Reclaim land : the fight for space in Singapore.
In a city just over 700 square kilometres, Singapore's biggest problem is being small. Thus, state planning dominates the cityscape, focusing on economic survival and making it one of the world's most business-friendly. Yet, Singapore struggles to keep its people and address their diverse...
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| author | Zhuang, Justin. Wong, Shu Yun. Sam, Kang Li. Cheong, Serene. |
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| description | In a city just over 700 square kilometres, Singapore's biggest problem is being small. Thus, state planning dominates the cityscape, focusing on economic survival and making it one of the world's most business-friendly. Yet, Singapore struggles to keep its people and address their diverse needs for space. But instead of the state, the solution may lie in its people. Our online journalism project looks at the everyday life of ordinary people and how they create space in this over-determined city. Just like how the state reclaims land for its plans, so have its people. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/155262019-12-10T12:56:59Z Reclaim land : the fight for space in Singapore. Zhuang, Justin. Wong, Shu Yun. Sam, Kang Li. Cheong, Serene. Cherian George Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Online journalism In a city just over 700 square kilometres, Singapore's biggest problem is being small. Thus, state planning dominates the cityscape, focusing on economic survival and making it one of the world's most business-friendly. Yet, Singapore struggles to keep its people and address their diverse needs for space. But instead of the state, the solution may lie in its people. Our online journalism project looks at the everyday life of ordinary people and how they create space in this over-determined city. Just like how the state reclaims land for its plans, so have its people. Bachelor of Communication Studies 2009-05-08T03:29:34Z 2009-05-08T03:29:34Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15526 en Nanyang Technological University 39 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Online journalism Zhuang, Justin. Wong, Shu Yun. Sam, Kang Li. Cheong, Serene. Reclaim land : the fight for space in Singapore. |
| title | Reclaim land : the fight for space in Singapore. |
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| title_short | Reclaim land : the fight for space in Singapore. |
| title_sort | reclaim land the fight for space in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Online journalism |
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