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Cleaning of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in Singapore: Human and Environmental Dimensions

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This article is part of a broader research project on urban water management in Singapore sponsored by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico.

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  1. Sr DSC/RPF/Delhi (West), Northern Railway, Delhi Division, Panchkuiyan Road, New Delhi, 110055, India

    Yugal Kishore Joshi

  2. Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Wing A, Level 2M, Oei Tiong Ham Building, Singapore, 259772, Singapore

    Asit K. Biswas

  3. Third World Centre for Water Management, Avenida Manantial Oriente 27, Los Clubes, Atizapán, Estado de México, 52958, Mexico

    Cecilia Tortajada

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Joshi, Y.K., Tortajada, C. & Biswas, A.K. Cleaning of the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in Singapore: Human and Environmental Dimensions. AMBIO 41, 777–781 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0279-0

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