Sustainable urban resort development : the case of Sentosa

This study focuses on the study of Sentosa, the resort island of Singapore, in two aspects - phases in the development of an urban resort, and factors which impact on the sustainability of an urban resort. Through the study, we are able to fit the development of Sentosa into four stages from which w...

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Main Authors: Chua, Siew Beng, Yap, Clementine Yaw Fung
Other Authors: Russell Arthur Smith
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20109
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description This study focuses on the study of Sentosa, the resort island of Singapore, in two aspects - phases in the development of an urban resort, and factors which impact on the sustainability of an urban resort. Through the study, we are able to fit the development of Sentosa into four stages from which we have generalised and adopted as the framework for the development cycle of a sustainable urban resort. In addition, we have identified six criteria in addition to four adopted from the World Wildlife Fund's principles of sustainable tourism, as criteria for determining the sustainability of an urban resort
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spelling ntu-10356/201092024-01-12T10:28:36Z Sustainable urban resort development : the case of Sentosa Chua, Siew Beng Yap, Clementine Yaw Fung Russell Arthur Smith Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business This study focuses on the study of Sentosa, the resort island of Singapore, in two aspects - phases in the development of an urban resort, and factors which impact on the sustainability of an urban resort. Through the study, we are able to fit the development of Sentosa into four stages from which we have generalised and adopted as the framework for the development cycle of a sustainable urban resort. In addition, we have identified six criteria in addition to four adopted from the World Wildlife Fund's principles of sustainable tourism, as criteria for determining the sustainability of an urban resort Master of Business Administration (Hospitality and Tourism Management) 2009-12-14T08:17:35Z 2009-12-14T08:17:35Z 1997 1997 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20109 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 119 p. application/pdf
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