Romancing the high-rise in Singapore

Cities

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-13

  Yuen, Belinda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High rise living; Resident attitude; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DESIGN; HOUSING PROVISION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; URBAN HOUSING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27444442461     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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