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The book represents a lot of archival work as well as field work and interviews. The introductory chapters provide an overview of the academic importance of studying place names (toponymics). In Singapore, there has been much controversy over place names due to the introduction of Hanyu Pinyin names. Singapore street names are also complicated by the fact that the names represent colonial (western), Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arab names. On top of that, many street and place names are also referred to by various ethnic groups in a colloquial manner which is quite different from the official name. For example, lower Serangoon Road is often referred to as 'Tekka' by local population. This book will help to ensure that developers could name various buildings and other developments in a historically appropriate and culturally relevant manner. Besides its educational importance, this book will be of great relevance to all Singaporeans who would be interested to know the history and background of the street names they live in.This second edition features the addition of new and various updates based on feedback from readers of the first edition, and also includes a new preface by the authors. READERSHIP: Historians, archivists, geographers, academics and those interested in the culture and history of Singapore. ... Read more

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Photographs and brief text introduce the land, history, government, people, and economy of Malaysia and Singapore. ... Read more

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This book analyses and provides an insight to Singapore’s planning system and practices associated with sustainable development. It takes a reflective approach in reviewing the direction, impact and significance of sustainable development in Singapore planning and the future challenges facing the city-state, which is often looked upon by many developing countries as a model.

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Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - East Asia’s newly industrialized economies (the NIE-3) - experienced a profound development transformation over recent decades. Christopher Dent makes a comparative study of their foreign economic policies, highlighting how the NIE-3 have engaged with the international economic system in an increasingly dynamic way. The book, now available in paperback, develops a new macro-framework of foreign economic policy analysis that provides the structure for this study.

The author argues that the ‘development context’ of the NIE-3’s foreign economic policies is grounded in their common development statism and semi-peripheralization. He further contends that it is the pursuit of economic security that primarily motivates their respective foreign economic policies.

This new conceptualization of economic security in the context of foreign economic policy will appeal to academics, researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines including: Asian studies, international relations, international political economy, economics and politics. ... Read more

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Chapters: Extreme Points of Singapore, Singapore Standard Time, Beaches of Singapore, Jurong Formation, Selat Pandan, Serangoon Harbour, List of Lakes in Singapore. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 699 km² and 193 km of coastline. It is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor. Singapore (highlighted in red) is located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula.Singapore's main territory is a diamond-shaped island, although her territory includes surrounding smaller islands. The farthest outlying island is Pedra Branca. Singapore is slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington DC. Of Singapore's dozens of smaller islands, Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the larger ones. Most of Singapore is no more than 15 meters above sea level. The highest point of Singapore is Bukit Timah, with a height of 164 m (538 ft) and made up of igneous rock, granite. Hills and valleys of sedimentary rock dominate the northwest, while the eastern region consists of sandy and flatter land. Singapore has no natural lakes, but reservoirs and water catchment areas have been constructed to store fresh water for Singapore's water supply. Singapore has reclaimed land with earth obtained from its own hills, the seabed, and neighbouring countries. As a result, Singapore's land area has grown from 581.5 km² in the 1960s to 699 km² today, and may grow by another 100 km² by 2033. Singapore is 1 degree north of the equator. Singapore's climate is classified as equatorial (Koppen climate classification Af)...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1015816 ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Geography, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The mangroves from Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve to Kranji Dam represent the largest intact mangrove forest left on mainland Singapore. Mangroves colonized the area around 6820 BP, as sea level rose following the last glacial maximum and a variable thickness of Holocene sands, muds and peats (generally ~1 to >3.8 m thick) were deposited over the pre-transgression land surface. An analysis of a time series of photographs covering the period from 1946 to 2001 has revealed major changes in the distribution of mangroves in the area resulting from development-induced changes in the local hydrodynamic regime and clearance for aquaculture. Mangroves covered 117.3 ha in the study area in 1946 and were actively advancing over the coastal mudflats until 1980. Despite the addition of 6.24 ha from mangrove colonization, the total area covered by mangroves was reduced by ~50% by 1980 due to clearance for aquaculture. Following 1980, a reduction in sediment supply possibly due to the construction of the Kranji Dam, immediately east of the study area, led to the initiation of erosion along much of the coastline, with the mangrove fringe having retreated by up to 50 m in 2001. Establishment of the wetland reserve in 1992 enabled the partial regeneration of mangroves in the area to 86.8 ha, 25% less than in 1946. Three areas of undisturbed old growth mangroves >55 years in age have been identified and are considered to be of high conservation value. Two of these areas are within the current boundaries of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, but are located along coastal areas that are undergoing severe erosion. The third area is located in the south of the study area, protected from coastal erosion, but outside the current nature reserve boundary and hence is susceptible to loss as a result of future development. This third area is possibly the oldest undisturbed fragment of mangrove forest on mainland Singapore. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 699 km² and 193 km of coastline. It is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor. ... Read more

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Chapters: Central Expressway, Singapore, Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange, Singapore Airshow, Liang Court, Singapore Sports Hub, Bartley Secondary School, Kranji, Great World City, Tampines Expressway, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, Simei, Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, Seletar Expressway, Bukit Timah Expressway, Mount Vernon, Singapore, Marina Bay Financial Centre, Potong Pasir Single Member Constituency, Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency, Lim Chu Kang, Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency, Kranji Expressway, Hillview, Singapore, West Coast Group Representation Constituency, Jalan Kayu, East Coast Group Representation Constituency, Hong Kah Group Representation Constituency, Lower Peirce Reservoir, Marina South, Pulau Pawai, Changi Exhibition Centre, Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency, Thomson, Singapore, the Gateway, Singapore, Singapore Discovery Centre, Pulau Sudong, Singapore Strait, Yew Tee, Lorong Chuan, Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency, Sentosa Cove, Esplanade Bridge, Pulau Palawan, Telok Blangah, One Raffles Quay, Harbourfront Centre, East Point Mall, National Dental Centre, Buangkok, Tampines Group Representation Constituency, Buona Vista, Hougang Single Member Constituency, Capital Tower, Singapore, Tanglin Police Division, Ayer Rajah, Pioneer, Singapore, Geylang Road, Sembawang Group Representation Constituency, Aljunied, Mandai, Chin Swee Tunnel, Mount Vernon Camp, Newton, Singapore, Macpherson, Singapore, Bidadari Cemetery, Mustafa Centre, Jurong Entertainment Centre, Pulau Serangoon, Tampines Mall, Mount Alvernia Hospital and Medical Centre, Outram, Singapore, Ghim Moh, Singapore Science Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir, Qiaonan Primary School, Benjamin Sheares Bridge, Tou Mu Kung Temple, Thomson Road, Singapore, Pandan Reservoir, Queen Street, Singapore, Tanjong Rhu, Mukim, Funan Digitalife Mall, Century Square, Sungei Serangoon, White Sands Shopping Ce...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1542672 ... Read more

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The Longman Atlas: Singapore and the World has been specially designed as a comprehensive resource and reference atlas.It brings together an impressive collection of up-to-date maps, information and statistics about Singapore and the world.High-quality cartography, extensive use of photographs and illustrations, and state-of-the-art production techniques have been combined to achieve a highly visual atlas. ... Read more

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Excellent overview of Singapore
This atlas contains 30 pages exclusively devoted to Singapore and then includes data on Malaysia, Indonesia, the rest of Asia and the World.It is well supported by many photos and graphs.There are many relief sections.Its only weakness is the ascetically weak backgound colour for the Singapore maps.Otherwise an excellent resource and warmly recommended. ... Read more

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This collection takes a fresh look at Singapore's built environment in the thirty years since independence by highlighting past, present, and future land-use planning and development. ... Read more

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This book examines the nature of conflict between the colonial authorities, which wanted the city ordered, sanitized, and amenable to regulation, and the Asian communities who lived and worked in colonial Singapore and had their own values, priorities, and resources. The result was an environment that embodied and expressed the tensions and negotiations, conflicts, and compromises between the different groups. ... Read more

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(Studies in Ghana, Kenya, Northern India, Singapore, South America, Australia.) ... Read more

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In the British colonial city of Singapore, municipal authorities and Asian communities faced off over numerous issues. As the city expanded, disputes arose in connection with sanitation, housing, street names, control over pedestrian 'five-foot-ways', and sacred spaces such as burial grounds. Brenda Yeoh's Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore details these conflicts and how they shaped the city.

The British administration structured the private and public environments of the city with an eye toward shaping human behavior, following scientific principles and the lessons of urban planning in other parts of the world. For the Asian communities, Singapore was the place where they lived according to their own values, priorities and resources. The two perceptions of the city frequently clashed, and the author reads the cityscape of Singapore as the result of this contest between discipline and resistance.

Drawing on meticulous research and a theoretically sophisticated use of cultural and social geography, post-colonial historical discourse, and social theory, the author offers a compelling picture of a critical stage in Singapore's past. It is an important contribution to the study of colonial cities and an indispensable resource for understanding the shape of modern Singapore. ... Read more