Browsing 1.2 Energy & Resources by Title

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    • Methodological perspectives and research implications 

      Alker, Hayward R. Jr.; Choucri, Nazli (© Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974-11)
      This study is one of a number done by academic and other research institutions for the Department of State as part of its external research program. The program is planned and coordinated by the Department of State Research ...

    • Modeling Renewable Energy Readiness: The UAE Context 

      Choucri, Nazli; Goldsmith, Daniel; Mezher, Toufic (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011-06)
      Modeling technology policy is becoming an increasingly important capability to steer states and societies toward sustainability. This paper presents a simulation-modeling approach to evaluate renewable energy readiness, ...

    • OPEC: Calming a nervous world oil market 

      Choucri, Nazli (© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980)
      In October 1973, the oil-exporting countries announced an increase in oil prices from $3.11 to 5.12 per barrel. The consuming nations regarded the price increases with horror—as an audacious and unwarranted economic ...

    • Population, resources, and technology: Political implications of the environmental crisis 

      Choucri, Nazli; Bennett, James P. (© University of Wisconsin Press, 1972)
      Virtually everyone recognizes the existence on an environmental crisis in the world today, but many uncertainties remain concerning the precise nature of this crisis and its domestic and international implications. This ...

    • Power and politics in world oil 

      Choucri, Nazli (© Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
      Though there has recently been more oil in the marketplace than anyone knows what to do with, a feeling of apprehension persists. We know that oil is a fi. nite resource upon which the world is profoundly dependent. We ...

    • Renewable energy in Abu Dhabi: Opportunities and challenges 

      Mezher, Toufic; Goldsmith, Daniel; Choucri, Nazli (© American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)
      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an oil-rich country located in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate in the country, and Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE. The country has the one ...