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Clean Green and Blue

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'Singapore's remarkable and sustainable transformation'

Recommendation: Clean Green and Blue provides a comprehensive analysis of the successful transformation of Singapore's environment within a short period of time. It captures how Singapore overcame the challenges many developing countries face and became one of the best in managing its environment. The book is a great read for those interested in environment-development issues and for Singaporeans who want to take pride in their country's remarkable achievement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Clean Green and Blue

$48.86
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ISBN: 9789812308610
Related Collections: History, Science, Politics
Related Topics: Sociology, Politics

Description

'When Singapore became a sovereign state in 1965, the fledgling nation faced very similar problems as most other developing countries: high unemployment, low standard of living, and poor environmental conditions. In a scant four decades, it has become the 6th wealthiest country in the world in terms of per capita GDP and has managed its environment so well that it is now considered to be one of the best in the world. In this remarkable book, Tan Yong Soon authoritatively and objectively analyses how the environmental conditions were radically transformed within this period, and the enabling conditions which made this extraordinary transformation possible.This book will unquestionably make all Singaporeans proud of their environmental achievements, and at the same time enable other countries, both developed and developing, to learn many lessons from a most remarkable success story. This book is a must read for any individual interested in environment-development issues' - Prof Asit K. Biswas, President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore.


Author: Tan Yong Soon
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 390
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Publication Date: 30 Dec 2008
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'Singapore's remarkable and sustainable transformation'

Recommendation: Clean Green and Blue provides a comprehensive analysis of the successful transformation of Singapore's environment within a short period of time. It captures how Singapore overcame the challenges many developing countries face and became one of the best in managing its environment. The book is a great read for those interested in environment-development issues and for Singaporeans who want to take pride in their country's remarkable achievement.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.