Urban parks and green spaces in Singapore

Managing Leisure

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-225

  Henderson, Joan C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

green spaces; leisure planning; political systems; Singapore; urban parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881024892     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606719.2013.796181     Document Type: Article

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