书目名称 | Singapore’s Park System Master Planning |
副标题 | A Nation Building To |
编辑 | Raffaella Sini |
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概述 | Contextualizes parks’ design and planning in the discourse on western and eastern traditions.Helps readers grasp the potential social and cultural roles of public parks in dense urban settlements.High |
丛书名称 | Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements |
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描述 | This book traces the evolution of Singapore’s parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions ‘imported’ during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate..Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types..Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective..The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapore’s system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapore’s park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urb |
出版日期 | Book 2020 |
关键词 | Cultural Landscapes; Garden Planning; Landscape Architecture; Landscape Design; Planning and Design; Sing |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6746-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-13-6746-5Series ISSN 2198-2546 Series E-ISSN 2198-2554 |
issn_series | 2198-2546 |
copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 |