Nature & Environment

Ho Kwon Ping The IPS-Nathan Lectures series was launched by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) in 2014. It is part of the S R Nathan Fellowship ...

How has Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity influenced the economic, political, social and intellectual hi...

Alvin Loh With more than 150 years of history, the 74-hectare Singapore Botanic Gardens holds a unique and significant place in the history of Si...

The story of the Singapore River, the other rivers flowing into the Kallang Basin, and Marina Bay. It covers their commercial role over the centuri...

Description About the Editor Praise In this era of the climate crisis, in which our very futures are at stake, sustainability is a global imper...

The most important of Tommy Koh's writings on the Law of the Sea are brought together in Building a New Legal Order for the Oceans. As the presiden...

Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010–Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Stu...

Native orchids have grown freely on roadside trees in Singapore for centuries and the Singapore Botanic Gardens has cultivated many beautiful hybri...

The environmental turn in the humanities and social sciences has meant a new focus on the history of animals. This is one of the first books to loo...

This tiny, humid island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula was once a forest-covered Garden of Eden. The majority of the 2,500 different species of ...

As Singapore enters its 50th year of independence, it is a time for introspection to look back at the successes and challenges of the past, but is ...

Singapore’s resident bird population, together with the many migratory species that visit seasonally, are one of the most picturesque highlights of...

In short, following Marshall McLuhan's famous provocation, the editors focus less on the message and more on the medium of research. This involves ...

This book, the first in a planned series, reports on Singapore's Future Cities Laboratory and its ambitious mission to shape sustainable future cit...

Everything you might want to know about Kent Ridge in one book. This book helps you look beneath the shiny exteriors of today's institutions, to th...

Edited by Heng Chye Kiang 50 Years of Urban Planning in Singapore is an accessible and comprehensive volume on Singapore's planning approach to urb...

Sample Synopsis:Housed within environmentally friendly kraft paper covers, A Gardener’s Log is a testament to a life spent with the earth. A two-t...

A fully comprehensive field guide to the 829 bird species of Malaysia (including Sabah and Sarawak) and Singapore. The species are clearly illustra...

The continued aridity trend occurring in many regions worldwide is a manifestation of the response of the earth system to global change. It hinders...

This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays ou...

The potential for energy transformation from geothermal heat is limitless. For millennia natural sources of this energy, in the form of thermal spr...

Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers submitted by students from the National University of Singapore's mult...

In conjunction with Singapore's 50th birthday in August 2015, 50 Years of Environment: Singapore's Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability tak...

Environmental Policies in Asia highlights the environmental challenges Asian planners and policymakers face as the continent undergoes rapid econom...