‘New uses need old buildings’: Gentrification aesthetics and the arts in Singapore

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 524-539

  Chang, T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

aesthetics; arts; culture; gentrification; neighbourhood; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ART; BUILDING; ESTHETICS; GENTRIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

INDIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84954492530     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014527482     Document Type: Article

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