Constructing Singapore Public Space

• Main Author: Hee, Limin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
• Subjects: Geography.; Economic geography.; Urban geography.; Civil engineering.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Sustainable Development.; Civil Engineering.; Human Geography.; Economic Geography.

This book presents possible alternatives and interpretations to the well established notion in the mostly western discourse on public space. The discourse on public space as understood in the democratic-rationalist tradition, when applied to the Singaporean public space, would offer much criticism b...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to concepts and models of public space
• Public Space in Singapore-A History
• A Closer Look at Places for People
• Themes for Understanding Public Spaces: Production and Representation.