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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... Capital - investment generation CIG is mea- sured in capital units per year . It depends on the population and on the average amount of capital each person accumulates per year . The coefficient CIGN , hav- ing a value of 0.05 unit per ...
... Capital - investment generation CIG is mea- sured in capital units per year . It depends on the population and on the average amount of capital each person accumulates per year . The coefficient CIGN , hav- ing a value of 0.05 unit per ...
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... accumulation per person per year rises no further after capital accumulation reaches a point where more capital does not contribute to still greater human ... Capital - Investment Discard CID The discard of capital 52 Chapter Three.
... accumulation per person per year rises no further after capital accumulation reaches a point where more capital does not contribute to still greater human ... Capital - Investment Discard CID The discard of capital 52 Chapter Three.
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... capital accumulation . In the more immediate future , quality of life in Figure 6-3 is lower as necessary if forces are to be great enough to slow the growth rate that would otherwise overtax the environment . However , in Figure 6-3 ...
... capital accumulation . In the more immediate future , quality of life in Figure 6-3 is lower as necessary if forces are to be great enough to slow the growth rate that would otherwise overtax the environment . However , in Figure 6-3 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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