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Foreign Direct Investment, Industrial Value Added, Trade Liberalization and Environmental Degradation in South Asian Countries

Panel autoregressive distributed lag modeling for six South Asian countries found that foreign direct investment had a positive (harmful) correlation with CO2 emissions while trade liberalization had a negative correlation, with industrial value added and renewable energy consumption also significantly affecting environmental degradation.

2023 Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 4 citations
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Assessing the impact of governance and health expenditures on carbon emissions in China: Role of environmental regulation

Researchers analysed the relationship between governance quality, health expenditures, environmental regulation, and carbon emissions in China from 1984 to 2018, finding an inverted U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve and that stronger environmental regulation helps decouple economic growth from carbon output.

2022 Frontiers in Public Health 7 citations
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Analysis of Air Pollution (SO2) at Some Point of Congestion in DKI Jakarta

Researchers analyzed air pollution levels including particulate matter at congestion points in Jakarta, finding that SO2 and particulate concentrations varied across locations and were influenced by traffic density, with implications for urban air quality management.

2023 Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal 6 citations
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Mitigating environmental degradation with institutional quality and foreign direct investment (FDI): new evidence from asymmetric approach

Researchers used asymmetric econometric modeling on Chilean quarterly data from 1996–2018 to find that institutional quality and renewable energy reduce carbon emissions, while foreign direct investment and fossil fuels increase them regardless of whether shocks are positive or negative.

2021 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 44 citations
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The Invisible Threat: Investigating the Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health and the Environment

Not relevant to microplastics — this study investigates how air pollution (particulate matter PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide) affects human health in Depok, Indonesia, finding links to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

2023 West Science Interdisciplinary Studies 1 citations
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The Progressive Correlation Between Carbon Emission, Economic Growth, Energy Use, and Oil Consumption by the Most Prominent Contributors to Travel and Tourism GDPs

Researchers applied panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling to data from 18 leading tourism-GDP countries spanning 1995-2019, finding that economic growth, energy use, and oil consumption positively drove carbon emissions, while tourist arrivals showed a modest negative association with emissions in both the long and short run.

2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science 18 citations
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Microplastic Pollution in the Ambient Air of Surabaya, Indonesia

Airborne microplastics were measured at three roadside sites in Surabaya, Indonesia, finding fibers as the dominant shape and highest concentrations at high-traffic sites, with FTIR identifying a range of polymer types. The study provides the first microplastic pollution data for Indonesian urban air and demonstrates a traffic-density relationship with atmospheric microplastic levels.

2019 Current World Environment 79 citations
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Exploring Asymmetric Nexus Between CO2 Emissions, Environmental Pollution, and Household Health Expenditure in China

A Chinese provincial dataset analysis found statistically significant asymmetric relationships between CO₂ emissions and environmental pollution with household health expenditure, confirming that greater pollution imposes higher healthcare costs on residents.

2021 Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 30 citations
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Analyzing the linkage among CO2 emissions, economic growth, tourism, and energy consumption in the Asian economies

Researchers analyzed the long-run relationships between economic growth, tourism, energy use, and CO2 emissions in Asian economies from 1995–2017, finding evidence for the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis and that tourism significantly contributes to environmental degradation, with a coefficient of 0.132 linking tourism growth to increased carbon emissions across the region.

2021 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 90 citations
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The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Air Pollution in the Economic Community of West African States region: What Influence Does Tax Expenditure Have?

This study examines how foreign direct investment affects air pollution in West African countries, finding that tax policy can influence whether economic investment leads to environmental improvement or degradation.

2023 Journal of Environmental Protection
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How Does Public Participation in EnvironmentalProtection Affect Air Pollution in China?A Perspective of Local Government Intervention

Researchers used spatial econometric modeling of Chinese panel data from 2003-2017 to find that local government intervention worsens air quality due to inter-regional competition, and that public environmental participation only effectively reduces sulfur dioxide when supported by central government intervention.

2022 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 11 citations
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Analysis on Air Pollutants in COVID-19 Lockdown Using Satellite Imagery: A Study on Pakistan

Satellite imagery was used to analyze air pollutant concentrations including CO, NO2, and aerosols in Pakistan during COVID-19 lockdown periods, finding temporary reductions in some pollutants followed by rapid rebound as restrictions eased. The study demonstrates that industrial and transport emissions are dominant drivers of urban air pollution in Pakistan, with lockdowns providing only short-term environmental relief.

2022 International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics 8 citations
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Identification of fibrous suspended atmospheric microplastics in Bandung Metropolitan Area, Indonesia

Researchers identified fibrous atmospheric microplastics in total suspended particulates across commercial and residential areas of the Bandung Metropolitan Area, Indonesia, finding that urban commercial zones contained higher concentrations of airborne microplastic fibers than suburban residential areas.

2022 Chemosphere 31 citations
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Fresh evidence of the impact of economic complexity, health expenditure, natural resources, plastic consumption, and renewable energy in air pollution deaths in the USA? An empirical approach

Using data from the United States spanning 1995 to 2019, this study found that plastic consumption is a significant driver of air pollution-related deaths. When plastics are burned or break down, they release microplastics into the air, contributing to respiratory diseases and chronic health conditions. The research provides direct statistical evidence linking increased plastic use to mortality from air pollution.

2024 The Science of The Total Environment 36 citations
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Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect the Transparency of Indonesian Industrial Companies in Managing Energy, Water, Carbon Emissions, and Wastes?

This study examined whether the COVID-19 pandemic affected how transparent Indonesian industrial companies were about their environmental impacts, including energy use, water consumption, carbon emissions, and waste management. Economic contraction during the pandemic appeared to reduce environmental reporting quality, highlighting how economic pressures can undermine corporate environmental accountability.

2023 Proceedings of the Unima International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (UNICSSH 2022) 1 citations
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The deposition of atmospheric microplastics in Jakarta-Indonesia: The coastal urban area

Researchers characterized atmospheric microplastic deposition in Jakarta, Indonesia over 12 months, finding deposition rates of 3-40 particles per square meter per day with fibers as the dominant shape, and higher deposition during the rainy season compared to the dry season.

2021 Marine Pollution Bulletin 128 citations
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Decoupling Emission Reductions and Trade-Offs of Policies in Norway Based on a Bottom-Up Traffic Emission Model

Researchers used the Norwegian Emissions from Road Vehicle Exhaust (NERVE) bottom-up traffic emission model to calculate all road transport emissions across Norwegian municipalities from 2009 to 2020, evaluating policy co-benefits and trade-offs between climate mitigation, air quality, and socioeconomic outcomes. They found that Norway's rapid vehicle electrification substantially reduced CO2 and tailpipe emissions but created trade-offs with non-exhaust emissions such as tire and brake wear particles.

2022 Atmosphere 11 citations
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Atmospheric Microplastic Particulate Matter in an Urban Roadside: Case of Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia

Researchers sampled airborne microplastics at four locations across Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia, including industrial zones, residential neighborhoods, busy roads, and the city center. They found microplastic concentrations ranging from 0.002 to 0.02 particles per cubic meter of air, with fibrous shapes and PET plastic most common. Industrial areas had the highest total particulate levels, and northern parts of the city appear to be a likely source of airborne microplastics carried by traffic. This study adds to growing evidence that city dwellers are breathing in microplastics simply from the air around them.

2025 Jurnal Presipitasi Media Komunikasi dan Pengembangan Teknik Lingkungan 1 citations
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Atmospheric Microplastic Particulate in Urban Roadside: Case of Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia

Researchers measured airborne microplastics in Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia, finding fibrous particles — mostly PET — present at all sampling locations including residential areas and city centers, not just industrial zones. The detection of microplastics in the ambient air at meaningful concentrations adds to the growing body of evidence that people in urban environments are continuously inhaling microplastic fibers, regardless of proximity to obvious industrial sources.

2024 Research Square (Research Square) 2 citations
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Microplastics in the atmospheric of the eastern coast of China: different function areas reflecting various sources and transport

Atmospheric sampling at two sites in a Chinese coastal city found microplastics suspended in the air at both downtown and industrial locations, but with different dominant sources — lifestyle and consumer products in the city center versus industrial activity in the industrial zone. The finding that microplastics are transported through the atmosphere confirms that people in urban areas are inhaling plastic particles regardless of proximity to industrial facilities.

2024 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 2 citations
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Why Environmental Pollution Remains Unresolved Despite Efforts to Mitigate It?

This review examines why environmental pollution persists despite mitigation efforts, identifying industrialization, technological cost barriers, weak regulatory enforcement, regulatory capture by industrial lobbies, and insufficient public awareness as the primary systemic reasons that pollution control remains ineffective, particularly in developing nations.

2025 DIROSAT Journal of Education Social Sciences & Humanities
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The Role of Land Use Transition on Industrial Pollution Reduction in the Context of Innovation-Driven: The Case of 30 Provinces in China

This study analyzed data from 30 Chinese provinces to examine how land use transitions associated with urbanization affect industrial pollution levels, finding that innovation-driven development strategies can decouple economic growth from pollution under certain land use conditions.

2021 Land 19 citations
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Analysis of the spatio-temporal evolution of sustainable land use in China under the carbon emission trading scheme: A measurement idea based on the DID model

Researchers applied a difference-in-differences estimation model to assess the effect of China's carbon emission trading scheme on sustainable land use across provinces from a spatio-temporal perspective. The scheme improved sustainable land use in pilot areas from both economic and environmental dimensions, with effects concentrated in eastern regions and urban agglomerations including the Pearl River Delta.

2023 PLoS ONE 5 citations
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Environmental Stringency and International Trade: A Look Across the Globe

Researchers examined the relationship between environmental regulatory stringency and international trade across countries, testing whether stricter environmental regulations lead to shifts in the location of pollution-intensive industries. The analysis found mixed evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis.

2024 Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future