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Critical Ecolinguistics Within Singapore, 'the Garden City'.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics.
- Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- A critical ecolinguistics case study of an entire city nation, Singapore, and of the stories told about and by it in relation to its efforts of sustainability, response to climate change, and commitment to ecomodernity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Cities in and of the Climate-Changed Future
- 1 The Singapore Stories
- 2 Ecosophy
- 3 Destructive Discourses of Singapore
- Introduction
- Pulau Bukom: Singapore's Petroculture Past and Present
- Singapore's Agri-Food Industry: Critiquing Ecomodernism
- Conclusion
- 4 Ambivalent Discourses of Singapore
- City in Nature: Vision or Veneer?
- Defining Singapore's Green Spaces
- Singapore Botanic Gardens: Exploring the Colonial Roots of the 'Garden City'
- 5 Beneficial Discourses of Singapore
- Singapore's Park Connector Network (PCN): Everyday Stories of Hope
- Bukit Brown: Blending Nature, Culture and Heritage
- Chek Jawa: Singapore's Pocket of Coastal Treasures
- Index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-43853-7
- 1-350-43851-0
- 9781350438514
- OCLC:
- 1569124378
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