The Hard State Soft City Of Singapore

Author : Simone Shu-Yeng Chung,Mike Douglass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 946372950X

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The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore by Simone Shu-Yeng Chung,Mike Douglass Pdf

With Singapore serving as the subject of exploration, The Hard State, Soft City of Singapore explores the purview of imaginative representations of the city. Alongside the physical structures and associated practices that make up our lived environment, and conceptualized space engineered into material form by bureaucrats, experts and commercial interests, a perceptual layer of space is conjured out of people's everyday life experiences. While such imaginative projections may not be as tangible as its functional designations, they are nonetheless equally vital and palpable. The richness of its inhabitants' memories, aspirations and meaningful interpretations challenges the reduction of Singapore as a Generic City. Taking the imaginative field as the point of departure, the forms and modes of intellectual and creative articulations of Singapore's urban condition probe the resilience of cities and the people who reside in them, through the images they convey or evoke as a means for collective expressions of human agency in placemaking.

Author : Joanne Punzo Waghorne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350086562

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Singapore, Spirituality, and the Space of the State by Joanne Punzo Waghorne Pdf

This book examines spirituality in Singapore, showing how important the city state is for understanding contemporary global configurations of urban space, religion, and spirituality. Joanne Punzo Waghorne highlights how the formal religious spaces-temples, churches, and mosques-have been confined to allotted sites on the map of Singapore, whereas various “spiritual” organizations, particularly of Hindu origins and headed by a guru, still continue to operate as “societies” classified by the government with other “clubs.” These unconventional religiosities are not confined but ironically make their own places, meeting in ostensive secular venues: high-rise flats, malls, businesses, and community centers, thus existing in the overall space of religion, commerce, and the state. The book argues that State of Singapore also operates between the secular and the religious, constructing an overarching spatial regime that both accommodates and yet rivals the alternate spheres that spiritual movements construct under its umbrella. Both spatial configurations challenge the presumed relationships between myth and reality, religion and commerce, the ethereal and the concrete, the sacred and the secular, on the levels of self, community, and polity. Singapore, now deemed a model for urban development in Asia, also offers an understanding of a new post-secularity and perhaps reveals where the urbanized world is headed.

Author : Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000588941

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Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism by Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman Pdf

Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities’ transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context. Spanning cities from Gdańsk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. A collection of contextual studies, local perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the East to the West. Features: Explores the transformation of waterfronts from industrial hubs to urban playgrounds through the lenses of preservation, governance, economics, ecology, and more. Presents chapter-length case studies drawn from cities in China, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States, Malaysia, the European Union, Egypt, and other countries. Includes contributions from an interdisciplinary team of international scholars and professionals, a much-needed corrective to the historical exclusion of researchers and issues from the Global South. An ideal reference for graduate students, scholars, and professionals in urban planning, architecture, geography, and history, the Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism deserves to be on the shelf of urban authorities and any internationally minded academic or practitioner in real estate development, water management, preservation, or tourism.

Author : Chan-hoong Leong,Clarence Lim,Helena Yixin Huang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811285394

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Confident Identities, Connected Communities: Building Cohesion Through Shared Experiences by Chan-hoong Leong,Clarence Lim,Helena Yixin Huang Pdf

This book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what it portends for our future.Social cohesion defies easy definition; yet, every pursuit of social cohesiveness requires nurture, patience and a consensus that it is germane to the success of any community. Indeed, challenges abound, developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving geopolitical tensions, and a rise in access to technology impact social cohesion. In such times, it is pertinent to maintain on-going conversations revolving around social cohesion to bridge the divides through diversity and technology.This book continues to build on the conversations from the second edition of the International Conference of Cohesive Society (ICCS), held from 6-8 September 2022 in Singapore. Over 25 essays across three ICCS 2022 themes — How Faith Can Bridge Divides, Diversity, and Technology — present international and interdisciplinary perspectives in building confident identities and connected communities.

Author : Dr Liew Kai Khiun
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789815044584

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The Singapore Mall Generation by Dr Liew Kai Khiun Pdf

Yesterday’s malls as today’s heritage. This book unearths Singapore’s latent histories, cultures and communities that grew within its now ageing modern shopping centres, envisioned in the 1960s futuristically as “Arcades in the Air”. Contributors for this edited book highlight some of such unexpected narratives from the pioneering “Planned Shopping Centres”. They include: malls as historical and photographical sites, as homes for pioneering arcade gamers, youths cultures and veteran rock musicians, and as platforms for artistic imaginations and exhibitions. As largely individually owned shops units within the buildings, the older malls have also fostered more diverse and autonomous communities and businesses. Amidst Singapore’s constantly changing urban landscape, these otherwise dated shopping centres stand precariously as venerable sites of collective social and cultural memories. Includes essays from: Chua Beng Huat, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Darren Soh, Roy Kheang, Eunice Lim, Elena Yeo, Steve Ferzacca, Kar-men Cheng, Wee Li Lin

Author : Binti Singh,Tania Berger,Manoj Parmar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000842630

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Negotiating Resilience with Hard and Soft City by Binti Singh,Tania Berger,Manoj Parmar Pdf

This book explores how cities are shaped by the lived experiences of inhabitants and examines the ways they develop strategies to cope with daily and unexpected challenges. It argues that migration, livelihood, and public health challenges result from inadequacies in the hard city—urban assets, such as land, infrastructure, and housing, and asserts that these challenges and escalating vulnerabilities are best negotiated using the soft city—social capital and community networks. In so doing, the authors criticise a singular knowledge system and argue for a granular, nuanced understanding of cities—of the interrelations between people in places, everyday urbanisms, social relationships, cultural practices, and histories. The volume presents perspectives from the Global South and the Global North and engages with city-specific cases from Africa, India, and Europe for a deeper understanding of resilience. Part of the Urban Futures series, it will be of great interest to students and researchers of urban studies, urban planning, urban management, architecture, urban sociology, urban design, ecology, conservation, and urban sustainability. It will also be useful for urbanists, architects, urban sociologists, city and town planners, policy makers, and those interested in a deeper understanding of the contemporary and future city.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Singapore
ISBN : 9812041400

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Singapore by Anonim Pdf

Author : Victor R Savage
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811229176

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Lion City Narratives: Singapore Through Western Eyes by Victor R Savage Pdf

Lion City Narratives: Singapore Through Western Eyes fulfils four aims. First, it is a study of subjective Western impressions of Singapore's 145 years (1819-1963) of colonial history. The study is not meant to be an in-depth historical analysis of Singapore, but rather to give the reader an impressionistic account of how Western residents viewed Singapore over the decades. Second, this study could be seen as a short biography of Singapore's evolution as a city. The chapters on the imageability of Singapore and its urban morphology provide a holistic perspective of Singapore's urban dynamics. Third, this book provides a cultural insight into Singapore's population, both White residents and transient visitors, as well as the locals or Asians. Fourth, it opens a window into Singapore's development at a time when the West was at its cultural zenith and when Great Britain was the principal superpower of the 19th century. Hence Singapore carried twin colonial legacies — it was the archetype trading emporium between East and West, and it became, for the British, the major point d'appui for defence. Finally, the Singapore colonial narrative is set in a broader academic discourse that allows the reader to see a wider picture of Singapore's colonial development.The book does not attempt to make a definitive statement about the Western involvement in Singapore; it deals more with an association of many subjective Western perspectives that add colour to the liveability of the tropics, perceptions of the exotic Orient, and the myriad views of ethnic groups. Without the Western writings, paintings, and maps, academia would have minimal records of Singapore's development. As a new colony in the early 19th century however, Singapore's growth has been extremely well documented.This book will appeal to Singaporeans interested in understanding Singapore's colonial past, Westerners interested in the Western cultural persona in the development of Singapore, researchers dealing with the urban development of less-developed countries and colonial development in the tropical world, and lastly, academics who are interested in Singapore and the region's political and economic development as a case study.

Author : Jeevan Vasagar
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781408713587

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Lion City by Jeevan Vasagar Pdf

Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state. In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbours and meld it into Asia's first globalised city. Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life - from education and health to art, politics and demographic challenges - and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed 'Disneyland with the death penalty'. Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city, and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.

Author : Ann Brooks,Lionel Wee
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783082261

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Consumption, Cities and States by Ann Brooks,Lionel Wee Pdf

‘Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities’ examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West. It focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical analyses, which include: developing and amplifying the intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in late modernity in relation to a range of cities; the analysis of the concept of the global city as an ‘aspirational’ category for cities in Asia and the West; and case studies highlighting the intersection of consumption and the state.

Author : Martin Perry,Lily Kong,Brenda Yeoh
Publisher : Academy Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997-06-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015041040653

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Singapore by Martin Perry,Lily Kong,Brenda Yeoh Pdf

Singapore has achieved global prominence as the link between the international economy and one of the world's fastest growing regions. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the city. It reviews the city's social, physical and political characteristics and explores such current dilemmas as the means of accommodating the aspirations of an increasingly affluent population while overcoming the physical constraints of a small island state.

Author : Terry Williams
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231555012

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The Soft City by Terry Williams Pdf

There is no rawer human experience than sex, and in a city as diverse as New York, sexual experiences come in many forms. In the pre-Giuliani days, temptation flooded Times Square on theater marquees and neon signs. Behind unmarked doors downtown, more adventurous experiences awaited for those in the know. In The Soft City, the ethnographer Terry Williams, with the help of accomplices and informants, ventures deep into the underground world of sex in New York. The book explores different aspects of the “perverse space” of the city: porn theaters, sex shops, peep shows, restroom cruising, sadomasochism clubs, swingers’ events, and many more. Featuring field notes taken between 1975 and the present, The Soft City documents the ways that New Yorkers on the social periphery have thought about and pursued sex, whether for recreation or to make a living. It also presents an unconventional account of New York City’s many transformations, showing how the soft city—its people and their unique character—evolved in response to official and social pressures. Featuring Williams’s unmistakable portraits of the demimonde as well as the accounts of other ethnographers challenging themselves to dive into the city’s hidden crannies, The Soft City is as irreproducible as it is provocative.

Author : Peter James Rimmer,Howard W. Dick
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9971694263

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The City in Southeast Asia by Peter James Rimmer,Howard W. Dick Pdf

The extended metropolitan regions of Southeast Asia are the dynamic cores of their national economies and societies and the frontiers of accelerating globalization. This title explores ways of moving beyond outmoded paradigms of the Third World City or a Southeast Asian city 'type'.

Author : Linda Low
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110402851

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The Political Economy of a City-state by Linda Low Pdf

It uses a political economy approach to analyse how Singapore made its growth and development.

Author : Mark Hong
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814704946

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Rise of Singapore, the (in 2 Volumes) by Mark Hong Pdf

"In the 50th anniversary year of Singapore's independence, it is timely to trace our developmental journey in order that young Singaporeans students, visiting tourists and foreigners working in Singapore may be informed about why and how Singapore succeeded, despite tremendous odds. The two volumes relate the developmental stories and secrets of Singapore, so that other developing countries can be inspired to achieve their own successes"--