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- catalog abstract ""Landscape architecture plays a vital role in creating Singapore's Garden City image that has earned wide international recognition. This book helps to explain the Republic's successful implementation of environmental policies since independence to achieve its present day image. There are ten chapters in the book. The first three cover background information, the historical setting and the work of the current government. The approach is to evaluate different plans against natural, social and sensory criteria. The next six chapters are case studies, selected to show landscape planning policies in more detail. The last chapter includes a discussion of comments made about Singapore's landscapes followed by a summary. The book is illustrated by a profusion of maps, diagrams plans and photographs."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12236092.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Landscape architecture plays a vital role in creating Singapore's Garden City image that has earned wide international recognition. This book helps to explain the Republic's successful implementation of environmental policies since independence to achieve its present day image. There are ten chapters in the book. The first three cover background information, the historical setting and the work of the current government. The approach is to evaluate different plans against natural, social and sensory criteria. The next six chapters are case studies, selected to show landscape planning policies in more detail. The last chapter includes a discussion of comments made about Singapore's landscapes followed by a summary. The book is illustrated by a profusion of maps, diagrams plans and photographs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Landscpe planning during the Colonial period -- Ch. 3. Landscape planning since Independence -- Ch. 4. The environs of Yishun New Town -- Ch. 5. Pasir Ris New Town -- Ch. 6. The Singapore Zoological Gardens -- Ch. 7. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve -- Ch. 8. The Singapore River -- Ch. 9. The Offshore Islands -- Ch. 10. Discussion and summary.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xi, 194 p. :".
- catalog identifier "9971692384".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Singapore : Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore,".
- catalog spatial "Singapore".
- catalog spatial "Singapore.".
- catalog subject "HD890.67.Z63 W35 2001".
- catalog subject "Land use Singapore Planning.".
- catalog subject "Landscape ecology Singapore.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Landscpe planning during the Colonial period -- Ch. 3. Landscape planning since Independence -- Ch. 4. The environs of Yishun New Town -- Ch. 5. Pasir Ris New Town -- Ch. 6. The Singapore Zoological Gardens -- Ch. 7. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve -- Ch. 8. The Singapore River -- Ch. 9. The Offshore Islands -- Ch. 10. Discussion and summary.".
- catalog title "Landscape planning in Singapore / Edmund Waller.".
- catalog type "text".