Recreating place, replacing memory: Creative destruction at the Singapore River

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-280

  Chang, T C ^a   Huang, Shirlena ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Memory; New Asia; Public art; River; Singapore; Waterfront

Indexed keywords

ART; CULTURAL IDENTITY; LANDSCAPE; MEMORY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29144514279     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2005.00285.x     Document Type: Review

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