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... mean a zero value for material standard of living , the ability to accumulate capital is taken as only 0.1 as great as for the average intensity of capital in 1970. The shape of the curve assumes that capital is not uniformly ...
... mean a zero value for material standard of living , the ability to accumulate capital is taken as only 0.1 as great as for the average intensity of capital in 1970. The shape of the curve assumes that capital is not uniformly ...
Page 76
... means a population collapse from pollution , while stopping the industrial process means a population collapse from failure of the technical support systems of the society . Faced with this dilemma , the most probable course of action ...
... means a population collapse from pollution , while stopping the industrial process means a population collapse from failure of the technical support systems of the society . Faced with this dilemma , the most probable course of action ...
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... means releasing stress , reducing crowding , reducing pollution , alleviating hunger , and treating ill health . But these pressures are exactly the sources of concern and actions that will control total population to keep it within the ...
... means releasing stress , reducing crowding , reducing pollution , alleviating hunger , and treating ill health . But these pressures are exactly the sources of concern and actions that will control total population to keep it within the ...
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 BRMM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment multiplier capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CIAF CIGN1 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 NRUN1 POLN1 POLAT POLCM pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures 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