18. The Struggle for Balance: Johor’s Environmental Issues, Overlaps and Future

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Maps viii
4. List of Tables and Appendixes ix
5. List of Figures xiii
6. Foreword xvi
7. Acknowledgements xvii
8. Prologue xviii
9. Contributors xx
10. Abbreviations xxiv
11. Introduction
12. 1. Situating Johor 2
13. Section I: Economics
14. Maps 28
15. 2. Agriculture in Johor: What’s Left? 44
16. 3. Johor’s Oil Palm Economy: Past, Present and Future 73
17. 4. Johor’s Oil and Gas Sector: The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex and Its Implications 107
18. 5. The Private Healthcare Sector in Johor: Trends and Prospects 134
19. 6. EduCity, Johor: Its Promise and Challenges 167
20. 7. Tourism in Johor and Its Potential 183
21. Section II: Politics
22. Maps 204
23. 8. UMNO and Barisan Nasional in Johor: A Time-Bound Fixed Deposit? 214
24. 9. Electoral Politics and the Malaysian Chinese Association in Johor 238
25. 10. Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia in Johor: New Party, Big Responsibility 265
26. 11. Parti Amanah Negara in Johor: Birth, Challenges and Prospects 302
27. 12. The Johor Sultanate: Rise or Re-emergence? 335
28. Section III: Social and Environmental Issues
29. Maps 358
30. 13. Foreign Workers in Johor: The Dependency Dilemma 368
31. 14. Johor Remains as the Bastion of Kaum Tua 394
32. 15. Johor Bahru’s Urban Transformation: Authority and Agency Revisited 407
33. 16. Housing Policy in Johor: Trends and Prospects 424
34. 17. Johor’s Forest City Faces Critical Challenges 447
35. 18. The Struggle for Balance: Johor’s Environmental Issues, Overlaps and Future 473
36. Conclusion
37. 19. Johor: Abode of Development? 502
38. Appendix
39. Sources for the Johor Maps 519
40. Index 525