Enchanting Singapore presents the huge variety of experiences for holidaymakers of all kinds offered by this island nation. This bustling cosmopolitan city has excellent shopping malls and fascinating museums; heritage trails and wildlife walks; a colourful nightlife and a huge choice of dining options. Much planning has been involved in ......
The Marina Bay Sand, the Changi Jewel and the fast-paced, high-rise city are what immediately comes to one's mind about Singapore. This is 'The Weekender's' first flight into the Asia Pacific region and this issue will present Singapore in a different and more laid-back perspective than you might be used to. However, it will still showcase the ......
INSIGHT GUIDES CITY GUIDE SINGAPORE Let us guide you on every step of your travels... Explore the most exciting cities in the world with these inspirational travel guides, now with free eBook. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Singapore is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best this ......
A new framework for understanding how airports interact with their surrounding region. Airports are major drivers of economic development. While firmly rooted in local landscapes, they serve as vital links to global networks. However, the massive infrastructures and externalities of airports-like noise and pollution-create tensions and present ......
The Political Economy of Singapore's Public Housing
Examines the ways Singapore's impressive public housing program is central to the political legitimacy of the city-state's single-party regime, and the growing contradictions of its success. The achievement of Singapore's national public housing program is impressive by any standard. Within a year of its first election victory in 1959, the ......
New insight into the defense history of Singapore. Even small states can have grand strategies. Singapore, despite its poor natural resource endowment, small population, and size, has often been described as punching above its weight in international affairs. Part of this stems from the way Singapore strategically integrates the different ......
A balanced, sensitive study of the history of comfort women in Singapore during World War II. "Comfort women" or ianfu is the euphemism used by the Japanese military for the women they compelled to do sex work in the Second World War, and has become the term generally used in English to discuss the subject. The role of comfort women in the ......
A richly illustrated account of the development of Singapore's modern built environment. Everyday Modernism is the first comprehensive documentation of Singapore's modern built environment. Through a lens of social, cultural, and architectural histories, the book uncovers the many untold stories of the Southeast Asian city-state's ......
A fully comprehensive field guide to the 829 bird species of Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak) and Singapore. The species are clearly illustrated in over 170 plates, with many variants.
