The history of the Kallang River and Kallang Basin : filling in a gap in Singapore’s colonial historiography
This paper examines the history of Kallang River and Kallang Basin from 1819 – 1940 to fill a gap that was not well-researched in Singapore’s colonial history. It argues that the Kallang Basin developed into a regional hub for Southeast Asia and the Kallang River developed into a waterway conn...
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| 語言: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2020
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| 在線閱讀: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137448 |
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| 總結: | This paper examines the history of Kallang River and Kallang Basin from 1819
– 1940 to fill a gap that was not well-researched in Singapore’s colonial
history. It argues that the Kallang Basin developed into a regional hub for
Southeast Asia and the Kallang River developed into a waterway connecting
the inland settlements economic activities with the regional trade at the Basin
while becoming a centre of new industries and local infrastructure. The history
of the Kallang region reflects government attempts to control the Kallang
region’s social space and urban development, and the negotiations between
state and nonstate actors as it developed into a regional hub. However, state
urban planning rarely goes accordingly and while state institutions gradually
became stronger and more influential in the Kallang Basin, nonstate forces in
society contested state forces at times and state institutions faced limitations in
carrying out their plans. The history of the Kallang River also shows rivers as
zones of urbanization located within a broader long-term pattern of
urbanization connecting river systems and landscapes. It also demonstrates that
rivers were important locales for port-polities, and the creation and
transformation of urban centres and landscapes in Southeast Asia and beyond. |
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