The Construction and Experience of Nature: Perspectives of Urban Youths

• Main Authors: Kong, Lily, Yuen, Belinda, Sodhi, Navjot S., Briffett, Clive
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: nature; Singapore; focus group discussions; young people; conservation; development; Asian Studies; Human Geography; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1724; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2981/viewcontent/ConstructionExperienceNatureYouth_1999.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we explore the ways in which young people in a highly urbanised setting experience and develop constructions of nature. We do so by using Singapore as our case study, an Asian context in which urbanisation is total (Singapore's population is totally urbanised), Based on focus gro...