https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142307 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:14:57 GMT 2026-04-11T14:14:57Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148068 Politics of Global Environmental Change: A Conceptual Framework Choucri, Nazli "The emergence of climate change in the international political agenda is of recent origin. The possibility of environmental changes induced by human action is a relatively new factor in both the conduct and the study of international relations. It is now recognized that technological development, interacting with population trends and patterns of resource uses worldwide, has created problems of a global nature and globalized problems that had earlier been more local or regional in character. Not only do we live in an interdependent world but in an increasingly global one. This paper presents key conceptual and theoretical issues central to prospects for coordinated international responses and presents some empirical evidence. A major concern is depicting the characteristic requisites, conditions, and processes for managing the global environment as well as the principles for environmental management." Mon, 01 Jul 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148068 1991-07-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142889 Knowledge Networking for Technology Leapfrogging Choucri, Nazli Globalization imposes new demands and new opportunities in access to knowledge and its applications. Knowledge networking can accelerate this access and the sharing of information about technology choices. Developing countries thus can “leapfrog” directly to “frontier” technologies which are more effective, cleaner, and less costly than the usual infrastructure. To seek these benefits, Professor Nazli Choucri of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Political Science offers a “no-risk” strategy for knowledge networking, technology advancement and capacity-building. Thu, 01 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142889 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141603 Megacities and global accord Choucri, Nazli Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141603 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141535.2 The global environment & multinational corporations Choucri, Nazli Global companies must forge a partnership to manage the environment. The fact of human intervention in ecological processes is not in doubt. Despite uncertainties and continued controversy, human influences on the global environment appear significant. It is no longer plausible to defer including environmental factors in corporate strategies until scientific consensus is reached. But among environmentalists and policy makers, the responses to environmental change have emphasized underlying processes such as energy use and population growth, largely ignoring institutions, agents, and markets. This omission could impede innovation and forestall prospects for managing the world's environment. Mon, 01 Apr 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141535.2 1991-04-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141534 Interactions of economic and political change: The Egyptian case Choucri, Nazli; Eckaus, Richard S. Partial indicators of economic change in Egypt suggest that the real rate of growth and the rate of inflation have been higher than official statistics. Investment and consumption have both grown rapidly. The private sector has responded strongly to new opportunities. Large-scale migration of Egyptian workers of all types to the Arab oil countries has reduced the unemployment rate substantially and created shortages of some types of labour. Economic changes have interacted with political changes which are characterized by a higher degree of participation and a slow and inconsistent movement toward liberalization. Economic interests and autonomous political groups generate pressures that are far more comprehensive than yet recognized. Mon, 01 Jan 1979 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141534 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141533 The politicization of technology choices Choucri, Nazli An analysis of the factors involved in international technological advance and of the various strains and tensions created by the intervention of national political considerations. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141533 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141532  A partnership with nature: Construction consortium for the global environment Choucri, Nazli There is no doubt that human beings are intervening in natural environments in potentially significant ways. There are controversies about the scale and scope of these interventions. That fact is not questioned by anyone, anywhere. Because construction by definition means building human environments and altering the areas being built, the construction industry is extremely vulnerable to an emerging ethos of environmental responsibility. The crucial fact is that with the inevitable vulnerabilities come now opportunities. To the extent that the construction industry can appreciate—and even create—these opportunities, this vulnerability could be turned to major advantages, possibly greater than had even been the case in the history of this industry. Tue, 01 Jan 1991 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141532 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141531 Globalization of eco–efficiency: GSSD on the world wide web (www) Choucri, Nazli This article presents a pragmatic strategy for accelerating the diffusion of advances in eco-efficiency, and for enhancing two-way communication between industry and its diverse constituencies. Attention is also given to means now available for developing countries to "leapfrog" in eco-efficiency and, at the same time, increase understanding in industrialized countries of market conditions in the developing world. Sun, 01 Jan 1995 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141531 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141515 Globalization of MIT: GSSD on the world wide web (www) Choucri, Nazli Sun, 01 Oct 1995 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141515 1995-10-01T00:00:00Z