Space to grow old in: The availability of public spaces for elderly persons in Singapore

Urban Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-439

  Teo, Peggy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN PLANNING;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0030781748     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098976050     Document Type: Article

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