Social Constructions of Nature in Urban Singapore

• Main Authors: Kong, Lily, Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1996
• Subjects: Conceptual approach; Nature; Perception; Social construction; Urban perspective; Asian Studies; Human Geography; Urban Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1801; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3058/viewcontent/Kong_1996_SocialConstructionsNatureUrbanSingapore.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Wilderness was increasingly evaluated either as a resource to be exploited or a resource to be protected. Those who urged the protection of wilderness viewed it as a place for outdoor recreation and safe enough for the family; others saw it as a museum of natural curiosities, a tourist attraction; while the high minded revered it as nature's cathedral. [Yi-Fu Tuan 1971: 38]