Public Space: Design, Use and Management

Chua Beng Huat

This collection of essays addresses the important issue of public space in terms of its design, use and management and value as a social, economic and cultural resource, with special reference to Singapore. Multi-disciplinary in perspective, it represents the first concerted attempt by academics and practitioners involved in the physical design and planning of Singapore to closely analyse a much neglected aspect of the Singapore's rapid industrialisation and provide suggestions for the country's future development.

The book should interest ecologists, sociologists, botanists, geographers, urban planners, engineers, architects and other building professionals as well as the general public.

CHUA Beng Huat is Professor at the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

publication year: 1992
184 pages
ISBN: 978-9971-69-164-6  Paperback  US$30.00  S$38.00