Sustainability, Sustainable Development & Master Planned Estates

This webinar explores the relationship between sustainability, sustainable development, and the planning of master planned estates in contemporary urban environments. It introduces planning models that have shaped estate development — from classical and modernist approaches through to sociological, behavioural, contemporary and sustainability-oriented perspectives — and how they inform urban form, spatial organisation and community development.

What you’ll take away

• Key sustainability principles — environmental responsibility, social inclusivity, economic resilience and long-term liveability.
• How those principles are translated into practice through integrated land-use planning, transport connectivity, green infrastructure, energy-efficient design and community-focused spatial planning.
• How planning models inform urban form, spatial organisation and community development.

Programme — Thursday, 3 September 2026 (SGT)

• 3:30 PM — Attendees log in for registration
• 4:00 PM — Welcome address: Robert Hecek, Chair, WAVO Global Education Hub
• 4:10 PM — Sustainability, Sustainable Development & Master Planned Estates: Dr Tan Choi Heng
• 5:00 PM — Live Q&A with the speakers
• 5:10 PM — Close of webinar

Featured speaker — Dr Tan Choi Heng, Real Estate Academic, Researcher & Valuer

• Career spanning real-estate practice, academic leadership, applied research and higher education — began as a property valuer and asset manager.
• Founding Course Chair and Research Programme Leader; designed curricula and led applied research initiatives.
• Presenter at the Inaugural IVSC–WAVO Global Valuation Conference and the WAVO, PPC, AVA and PVA-India Congresses.
• Teaches at Heriot-Watt, Royal Agricultural University, Sunderland and Canterbury Christ Church; thesis on “Urban Planning, Place Management and the Role of Residents.”

Format: Online · live webinar with live Q&A.
Fee: S$50 per participant.
Registration closes 2 September 2026 — seats are limited. A Certificate of Attendance stipulating CPD hours will be awarded by WAVO.

Organised by WAVO for the WAVO Global Education Hub · World Association of Valuation Organisations · Supported by IVSC.