Commodification of place and self-change in residents of Balestier.

• Main Author: Poon, Cheryl Shuwen.
• Other Authors: Lim Khek Gee, Francis
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/25671
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Commodification of place is seen as the process in which places are marketed and its unique features are “sold” to tourists and visitors. It has been seen by some academics as a means to earn tourist revenue since the selling of heritage places is now big business. However, often the effects of thes...