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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... shows the same population , doubling each 50 years , as in Figure 1-1 . Population is here assumed to be growing into a space of 24,000 million land units . The third column gives the land units needed for occupancy at the rate of 1 ...
... shows the same population , doubling each 50 years , as in Figure 1-1 . Population is here assumed to be growing into a space of 24,000 million land units . The third column gives the land units needed for occupancy at the rate of 1 ...
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... shows rising social unrest ? The two become consistent if we compare expectations with actuality . Figure 4-1 shows an extension beyond 1940 of the quality - of - life curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the ...
... shows rising social unrest ? The two become consistent if we compare expectations with actuality . Figure 4-1 shows an extension beyond 1940 of the quality - of - life curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the ...
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... shows but slight change in the ultimate outcome . In Figure 5-2 there is a brief pause in the growth of population after the birth - control program is started in 1970. But during the pause , capital investment continues to increase . A ...
... shows but slight change in the ultimate outcome . In Figure 5-2 there is a brief pause in the growth of population after the birth - control program is started in 1970. But during the pause , capital investment continues to increase . A ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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