Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Kishore Joshi, Asit K. Biswas

Gebundenes Buch

The Singapore Water Story

Sustainable Development in an Urban City-state

Beschreibung

This book describes the journey of Singapore¿s development and the fundamental role that water has had in shaping it. What makes this case so unique is that the quest for self-sufficiency in terms of water availability in a fast-changing urban context has been crucial to the way development policies and agendas have been planned throughout the years.

Autor

Cecilia Tortajada is President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico. Yugal Joshi works with Northern Railways, Delhi, India, and formally as a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Asit Biswas is Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9780415657822
• ISBN-10: 0415657822
• Artikelnr.: 36622259