This research blends ideas and concepts from social disorganization theory with recent development in growth …

direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. We find that, for China, FDI tends to … detrimental effect on the environment in the short-run, but has little effect in the long-run. Finally, it is found that income … growth in both countries tends to worsen the environment in both short- and long-run …