| Math Data |
Scales differ. (E 103°3359--E 104°3414/N 1°3047--N 1°0749) |
| Phys Descr |
1 atlas (154 pages) : illustrations (mostly color), color maps ; 28 x 30 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index |
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Relief shown by gradient tints and shading |
| Summary |
"Ever since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, its government has been intent on transforming the island's environment. This has led to a nearly constant overhaul of the landscape, whether still natural or already manmade. Not only are the shape and dimensions of the main island and its subsidiary ones constantly modified so are their relief and hydrology. No stone is left unturned, literally, and, one could add, nor is a single cultural feature, be it a house, a factory, a road or a cemetery. Given one of Singapore's unique feature, namely that the state is the sole landlord, all types of property in all parts of the island, rural as well as urban, were and remain subject to expropriation, fortunately always with due compensation. This atlas illustrates, through diachronic mapping of the changing distribution of all forms of land use, the universality of what has become a tool of social management. By constantly 'replanning' the rules of access to space, the Singaporean State is thus redefining territoriality, even in its minute details. This is one reason it has been able to consolidate its control over civil society, peacefully and to an extent rarely known in history"--Back of dust jacket |
| Contents |
Setting the stage: Singapore : a global strategic location -- Singapore : a regional strategic location -- Singapore in the midst of historical trade centres -- Singapore as a migrants' haven -- Contemporary Singapore -- Taming nature: Stretching the land -- Searching for land -- Pulau Tekong as new frontier -- Collecting and stocking water -- Diversifying water supply sources -- The garden city -- The sea in the city -- Repositioning people: Spreading out the population -- The housing question -- Housing foreign workers -- Laying out a new town : Punggol -- Private quarters -- Readjusting the distribution of ethnic communities -- Reorganising production and circulation: Rationing agriculture -- Expanding and consolidating industrial production -- Jurong : from mangrove to industrial estate to urban status -- Powering Singapore -- Petroleum islands -- Making way for cars -- Transporting workers -- Services, control and entertainment: Places to pray -- Places for burial -- Places to study -- Places for recreation -- Rallying points: community centres -- Rallying points : shopping malls -- Orchard Road : the shopping cum tourist trail -- Hosting foreign visitors -- Taking care of people's health -- Honouring the past -- Regulating outdoor gastronomy -- Shifting electoral boundaries -- Going global: Banking on Singapore -- Doors wide open to the world -- A harbour city -- Changi : an airport in the sea -- SIA : a world class airline and its siblings -- Trading with the world -- Foreign lands for expansion : the Riau Islands -- Foreign lands for expansion : Johor -- Foreign lands for expansion : the world -- The world as a harbour -- The world as a military training ground -- Perpetuating territorial transformation and production: From master plan to revised model -- Following the plan |
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Land use -- Singapore -- Planning -- Maps
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Singapore -- Social conditions -- Maps
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Singapore -- Economic conditions -- Maps
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Singapore -- Maps
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| Alt Author |
Girard, Marc, 1964- cartographer
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Koninck, Rodolphe de, author
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| OCLC # |
962466310 |
| ISBN # |
9789814722353 |
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9814722359 |
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