, there’s higher proportion of aged population in mature estates like Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bishan, Bukit Merah, Hougang, Jurong East, Kallang, Novena, and Queenstown. This is a better visualization than using distribution of aged population.

3. Percentage change of aged population between 2010 and 2018

The map shows the percentage change of aged population between 2010 and 2018. It is evidently shown that there’s an high percentage change of aged populations in the mature estate such as Tampines, Bedok, Yishun, Woodlands, Sembawang, Clementi, Queenstown, Bukit Batok, and Bukit Panjang. But surprisingly, there is a high percentage change of aged population in Sentosa. Overall, this map has indeed shown that Singapore has been facing the rise of aging population between 2010 and 2018.