The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesizes an inverted U-shaped relationship
between indicators of environmental quality and economic growth. The possible existence of …

This paper focuses on two of the most prominent Chinese railway projects in Southeast Asia
since the 2013 inception of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)–Malaysia's East Coast Rail …

While green urbanism has been discussed extensively in the urban studies literature, less
attention has been paid to the micropolitics of its cross-border transplantation. Using the …

This chapter focuses on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), one of China's most prominent
construction projects in Malaysia since the inception of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) …

Bringing together concepts from the global production networks and evolutionary economic
geography literature, this article empirically examines the trajectory of the electrical and …

While extensively studied in the 1990s, research on the electrical and electronics (E&E)
industry in Singapore and the proximate areas of Indonesia has dwindled. Focusing on the …

Once an island of high-tech production and turbocharged growth, Batam has seen its
economic fortunes decline of late. Traditional pillars of the manufacturing sector such as …

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 …

During the 1990s, Singapore, the Malaysian state of Johor and the Riau Islands in Indonesia
marketed themselves as a single investment destination. Due to its capital, technology, and …

Johor, West Malaysia's southernmost state, has undergone a tremendous urban
transformation over the last decade. Its strategic location, adjacent to Singapore, has …