Slum clearance and urban renewal in Singapore



Digitised Book 216.73.216.191 (0)

1967

Slum clearance and urban renewal in Singapore

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This is a paper on slum clearance and urban renewal in Singapore presented by the head of the Urban Renewal Department of the Housing & Development Board at the second Afro-Asian Housing Congress held in Singapore in 1967. The paper also discusses the creation of the Urban Renewal Department which was charged with the task to undertake slum clearance and urban renewal.

Subjects

City planning--Singapore--Congresses Slums--Singapore--Congresses Working class--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses Labor movement--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses Labor--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses Relocation (Housing)--Singapore--Congresses Urban renewal--Singapore--Congresses

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Urban planning

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Title
Slum clearance and urban renewal in Singapore
Creators
  • Choe, Alan F. C.
Subject
  • City planning--Singapore--Congresses
  • Slums--Singapore--Congresses
  • Working class--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses
  • Labor movement--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses
  • Labor--Homes and haunts--Singapore--Congresses
  • Relocation (Housing)--Singapore--Congresses
  • Urban renewal--Singapore--Congresses
Publisher
  • Afro-Asian Housing Congress, 1967
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1967
Contributors
  • 1967 : Singapore)
  • Singapore. Housing and Development Board
Digital Description
application/pdf, 3.28 MB, 30 p.
Provenance
Table of Contents
  • Demography and economy – how the slums came about -- Deterioration of the city centre is a natural phenomena of cities -- Slums in the Afro-Asian context -- Total improved housing and living environment can only be achieved through slum clearance and urban renewal -- The task of slum clearance in developing countries -- Importance of first arriving at a sound public housing programme before launching slum clearance and urban renewal -- Can Afro-countries afford slum clearance and urban renewal? … --Design considerations for developing countries -- Urban renewal programme must be designed to suit the country -- Afro-Asian aspirations and problems demand Afro-Asian solutions.
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Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.