Keywords:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Sustainable engineering
;
Water conservation
;
Singapore Environmental conditions
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- a. ASPECTS OF 'BLUE' AND 'GREEN' -- b. SINGAPOREAN SIGNIFICANCE OF 'BLUE AND GREEN' -- c. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- end notes -- 2 EARLY DAYS -- a. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING AND CONTROL -- b. TRANSFORMATION AND DEFORESTATION -- c. SECURING PROSPERITY -- d. WAR - TIME INTERLUDE -- e. POST - COLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS -- end notes -- 3 VISIONS OF CLEAN AND GREEN -- a. ONSET AND RISE OF 'CLEAN AND GREEN' -- b. FROM 'GARDEN CITY 'TO' CITY IN NATURE' -- c. METAPHORICAL PERSPECTIVES -- d. SINGAPORE'S CHANGING METAPHORIC LANDSCAPE -- end notes -- 4 WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY -- a. SINGAPORE'S CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WATER RESOURCES -- b. SINGAPORE'S FOUR NATIONAL TAPS -- c. SINGAPORE'S CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM -- d. STOCK-FLOW DEPICTIONS -- e. SUSTAINABILITY, DEPENDENCIES AND VULNERABILITIES -- end notes -- 5 GARDENS PARKS AND GREEN RESERVES -- a. BOTANIC AND HORTICULTURAL GARDENS -- b. NATURE RESERVES -- c. THE ACTIVE, BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN WATERS PROGRAMME -- d. PARK AND OTHER CONNECTORS -- e. THEMES AND MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS -- f. TOWARDS A BIOPHILIC OUTCOME -- end notes -- 6 WAYS FORWARD -- a. SUCCESSFUL INGREDIENTS -- b. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- c. FUTURE CHALLENGES -- d. DEALING WITH FUTURE UNCERTAINTY -- end notes -- LIST OF INTERVIEWS -- IMAGE CREDITS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- AUTHORS NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (161 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789811395970
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5920966
DDC:
363.70095957
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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