Main entry:

Waller, Edmund.

Title & Author:

Landscape planning in Singapore / Edmund Waller.

Publication:

Singapore : Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore, ©2001.

Description:

xi, 194 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

9971692384
9789971692384

Subject:

Land use Singapore Planning.
Landscape ecology Singapore.
Utilisation du sol Singapour Planification.
Écologie du paysage Singapour.
Land use Planning.
Landscape ecology.
Singapore.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217480
Call No.: NA44.W198.A35 2001
Status: Available