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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... discard CID . In the negative loop capital- investment discard normal CIDN with a value of 0.025 gives the fraction of capital investment that wears out and is removed from the active stock each year . This is a 2.5 % discard rate per ...
... discard CID . In the negative loop capital- investment discard normal CIDN with a value of 0.025 gives the fraction of capital investment that wears out and is removed from the active stock each year . This is a 2.5 % discard rate per ...
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Jay W. Forrester. 3.27 Capital - Investment Discard CID The discard of capital investment is represented by a simple aging process . A fraction of the capital is discarded each year . This fraction is the capital - invest- ment discard ...
Jay W. Forrester. 3.27 Capital - Investment Discard CID The discard of capital investment is represented by a simple aging process . A fraction of the capital is discarded each year . This fraction is the capital - invest- ment discard ...
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... discard of capital investment and a repeat of the curve for capital investment . Until the year 2040 , because capital - investment generation is greater than capital- investment discard , capital investment is rising . The peak of ...
... discard of capital investment and a repeat of the curve for capital investment . Until the year 2040 , because capital - investment generation is greater than capital- investment discard , capital investment is rising . The peak of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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accumulation action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior billion birth rate capital investment Capital-investment cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equations equilibrium examine existing expect factor falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives greater grow growth higher improve increase indicated industrialization influence initial land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower major material standard means mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource normal NREM NRUN1 occurs ORIGINAL peak person policies pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR population possible present pressures probably processes rate normal reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure suppressed SWITCH taken tion units usage variable world system