High-rise living in Singapore public housing

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 583-600

  Yuen, Belinda ^a   Yeh, Anthony ^b   Appold, Stephen John ^c   Earl, George ^d   Ting, John ^e   Kwee, Lanny Kurnianingrum ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Singapore Institute of Architects   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33644596411     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500533133     Document Type: Article

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