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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... expect them to be ( Reference 1 ) . Figure 4-2 shows four ratios related to quality of life for the same time interval and system conditions as in Figure 4-1 . Also shown is the capital - invest- SW F5 F5 55 FF Material standard of ...
... expect them to be ( Reference 1 ) . Figure 4-2 shows four ratios related to quality of life for the same time interval and system conditions as in Figure 4-1 . Also shown is the capital - invest- SW F5 F5 55 FF Material standard of ...
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... expect the same kind of population collapse seen in Section 4.3 as Material standard of living Capital - investment- in - agriculture fraction 2300 . 36H caused by the pollution sector . Such regenerative processes are Limits to Growth 85.
... expect the same kind of population collapse seen in Section 4.3 as Material standard of living Capital - investment- in - agriculture fraction 2300 . 36H caused by the pollution sector . Such regenerative processes are Limits to Growth 85.
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... expect the effect on quality of life to be much less than seen here in these computer runs . Only a detailing of the demographic sector and its local feedback loops could reveal the full extent of the probable ability of the entire ...
... expect the effect on quality of life to be much less than seen here in these computer runs . Only a detailing of the demographic sector and its local feedback loops could reveal the full extent of the probable ability of the entire ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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1970 conditions accumulation agricultural land assumed assumptions behavior birth rate normal birth-control program BRFM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 CIMT Club of Rome coefficient computer model crowding ratio curve death rate normal decline DRFM dynamic ECIR effect effective-capital-investment ratio equations equilibrium exponential growth food production food ratio food supply FPMT FRACTION/YEAR in-agriculture fraction increase industrialization INTERPOLATION limit LOGICAL FUNCTION material standard mental models MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK TIME.K tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system