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Author Ng, Keng Khoon, author

Title Beneath the veneer : the political economy of housing in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor / Keng Khoon Ng and Guanie Lim
Published Singapore : ISEAS?Yusof Ishak Institute, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (28 pages)
Series Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2017 no. 12
Trends in Southeast Asia ; 2017 no. 12.
Contents Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN JOHOR -- ISKANDAR MALAYSIA: JOHOR'S LATEST CROWN JEWEL? -- JOHOR'S HOUSING POLICY: CHANGES AND DEVIATIONS -- JOHOR'S HOUSING POLICY: CHANGES AND DEVIATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES
Summary The rise of Iskandar Malaysia as a regional hub has profoundly altered the domestic landscape, generating a knock-on effect on Johor's housing development, both economically and politically. Housing policy and development in Johor, as illustrated in the formation of Iskandar Malaysia, is riddled with conflict along two dimensions? "bumiputra versus non-bumiputra" and "federal government versus state government". The first one is entangled with international real estate development and foreign investment, while the latter has more to do with the rise of sub-national autonomy in Johor. Particularly in southern Johor, housing policy has increasingly been influenced by foreign investment through implementations of mega projects (e.g., Forest City). These mega housing projects not only boost the state's coffers, but also change the way housing is produced, financed and governed. Given the importance of sub-national governments in many large-scale housing projects in Iskandar Malaysia, the changing political conditions urge us to rethink the long-standing practice of national-centric development policy in Malaysia. Taking housing as a point of departure, the timing is ripe to revisit the role of state government in policy-making and urban governance
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Subject Housing development -- Malaysia -- Johor
Housing -- Economic aspects -- Malaysia -- Johor
Housing policy -- Malaysia -- Johor
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Investments & Securities -- Real Estate.
Housing development
Housing -- Economic aspects
Housing policy
Politics and government
SUBJECT Iskandar Malaysia (Johor, Malaysia) -- Politics and government
Subject Malaysia -- Johor
Form Electronic book
Author Lim, Guanie, author
ISBN 9789814786560
981478656X
9814786551
9789814786553