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Improvements in medicine and sanitation facilities improved health and reduced
death rate but has led to the pressures from rising population . Greater capital
investment and more intensive use of land in agriculture have increased food ...
Improvements in medicine and sanitation facilities improved health and reduced
death rate but has led to the pressures from rising population . Greater capital
investment and more intensive use of land in agriculture have increased food ...
Page 112
No sustainable modes of behavior are free of pressures and stresses . But many
possible modes exist , and some are more desirable than others . Usually , the
more attractive kinds of behavior in our social systems seem to be possible only if
...
No sustainable modes of behavior are free of pressures and stresses . But many
possible modes exist , and some are more desirable than others . Usually , the
more attractive kinds of behavior in our social systems seem to be possible only if
...
Page 124
Growth will stop only in the face of enough pressure to suppress the internal
dynamic forces of expansion . Many programs - for ... But the process of buying
time reduces the pressures that force population control . Any proposed program
for ...
Growth will stop only in the face of enough pressure to suppress the internal
dynamic forces of expansion . Many programs - for ... But the process of buying
time reduces the pressures that force population control . Any proposed program
for ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
Copyright | |
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