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BL
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1033956
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b788326
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| Main Entry
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Chua, Beng Huat.
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Political legitimacy and housing : : stakeholding in Singapore /\ Chua Beng-Huat.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1997.
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1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203076184
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: 1134705948
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: 1134705980
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: 1134705999
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: 6610328951
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: 9780203076187
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: 9781134705948
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: 9781134705986
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: 9781134705993
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: 9786610328956
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041516690X
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9780415166904
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-180)-and indexes.
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| Contents
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1. Public-housing policies compared : United States, ex-socialist nations and Singapore -- 2. From city to nation : planning Singapore -- 3. Resettling a Chinese village : a longitudinal study -- 4. Modernism and the vernacular : public spaces and social life -- 5. Adjusting religious practices to different house-forms -- 6. A practicable concept of community in a high-rise housing environment -- 7. Public housing and political legitimacy -- 8. Nostalgia for the kampung.
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| Abstract
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Looking at the ways in which Singapore's planners have dealt with the problems of creating communities in a modern urban environment, the author concludes that the success of the public housing programme has done much for the nation.
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City planning-- Singapore.
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Public housing-- Government policy-- Singapore.
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Public housing-- Singapore.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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City planning.
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Public housing-- Government policy.
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Public housing.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Singapore.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.5/85/095957
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HD7288.78.S55C48 1997eb
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