190 Index
individual control 27; outdoor/indoor
spaces 22; persistance/disappearance of
practices 32–3; science of indoor com-
fort 23–4; social practice theory 29–33;
and societal trends 26–7; textiles and
clothing practices 30; tradition based
approaches 27–8; tropical modernism
27–8. See also air-conditioning
Thrift, N. 67, 69
Tokyo: cartographies of 129. See also
Shibuya: Underground Streams project;
urban farming
tourism: increased attention to environ-
mental issues 20–1. See also eco-
culture, Singapore as; Philippines,
eco-tourism in
transformation of spaces 93–4
tropical modernism 27–8
Understanding Alternative Media (Bailey,
Cammaerts and Carpentier) 147
urban farming: amount of food produced
163; benefits of urban farming 155–6;
development of 159–62, 160 ; Edo 165;
half-farmer-half-X 158–9; Kashiwa
City, Chiba Prefecture 163–4; life-work
balance in Japan 157–9; opportuni-
ties for 163–5, 164 ; planning, urban,
rethinking of 161–2; play-work 158–9;
rental garden program 163; revitaliza-
tion of cities through 162–5, 164 ; uni-
versality/uniqueness 156, 157 ; vacant
lots 162–3; work culture, changes in
156–9; worldwide interest in urban
farming 155. See also community farm-
ing in Hong Kong; natural farming in
Taiwan
urban wilds in Singapore 68–9
Urry, J. 7, 67, 76Warwick, M. 117
Watanabe, T. 165
Watson, M. 24, 29, 33
wildlife encounters in Singapore 75–6, 78
Wissen, M. 2, 7
work culture, changes in Japan 156–9Yang, G. 99, 101, 104, 107
Yip, N. 118
Yokohari, M. 165Zhang, J.Y. 5
Žižek, S. 175
zoos and bird sanctuaries in Singapore
75–6, 78