World DynamicsExamination of the structure of countervailing forces such as population growth, food production, capital investment, natural resources depletion, pollution, etc., at world level when exponential growth rate overburdens the environment - simulates world growth trends by means of a large-scale computer model and shows that a global equilibrium could be achieved if social policies and programmes were chosen taking into account the dynamic characteristics of world social systems. Flow charts. |
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... Club of Rome in Bern , Switzerland . The Club of Rome is a private group numbering some 75 members from many countries who have joined together to find ways vii.
... Club of Rome in Bern , Switzerland . The Club of Rome is a private group numbering some 75 members from many countries who have joined together to find ways vii.
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... Club of Rome to visit M.I.T. for two weeks to review the system dynamics program and to evaluate the applicability to the Club's project on world evolution . The invitation was accepted , and a conference was held beginning July 20 ...
... Club of Rome to visit M.I.T. for two weeks to review the system dynamics program and to evaluate the applicability to the Club's project on world evolution . The invitation was accepted , and a conference was held beginning July 20 ...
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... Club of Rome . It grew out of a meeting in Bern , Switzerland on June 29 , 1970 and from my own background of experience and reading . The model is preliminary . Its purpose is to raise questions and to trigger further work . In the ...
... Club of Rome . It grew out of a meeting in Bern , Switzerland on June 29 , 1970 and from my own background of experience and reading . The model is preliminary . Its purpose is to raise questions and to trigger further work . In the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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