Public intervention, private aspiration: Gated communities and the condominisation of housing landscapes in Singapore

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-227

  Pow, Choon Piew ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Club good; Condominiums; Gated communities; Middle class; Singapore; State

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SMALL ISLAND STATE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

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

EID: 67649134703     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2009.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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