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Singapore is a city state and there is no land for farming. Here is one example and solution. [Vertical farming] A home-grown vertical farming device has bagged a prestigious international design award. It can grow 10 times as many vegetables as traditional farming methods over the same area. The invention by local firm Sky Urban Solutions - a 9m-tall system with tiers of planting troughs which rotate around an aluminium frame - clinched the biennial INDEX: Award in Denmark on Thursday night. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/vertical-farming-invention-wins-global-award b. Regulating services Singapore needs to import water from Malaysia for survival. NeWater is a waste-water system to reuse and recycle water. [NEWater] A Singapore success story and the pillar of Singapore’s water sustainability, NEWater is high-grade reclaimed water produced from treated used water that is further purified using advanced membrane technologies and ultra-violet disinfection, making it ultra-clean and safe to drink. In 2010, Singapore’s latest and largest NEWater plant was completed. Together, Singapore's four NEWater plants can meet up to 30% of the nation’s current water needs. By 2060, we plan to expand the current NEWater capacity so that NEWater can meet up to 55% of our future water demand. - See more at: http://www.pub.gov.sg/water/Pages/singaporewaterstory.aspx#sthash.moAp8JfA.dpuf c. Habitat or Supporting services Due to limited space, Singapore seeks to maintain her biology diversity. The wetland reserve project shows the sustainability. [Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve] Sungei Buloh was first opened as a Nature Park in 1993. In 2002, 130 hectares were officially gazetted as a Nature Reserve and renamed Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve to better reflect its status. In the same year, it was recognised as a site of international importance for migratory birds and awarded a certificate by Wetlands International, marking the reserve's formal entry into the East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network, which includes Australia's Kakadu National Park, China's Mai Po – Inner Deep Bay and Japan's Yatsu Tidal Flats. And in 2003, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve became Singapore's first ASEAN Heritage Park. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbwr d. Cultural services With more than 5 million residents, Singapore has three times visitors than her population. Tourism is a key industry here. [Tourism in Singapore] is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy, attracting 15,231,469 international tourists in 2015, over thrice of Singapore's total population. It is also environmentally friendly, and maintains natural and heritage conservation programs. Along with this, it also has one of the world's lowest crime rates. As English is the dominant one of its four official languages, it is generally easier for tourists to understand when speaking to the local population of the country, for example, when shopping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Singapore ![][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14591337342360153.jpg