Tidal Fortunes
Author | : Joan Hon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Kallang Basin (Singapore) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Joan Hon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Kallang Basin (Singapore) |
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Author | : Theresa-Marie Smith |
Publisher | : Grosvenor House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2020-07-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1839752459 |
'On Fortune's Tide' is a historical romance set in Cornwall in the eighteenth century.
Author | : Yong Soon Tan |
Publisher | : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 981230861X |
When Singapore became a sovereign state in 1965, the fledgling nation faced very similar problems as most other developing countries: high unemployment, low standard of living, and poor environmental conditions. In a scant four decades, it has become the 6th wealthiest country in the world in terms of per capita GDP and has managed its environment so well that it is now considered to be one of the best in the world. In this remarkable book, Tan Yong Soon authoritatively and objectively analyses how the environmental conditions were radically transformed within this period, and the enabling conditions which made this extraordinary transformation possible. This book will unquestionably make all Singaporeans proud of their environmental achievements, and at the same time enable other countries, both developed and developing, to learn many lessons from a most remarkable success story. This book is a must read for any individual interested in environment-development issues. -Prof Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.
Author | : Gretchen Liu |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Singapore |
ISBN | : 0700715843 |
This is the story of Singapore through the eyes of artists and photographers. Each image conveys a strong sense of place, and together they tell the story of a nation and the island they transformed from a fishing village to a global city state.
Author | : Ananya Roy |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2011-06-09 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1444346784 |
Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Describes the new theoretical framework of ‘worlding’ Substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture Includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study Demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics
Author | : P. Boomgaard |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004454349 |
This book examines the history of human interaction with forest and marine ecosystems in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Rainforests falling to snarling chainsaws, and factory trawlers emptying the life out of tropical seas, are nowadays among the most familiar images of Southeast Asia. Yet the present excessive levels of logging and fishing have emerged only within the last generation. Until a few decades ago it was common for marine and forest-related economic activities in Southeast Asia to have limited, and in the long run rather stable, effects on the environment. Did this relative stability simply reflect lower population densities, less well developed markets, and less efficient extraction technologies? Or was it the result of successful resource management techniques and institutions? If so, why have these since failed or been abandoned? Seventeen contributions by an international selection of expert authors cover topics ranging from the collection of rattan, beeswax and forest resins in the seventeenth century to the management of modern marine nature reserves. Muddied waters is essential reading for anyone interested in the environmental history of Southeast Asia, whether in connection with other aspects of this particular region, or in relation to patterns of environmental change and resource management in other parts of the world.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sam Allison |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2015-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1459722043 |
The story of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders moves from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, through the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812. When these men were rewarded free land in the "New World," they brought with them revolutionary ideas, creating a legacy that extends far beyond Scotland and Canada.
Author | : Sally Sargeson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-10-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134453213 |
This edited collection explores issues surrounding the provision of collective goods within the context of post-crisis East and Southeast Asia. It includes case studies on Korea, Indonesia, China, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore among others.
Author | : Stephen Dobbs |
Publisher | : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9971697386 |
For most of its modern history, to speak of Singapore was to speak of the Singapore River, physical centre of the city and site of the greater part of the colony's entrepot trade. The river has been transformed over the last 25 years from a polluted industrial sewer choked with traffic to a clean, placid waterway that forms the centrepiece of Singapore's financial, civic and entertainment districts. This transformation symbolizes the city-state's efforts to remake itself for the 21st century.Stephen Dobbs sets out the history of this waterway, and of the people who made it their home and workplace. He describes the tidal swamp in the early days of the British settlement, where merchants ignored Raffles much-vaunted city plan and built their businesses on the limited high ground along the marshy riverbanks.Later, even as the long distance shipping moved to new port facilities elsewhere on the island, the river remained the base for a large regional trade, and boatmen and businessmen struggled to cope with silting, over-crowding, and bridges that were too low to be passed at high tide.Looking at the post-war years, Dobbs zeros in on the boatmen who carried goods between the "e;godowns"e; or warehouses along the river and the freighters lying at anchor in the roads. Despite its pollution, the river remained home to a vital community of coolies and tally clerks, and the tumultuous urban life that swirled around them.Today the waterfront community has been relocated. The shophouses and warehouses along the river are now chic cafes and upmarket restaurants, fish have returned to the Singapore River, and urban dwellers stroll on walks along the river's edge.Blending social history, geography, economic history and urban studies, this book will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Singapore's many transformations during the past two centuries.