Research Note: Planning for a more balanced home-work relationship: The case study of Singapore

Abstract

This report summarizes the results of a recent study undertaken in Singapore on the attitudes of both firms and commuters with regard to the issue of decentralisation away from the central city. The study found that in a relatively compact urban area with high standards of public transportation, consumer preferences were complex and were often manifested in a desire to maintain home-work separation. Corporate attitudes were often complicated, throwing into question simple assumptions about economic decentralisation in the contemporary city. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.