World Dynamics1971 |
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Page viii
... result , a meet- ing convened on July 20 for ten days of study , presentations , and discus- sion . The dynamic model of world interactions described in this book was devised in the early part of July to form a basis for discussion at ...
... result , a meet- ing convened on July 20 for ten days of study , presentations , and discus- sion . The dynamic model of world interactions described in this book was devised in the early part of July to form a basis for discussion at ...
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... resulting conditions in turn come back as " information " to influence further action . We often erroneously think of cause ... Result B represents a new condition of the system that changes the future influences that affect action at A ...
... resulting conditions in turn come back as " information " to influence further action . We often erroneously think of cause ... Result B represents a new condition of the system that changes the future influences that affect action at A ...
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... result of several cycles of reexamination and revision by the author . Future im- provement will come from those who can apply a different viewpoint and a more extensive background of knowledge . The behavior of the assumed world system ...
... result of several cycles of reexamination and revision by the author . Future im- provement will come from those who can apply a different viewpoint and a more extensive background of knowledge . The behavior of the assumed world system ...
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