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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... NATURAL - RESOURCE - EXTRACTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) NREM TABLE LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND NREMT NRFR INTERPOLATION 6 , A 6.1 , T NATURAL - RESOURCE - EXTRACTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE NATURAL ... Natural Resources NR.
... NATURAL - RESOURCE - EXTRACTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) NREM TABLE LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND NREMT NRFR INTERPOLATION 6 , A 6.1 , T NATURAL - RESOURCE - EXTRACTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE NATURAL ... Natural Resources NR.
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... natural resources . NR.K = NR.J + ( DT ) ( -NRUR.JK ) NR - NRI NRI 900E9 NR NRUR NRI · 8 , L 8.1 , N 8.2 , C NATURAL RESOURCES ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS ) NATURAL - RESOURCE - USAGE RATE ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS / YEAR ) NATURAL RESOURCES , ...
... natural resources . NR.K = NR.J + ( DT ) ( -NRUR.JK ) NR - NRI NRI 900E9 NR NRUR NRI · 8 , L 8.1 , N 8.2 , C NATURAL RESOURCES ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS ) NATURAL - RESOURCE - USAGE RATE ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS / YEAR ) NATURAL RESOURCES , ...
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... resource shortage . If natural resources do not limit population growth and slow the pace of industrialization , however , some other force in the world system will eventually do so . If we wish to assume that natural resources will not ...
... resource shortage . If natural resources do not limit population growth and slow the pace of industrialization , however , some other force in the world system will eventually do so . If we wish to assume that natural resources will not ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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