Future of Space: Planning, Space and the City FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Urban space in Singapore is a scarce resource upon which different groups in the city draw. In this way, urban space is contested territory. This book presents a review of the politics and rationale of spatial planning, as well as the social processes involved in the provision and shaping of urban space - industrial, residential, retail, public space - which affects its availability to the citizenry in the city. The focus is on research done in the city-state of Singapore, considering what the urban space we now have means to Singaporeans and the implications for space in the future." Emphasis is also placed on a forward looking discussion of the processes - social, economic and political - that have shaped the meaning of urban space and its use at the everyday and more episodic levels, and current concerns among the international research community will be highlighted in the discussion of our needs for space and its planning here in Singapore.
SYNOPSIS
Ling (policy studies, Nanyang Technological U., Singapore) explores the political, economic, and social forces that shape policies and processes through which space in cities has been allocated. She focuses on the urban planning frameworks that public policy has created and shaped, and the urban spaces that have resulted, such as public housing, public spaces, retailing spaces, and public parks. Eastern Universities Press in an imprint of Times Media Private Ltd., distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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