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" 50 years of urban planning in Singapore / "
editor, Chye Kiang Heng (National University of Singapore, Singapore).
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890726
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50 years of urban planning in Singapore /\ editor, Chye Kiang Heng (National University of Singapore, Singapore).
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Singapore :: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,, [2017]
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, ©2017
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World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building
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xxv, 322 pages :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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9789814656450
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: 9789814656467
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: 9814656453
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: 9814656461
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Part 1: Paradigms, policies & processes -- Chapter 1. The early years of nation-building: reflections on Singapore's urban history / Alan F. C. Choe -- Chapter 2. Planning & urbanisation in Singapore: a 50-year journey / Liu Thai Ker -- Chapter 3. Economic planning for productivity, growth, and prosperity / Philip Yeo -- Chapter 4. Environmental planning for sustainable development / Tan Yong Soon -- Part 2: The built environment as a sum of parts -- Chapter 5. Planning to overcome the constraints of scarcity / Ng Lang -- CHapter 6. Making Singapore a liveable and sustainable city: our urban systems approach / Khoo Teng Chye and Remy Guo -- Chapter 7. The evolution of HDB towns / Cheong Koon Hean -- Chapter 8. Transportation: mobility, accessibility, and connectivity / Mohinder Singh -- Chapter 9. Industry planning in Singapore / Tang Hsiao Ling -- Chapter 10. Greening Singapore: past achievements, emerging challenges / Tan Puay Yok -- Chapter 11. 50 years of urban planning & tourism / Pamelia Lee -- Part 3: Urban complexities & creative solutions -- Chapter 13. Conserving urban heritage: remembering the past in a developmental city-state / Lily Kong -- Chapter 14. Public housing and community development: planning for urban diversity in a city-state / Tan Ern Ser -- Chapter 15. Era of globalisation: Singapore's new urban economy and the rise of a world Asian city / Ho Kong Chong -- Chapter 16. Towards greater sustainability and liveability in an urban age / Heng Chye Kiang and Yeo Su-Jan -- Epilogue: Perspectives on the future of urban planning in Singapore -- Challenges for a new era / Peter Ho -- A city in time for the future / Low Teck Seng -- Singapore: the smartest city on our planet / Kishore Mahbubani -- People-centric approach to urban planning / David Chan -- Singapore: from liveable to lovable city / Melissa Kwee -- Accomodating nature in Singapore / Shawn Lum -- Garden city mega city / Wong Mun Summ and Alina Yeo -- Top down bottom up? / Tay Kheng Soon.
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"50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore is an accessible and comprehensive volume on Singapore's planning approach to urbanization. Organized into three parts, the first section of the volume, 'Paradigms, Policies, and Processes', provides an overview of the ideologies and strategies underpinning urban planning in Singapore; the second section, 'The Built Environment as a Sum of Parts', delves into the key land use sectors of Singapore's urban planning system; and the third section, 'Urban Complexities and Creative Solutions', examines the challenges and considerations of planning for the Singapore of tomorrow. The volume brings together the diverse perspectives of practitioners and academics in the professional and research fields of planning, architecture, urbanism, and city-making."--Provided by publisher.
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City planning-- Singapore-- History.
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Urban policy-- Singapore-- History.
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City planning.
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Urban policy.
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Singapore.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.1/216095957
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HT169.S55H46 2017
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Heng, Chye Kiang,1958-
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Fifty years of urban planning in Singapore
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