Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 3 Colonial Planning and Design of Parks and Gardens in Singapore

Chapter 4 Singapore’s British Integrated System of Public Open Spaces

Chapter 5 Parks for the Community: The City State’s Modernist Planning Model

Chapter 6 From Character and Visual Identity to Theme—Gardens: Design of Parks and Public Open Space in Postmodern Singapore

Chapter 7 Re-purposing and Thematizing Colonial Gardens: Constructions of History and Nation in Singapore’s Heritage Parks

Chapter 9 The Singapore Playground: System of Themed Public Parks that Addresses Environmental, Social and Cultural Sustainability

Chapter 10 Conclusions: the Contribution of Singapore’s Park System to the Debate on Post-Independence and Post-Colonial Constructions of Nation