Environmental Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in the Pearl River Delta

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dc.contributor.authorHuang, Weien
dc.contributor.committeechairDyck, Robert G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBrowder, John O.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEbrahim, Alnoor S.en
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:39Zen
dc.date.adate2002-09-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:39Zen
dc.date.issued2002-04-23en
dc.date.rdate2003-09-11en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-07en
dc.description.abstractThe paper is aimed to trace and explain the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and local natural environment changes in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). The purpose is threefold: to make a connection between the environmental problems and global economic forces; develop a model to identify if FDI is one of the major cause of the environmental changes in the PRD; and identify how FDI interacts with the local environmental policy-making process. The study reviews a wide range of literature on China¡¯s and international economic and environmental development. A tentative model is built based on existing theoretical frameworks to present the complex relationship between FDI and environment, followed by two case studies on Guangzhou and Dongguan, two cities in the PRD of different development patterns. Although FDI acts as the major economic catalyst in the region, my analysis does not show a linear relationship of FDI and environmental pollution. However, positive relationship among government regulations, FDI, and environment can be established to achieve sustainable development.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05072002-000731en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05072002-000731/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37101en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartcover_major.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendixB.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch5-analysis.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartTOC.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch2-context.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch3-LitReview.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch4-framework.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendixC.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch1-intro.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartbibliography.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendixD.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartabstract.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartappendixA.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartListofFigures.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartch6-findings.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAcknowledgment.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartlistoftable.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEnvironmenten
dc.subjectForeign Direct Investmenten
dc.subjectUrbanizationen
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectthe Pearl River Deltaen
dc.titleEnvironmental Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in the Pearl River Deltaen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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