The role of foreign direct investment in urban environmental management: Some evidence from Hanoi, Vietnam

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-297

  Nguyen, Thi Binh Minh ^a   Nurul Amin, A T M ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Urban environmental infrastructure and services; Urban environmental management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0036459207     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021106813254     Document Type: Review

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