Feeling like a state: Design guidelines and the legibility of 'urban experience' in Singapore

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-154

  Lee, Kah Wee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design guidelines; Legibility; Planning bureaucracy; Singapore; Urban experience

Indexed keywords

ART; BUREAUCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LIGHT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84890871675     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12102     Document Type: Article

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