Singapore's Permanent Territorial Revolution: Fifty Years in Fifty Maps

Ever since Singapore became an independent nation in 1965, its government—the country’s sole landlord—has been intent on transforming the island’s environment. This has led to a nearly constant overhaul of the landscape, whether natural or man-made. No stone is left unturned, literally, and not a single cultural feature, be it a house, a factory, a road, or a cemetery, is safe from the constant modification. This atlas maps these changes in depth, vividly illustrating the shifts in Singapor...