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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... fraction of capital not used in agriculture ( 1 - CIAF ) is multiplied at this point . CIAF is the variable fraction of capital that is allocated to agriculture . ECIR has been defined so that the " normal " value in 1970 should be 1 ...
... fraction of capital not used in agriculture ( 1 - CIAF ) is multiplied at this point . CIAF is the variable fraction of capital that is allocated to agriculture . ECIR has been defined so that the " normal " value in 1970 should be 1 ...
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... fraction CIAF is to give food a priority over material goods so that the most pressing necessity of life gets preferred claim on the capital plant of the world . CIAF is a system level and requires an initial condition . We start the ...
... fraction CIAF is to give food a priority over material goods so that the most pressing necessity of life gets preferred claim on the capital plant of the world . CIAF is a system level and requires an initial condition . We start the ...
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... ( FRACTION / YEAR ) BIRTH RATE NORMAL NO . 1 ( FRACTION / YEAR ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE CAPITAL FRACTION INDICATED BY FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) ...
... ( FRACTION / YEAR ) BIRTH RATE NORMAL NO . 1 ( FRACTION / YEAR ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE CAPITAL FRACTION INDICATED BY FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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