Socio-environmental dimensions in tropical semi-open spaces of high-rise housing in Singapore

Tropical Sustainable Architecture: Social and Environmental Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-82

  Bay, Joo Hwa ^a   Wang, Na ^b   Liang, Qian ^b   Kong, Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community; Design guidelines; Environment; High rise high density; Housing; Semi open space; Socio climatic; Sustainability; Tropical

Indexed keywords

EID: 85118470851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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