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Belinda Yuen. Greening the City-state of Singapore[J]. Forest Ecosystems, 1999, 1(S1): 31-36.
Citation: Belinda Yuen. Greening the City-state of Singapore[J]. Forest Ecosystems, 1999, 1(S1): 31-36.
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Greening the City-state of Singapore

  • School of Building & Real Estate, National University of Sing apore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260

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  • Under a post-independence policy of economic and urban g row th, the Singapore government has initiated a greening effort to transform Singapore into a garden city as it develops to become a predominantly high-rise, modern post-industrial city-state. The aim is to make Singapore a better place to live'. The paper will examine the vision of this development. The planning strategy and factors critical to the greening of Singapore into a garden city will also be discussed.
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