Search Results - "city-state"
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The ancient Greek economy: markets, households, and city-states
Published 2015“…This volume draws together contributions by historians, economists, and archaeologists on the question of the role of markets in the economy of the Greek city-states during the classical and hellenistic periods.…”
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Singapore's heritage landscape changes into a multicultural island city nation
Published 2015“…From having a modest beginning, Singapore originated from a Malay island belonging to Johor in the southernmost state of Malaysia and underwent almost two centuries of develompent Island City State of the world. The island's timeline witnesses multi faceted layers of transformation which leads to the Island losing its original heritage of a Malay island. …”
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Book Review: Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore
Published 2015“…Between these two points, she brings to bear a wide range of evidence concerning food in this unique city state where the relation between food and nation is especially strong. …”
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Perceptions and experiences of intrusive behavior and stalking within a culture
Published 2018“…This finding may provide impetus to increase awareness of stalking in Singapore, given that it was only recently criminalized in the sovereign city–state.…”
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Country image of gastronomy and branding Hawker Culture: local consumers' perception
Published 2022“…This study examined local food diners' perceptions of gastronomy—composed of food, country image, and culture—in Singapore, a city-state. This study successfully identified the country image associated with gastronomy by adopting the concept of UNESCO Creative Cities of Gastronomy and explored the impact of country image on the local diners' perception of Hawker Culture as a country brand, based on the brand resonance model. …”
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International legal personality of Prophet Muḥammad (pbuh)
Published 2017“…Evidence shows that his correspondences with other States and nations were in his name “Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdullāh” or “Muḥammad the Messenger of Allah,” and not as the head of the City-State of Medina. Was he recognised as such by the international community at that time? …”
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Assessing the regional impact of Indonesian biomass burning emissions based on organic molecular tracers and chemical mass balance modeling
Published 2014“…The effect of biomass smoke emissions on air quality in the city state of Singapore was investigated during a haze episode in October 2006. …”
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The Singapore Real Estate Investment Trust (S-REIT)
Published 2010“…In 2008, the S-REITs total market capitalisation was worth US$19 billion and in June 2010 US$15.5 billion in the city-state. The prospect of S-REITs were good, economic fundamentals were strong, market confidence was high, more investors were getting familiar with REITs, some REITs IPO were in the pipeline, until the US Subprime crisis ‘blow out some lights’ and started the ‘gloomy weather’ in the financial markets globally. …”
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Foreign direct investment, oil prices and global financial crisis: Evidence from Singapore
Published 2015“…In addition to its contribution to the city states’ capital formation, it also fosters international trade, technology transfer and yields other spillover effects. …”
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The evolution of the Chitty
Published 2009“…However, despite the onslaught of Islam and Christianity in the city state, the Chittys have steadfastly remained Hindus. …”
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Global city : Malay motion pictures, Mambang Moden and the contested terrains of Singapore history / Benjamin McKay
Published 2006“…Local cuisine - always an important part of the city-state's identity - was transformed. The meal itself became as much an act of leisure as attending movies, reading popular magazines and adorning oneself with the latest fashions. …”
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Issues and challenges of a liveable and creative city: the case of Penang, Malaysia
Published 2014“…‘Liveable City’ is an urban planning concept that has recently attracted much attention. In Penang, the city-state has undergone massive social and economic developments. …”
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Observations on housing planning and development in Madinah during the Prophet’s time
Published 2014“…Through it, the urbanization and development of the city-state were meant to be further intensified and sustained. …”
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Religious conflict in early Islam: a study of its causes from Quran sunnah perspective
Published 2014“…In addition, after a city state was established in Madinah, the Prophet (pbuh) found a demographic presence of Jews and their ally Quraish threatening it peace, security, stability and even assassination of head of the state. …”
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Planning support systems for smart cities
Published 2017“…In addition to supporting planning and decision making, PSS can potentially enable better co-ordination between city, state and federal planning and infrastructure agencies, thus promoting a multi-scaled approach that improves local and national data sharing, modelling, reporting and scenario planning. …”
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Singaporean Youths Must Have Wings And Yet Know Where Their Nest Is
Published 2010“…"Singaporean youths must have wings and yet know where their nest is" interrogates selected policies directed at young people in the city-state of Singapore against the backdrop of the youth of that nation-state itself. …”
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Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore: Contesting models
Published 2013“…The dominance of communal politics can be understood in Stephan and Stephan’s (2000) model of integrated threat theory. In Singapore, the city-state does not believe in affirmative action and it prefers to manage cultural identities on the basis of a multicultural ideology (Berry & Kalin,1995; Berry, Kalin, & Taylor, 1977). …”
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‘Contextualisation of three ports of the Hellenistic and Roman periods on Crete’
Published 2017“…It begins by showing how these harbour towns developed under a city-state system of control and in an environment that was politically and competitively challenging and where investment in harbour facilities was clearly limited in comparison to the previous periods and then goes on to look at the build-up and arrival of another period of prosperity based on the benefits of being a Roman province in the late first to third centuries C.E. …”
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Effects Of Light On The Distributions, Photosynthesis And Recovery Of Halophila ovalis (R. Br.) Hook. f. In Pulau Korea (Pulau Gazumbo), Penang
Published 2020“…However, Penang Island is a highly urbanised city state in Northern region of Malaysia and Penang States Development Corporation had proposed to reclaim Pulau Korea. …”
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Education for Muslim girls in contemporary Britain: social and political dimensions
Published 1995“…Using the data collected in a private Muslim girls' school (old Town High) and a single-sex state school with a high proportion of Muslim girls (City State) it critically examines how stereotypical representations may come to constitute a commonsense understanding of Muslim women and how these representations can exercise an important influence in shaping teacher perceptions about the presumed needs of their Muslim students. …”
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