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Other Authors: Hamnett, Stephen (Editor), Yuen, Belinda K. P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2019
Series:Planning, history and environment series
Planning, history, and the environment series
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Links:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351058230
Summary:"Singapore's planning system, innovation and future economy, housing, biodiversity, water and waste, climate change, transport, and the potential transferability of Singapore's planning knowledge. A key question is whether the planning approaches, which have served Singapore so well until now, will suffice to meet the emerging challenges of a changing global economy, demographic shifts, new technologies and the existential threat of climate change. Singapore as a global city is becoming more unequal and more diverse. This has the potential to weaken the social compact which has largely existed since independence and to undermine the social resilience undoubtedly needed to cope with the shocks and disruptions of the twenty-first century. The book concludes, however, that Singapore is better-placed than most to respond to the challenges which it will certainly face"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
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