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Stephen Dobbs sets out the history of the Singapore River and of the people who made it their home and workplace. Blending social history, geography, economic history, and urban studies, this book will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Singapore's many transformations during the past two centuries.

A completely revised edition providing a practical, straightforward guide to the theory and practice of discipline-based art education, explaining how DBAE draws content from the disciplines of art-making, art criticism, art history and aesthetics.

Water and energy are fundamental elements of community well-being and economic development, and a key focus of engineering efforts the world over. As such, they offer outstanding opportunities for the development of socially just engineering practices. This work examines the engineering of water and energy systems with a focus on issues of social justice and sustainability. A key theme running through the work is engaging community on water and energy engineering projects: How is this achieved in diverse contexts? And, what can we learn from past failures and successes in water and energy...

For most of its modern history, to speak of Singapore was to speak of the Singapore River, physical centre of the city and site of the greater part of the colony's entrepot trade. The river has been transformed over the last 25 years from a polluted industrial sewer choked with traffic to a clean, placid waterway that forms the centrepiece of Singapore's financial, civic and entertainment districts. This transformation symbolizes the city-state's efforts to remake itself for the 21st century. Stephen Dobbs sets out the history of this waterway, and of the people who made it their home and...