Integrated resort in the central business district of singapore: The land use planning and sustainability issues

Spatial Planning for a Sustainable Singapore

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 59-78

  Wong, Tai Chee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 79953308850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6542-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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