However by one recent study (Hassler, 2014), the frame of land scarcity in Singapore has been questioned. Clearly, no one would dispute that Singapore is a small city-state. The reality that Singapore is small has been inscribed into national psyche of the city-state since its independence, seen for example, by the popular and affectionate reference of Singapore as that ‘little red dot’. But scarcity, as an attribute or a property, cannot be deduced from the category of (small) physical size alone. This is because scarcity is a combined function of endowed (i.e., natural) land resources and the relative usage of land. In other words, land is considered scarce if endowed land resources remain constant while usage increases.