Clean, Green and Blue : Singapore's Journey Towards Environmental and Water Sustainability / Yong Soon Tan, Tung Jean Lee, Karen Tan.
Material type: TextPublisher: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 390 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789812308627 (ebook)
- Clean, Green & Blue
- 363.70095957 22
- GE190.S55 T36 2009
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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.
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