Urban redevelopment and the forced eviction of lighters from the Singapore River

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 288-310

  Dobbs, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eviction; Lighterage; Renewal; River; Singapore; Urban

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; RELOCATION; URBAN RENEWAL;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0036868488     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00132     Document Type: Article

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