TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeoh,Brenda S.A.
TI  - Contesting space in colonial Singapore: power relations and the urban built environment 
T2  - Singapore: Studies in society & history
SN  - 9971692686
AV  - HT243.S55 Y46 1996
U1  - 307.76095957 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Singapore University Press
KW  - Urban ecology (Sociology)
KW  - Singapore
KW  - City planning
KW  - Colonial cities
KW  - Social ecology
KW  - Chinese
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index; 1; Power Relations and the Built Environment in Colonial Cities --; 2; Establishing an Institution of Control over the Urban Built Environment: The Municipal Authority of Singapore, 1819-1930 --; 3; Municipal Sanitary Surveillance, Asian Resistance, and the Control of the Urban Environment --; 4; Shaping the Built Form of the City: From the Regulation of House Form to Urban Planning --; 5; Municipal versus Asian Utilities Systems: Urban Water Supply and Sewage Disposal --; 6; The Naming and Signification of Urban Space: Municipal versus Asian Street-names and Place-names --; 7; The Control of 'Public' Space: Conflicts over the Definition and Use of the Verandah --; 8; The Control of 'Sacred' Space: Conflicts over the Chinese Burial Grounds --; 9; Conclusion: The Politics of Space in Colonial Singapore
ER  -