Singapore's urban transport: Sustainability by design or necessity?

Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-112

  Barter, Paul A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 74449086590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6542-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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