50 years of urban planning in Singapore
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50 years of urban planning in Singapore
（World Scientific series on Singapore : 50 years of nation-building）
World Scientific, c2017
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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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Urban Visions, Challenges, and Outcomes: The Dynamic Face of Singapore's Urban Landscape
- Paradigms, Policies & Processes: The Early Years of Nation-Building: Reflections on Singapore's Urban History
- Economic Planning for Urban Growth and Prosperity
- Unpacking the Planner's Toolkit: The Theory and Practice of Singapore's Urban Planning Framework
- The Built Environment as a Sum of Parts: Methods and Models: Singapore's Integrated Systems Approach to Urban Development
- Housing: Policy-Making, Town Building, and Neighbourhood Planning
- Transportation: Mobility, Accessibility, and Connectivity
- Industry: Infrastructure and Land Use Planning for Economic Development, Enterprise, and Innovation
- Parks: From Garden City to City in a Garden
- Tourism: The City as Image, Experience, and Destination
- Urban Design: Place-Making and the Public Space Network
- Urban Complexities & Creative Solutions: Culture and Heritage: Locating and Retaining Connections with the Past in a Developmental City-State
- Society and Space: Planning for/with Urban Diversity in a Cosmopolitan City
- Urban Sustainability: Designing the City for High-Density Living and Environmental Sustainability
- Era of Globalization: Singapore's New Urban Economy and the Rise of a World Asian City
- Conversations & Perspectives: On the Future of Urban Planning and City-Making in Singapore
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