"This is one of the first few books to discuss the Covid-19 crisis as an urban phenomenon and illustrates this through the case of Singapore and its pandemic response efforts. The book describes the implications and impacts of the pandemic on Singapore's urban landscape, economy and society. It...

Introduction: three converging concepts -- There are only alternatives -- Knowledge-Based Development -- Good Lives: striving to improve the human condition -- From Postdevelopment to Degrowth -- Social Improvement dimensions -- Capital in the Anthropocene -- Occupying the Economy -- Knowledge...