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Falling food supply , rising pollution , and decreasing space per person are on
the verge of combining to generate pressures great enough to reduce birth rate
and increase death rate . When ultimate limits are approached , negative forces
in ...
Falling food supply , rising pollution , and decreasing space per person are on
the verge of combining to generate pressures great enough to reduce birth rate
and increase death rate . When ultimate limits are approached , negative forces
in ...
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5 5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
5 5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
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The multiplier POLCM represents the effect of capital investment per person on
pollution generation . For conditions in the year 1970 it has a defined value of 1 .
The coefficient POLN should therefore equal the per capita rate of pollution ...
The multiplier POLCM represents the effect of capital investment per person on
pollution generation . For conditions in the year 1970 it has a defined value of 1 .
The coefficient POLN should therefore equal the per capita rate of pollution ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
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