We review the literature that investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment
(FDI) and the environment. After reviewing the theoretical literature, we discuss two broad …

Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector
brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara. Foreign investment …

Social scientists have long debated the environmental impacts of foreign direct investment
(FDI). This research empirically evaluates the competing theoretical expectations of …

Sediments from the Elqui watershed river system (9800 km2; northern Chile) are highly
enriched in arsenic. The river system initiates in the high altitude domain of the Andes (3500 …

This article examines the paradox of 'noxious deindustrialisation'–employment
deindustrialisation in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating–in the …

Abstract The Elqui watershed (northern Chile) constitutes a highly contaminated river
system, with arsenic exceeding by up to three orders of magnitude the average for river …

After almost twenty-five years of experimenting with the neo-liberal economic reforms
collectively known as 'Washington Consensus' policies, Latin Americans are starting to re …

Why and how do societies transform the environmental rules of economic development, or
fail to do so? This article compares the experiences of Chile and Peru in the regulation of …

Abstract This paper presents Cu–Zn–As geochemical data from stream sediment surveys
carried out in the three main watersheds of the Coquimbo Region of Chile. This …

Air quality in schools is an important public health issue because children spend a
considerable part of their daily life in classrooms. Particulate size and chemical composition …