HAWKER CENTRES: SITING/SIGHTING SINGAPORE'S FOOD HERITAGE

Randy Chan and Jolene Lee

Chapter 6 in Public Space in Urban Asia, 2014, pp 90-107 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The term ‘hawker’ is defined as someone who travels selling goods, with no one fixed location. With that in mind, the term ‘hawker centre’ is almost ironic in its attempt at ‘locating’ this once nomadic trade. Yet somehow over the years, this term has become an iconic part of the Singapore landscape and intrinsically tied to the stomachs and hearts of a nation that is growing into its own…

Keywords: Public Space; Cities; Human Development; Spatial Justice; Sociology; Illegal Architecture; Heritage; Singapore; Kuala Lumpur; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Jakarta; Chongqing; China; POPs; Happiness; Emerging Economies; Asia; Southeast Asia; Urbanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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