Railways as heritage attractions: Singapore's tanjong pagar station

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Henderson, Joan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive reuse; Malaysia; Railway heritage; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015681919     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2010.536236     Document Type: Article

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