Complex sentence: Prior to its urbanization, the area, much like other rural districts in Singapore at the time, was largely undeveloped, being mainly used for agricultural purposes, with uninhabited plots of land usually covered in dense secondary forest or swamps.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to its urbanization, the area, much like other rural districts in Singapore at the time, was largely undeveloped. The vicinty was mainly used for agricultural purposes, with uninhabited plots of land usually covered in dense secondary forest or swamps.