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Years Figure 4 - 5 Reduced usage rate of natural resources leads to a pollution
crisis . The effect of reducing the demand for natural resources is to take one
layer of restraint off the growth forces of the system . If natural resources no
longer ...
Years Figure 4 - 5 Reduced usage rate of natural resources leads to a pollution
crisis . The effect of reducing the demand for natural resources is to take one
layer of restraint off the growth forces of the system . If natural resources no
longer ...
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Years Figure 5 - 4 Reduced birth rate still leads to the pollution crisis . The
increase in the quality of life appearing in Figure 5 - 2 after the introduction of the
birth - control program is probably a consequence of the simplicity of this world
model .
Years Figure 5 - 4 Reduced birth rate still leads to the pollution crisis . The
increase in the quality of life appearing in Figure 5 - 2 after the introduction of the
birth - control program is probably a consequence of the simplicity of this world
model .
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Years Figure 6 - 7 Normal birth rate reduced 30 % in 1970 along with changes in
Figure 6 - 5 . Population is lower , quality of life higher again . In Figures 6 - 7 and
6 - 8 the birth rate ( other things being equal ) has been reduced along with the ...
Years Figure 6 - 7 Normal birth rate reduced 30 % in 1970 along with changes in
Figure 6 - 5 . Population is lower , quality of life higher again . In Figures 6 - 7 and
6 - 8 the birth rate ( other things being equal ) has been reduced along with the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
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