The hidden costs of inflation: A critical analysis of industrial development and environmental consequences

• Dan Zheng,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Law, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China

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• Abdullah Addas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.addas@psau.edu.sa

  Affiliations Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, Landscape Architecture Department, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Liaqat Ali Waseem,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Syed Ali Asad Naqvi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Geography, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Muneeb Ahmad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Finance, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-0982

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• Kashif Sharif

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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