A City in Blue and Green : The Singapore Story.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- a. ASPECTS OF 'BLUE' AND 'GREEN'
- b. SINGAPOREAN SIGNIFICANCE OF 'BLUE AND GREEN'
- c. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK
- end notes
- 2 EARLY DAYS
- a. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING AND CONTROL
- b. TRANSFORMATION AND DEFORESTATION
- c. SECURING PROSPERITY
- d. WAR - TIME INTERLUDE
- e. POST - COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS
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- 3 VISIONS OF CLEAN AND GREEN
- a. ONSET AND RISE OF 'CLEAN AND GREEN'
- b. FROM 'GARDEN CITY 'TO' CITY IN NATURE'
- c. METAPHORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- d. SINGAPORE'S CHANGING METAPHORIC LANDSCAPE
- end notes
- 4 WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY
- a. SINGAPORE'S CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WATER RESOURCES
- b. SINGAPORE'S FOUR NATIONAL TAPS
- c. SINGAPORE'S CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM
- d. STOCK-FLOW DEPICTIONS
- e. SUSTAINABILITY, DEPENDENCIES AND VULNERABILITIES
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- 5 GARDENS PARKS AND GREEN RESERVES
- a. BOTANIC AND HORTICULTURAL GARDENS
- b. NATURE RESERVES
- c. THE ACTIVE, BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN WATERS PROGRAMME
- d. PARK AND OTHER CONNECTORS
- e. THEMES AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
- f. TOWARDS A BIOPHILIC OUTCOME
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- 6 WAYS FORWARD
- a. SUCCESSFUL INGREDIENTS
- b. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
- c. FUTURE CHALLENGES
- d. DEALING WITH FUTURE UNCERTAINTY
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- LIST OF INTERVIEWS
- IMAGE CREDITS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
- AUTHORS NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.