A City in Blue and Green : The Singapore Story

This open access book highlights Singapore's development into a city in which water and greenery, along with associated environmental, technical, social and political aspects have been harnessed and cultivated into a liveable sustainable way of life. It is also a story about a unique and thorou...

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Main Author: Rowe, Peter G. (auth)
Other Authors: Hee, Limin (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2019
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