Overview
- Presents an essential fix for a typical matured urban city with overflowing concrete jungles
- Provides localised plans that are eminently achievable in tight urban spaces and small land areas
- 5Ws and 1H to guide active planning and implementation
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Melissa Liow Li Sa is currently the Assistant Head of School of Business and Management at PSB Academy. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Degree from University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Masters in Business Administration from University of Wales (UOW) and PhD in Business from International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW). She has taught subjects in Marketing, Human Resource Management, and Tourism and Hospitality Management. Her research interests lie in the field of tourism entrepreneurship. Aside from her responsibilities in teaching and research, she contributes as the Program Leader for the Hospitality and Tourism programmes at PSB Academy. She also contributes as Ex-Officio of Assessment Committee at PSB Academy.
Sam Choon-Yin is currently the Dean for Academic Partnerships at Kaplan Higher Education Institute, Singapore. He graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), and University of South Australia (UNISA) where he obtained his PhD in International Business and Management. His research papers have appeared in journals such as Asian Studies Review, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, South East Asia Research, Global Economic Review, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Asian and African Studies and Asia Pacific Viewpoint.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Urban Development in Singapore
Book Subtitle: Imagining Walkability in an Urban Concrete Jungle
Authors: Melissa Liow Li Sa, Sam Choon-Yin
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5451-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5450-6Published: 29 September 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5453-7Due: 30 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5451-3Published: 28 September 2023
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 316
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Urban History, Landscape Architecture