50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore (Hardcover)

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By Chye Kiang Heng (Editor)
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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.

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Product Details
ISBN: 9789814656450
ISBN-10: 9814656453
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication Date: October 17th, 2016
Pages: 348
Language: English
Series: World Scientific Series on 50 Years of Nation-Building