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... rise forever . Exponential growth rates do not continue forever . Growth of population and industrialization will stop . If man does not take conscious action to limit population and capital investment , the forces inherent in the ...
... rise forever . Exponential growth rates do not continue forever . Growth of population and industrialization will stop . If man does not take conscious action to limit population and capital investment , the forces inherent in the ...
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... rise far enough to suppress the forces that produced growth . Not only is the world facing the pressures that will stop population growth , but it also is encountering the pressures that will stop the rise of both industrialization and ...
... rise far enough to suppress the forces that produced growth . Not only is the world facing the pressures that will stop population growth , but it also is encountering the pressures that will stop the rise of both industrialization and ...
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... rise further until the pressures reappear with an intensity that can no longer be relieved . Trying to raise quality of life without intentionally creating compensating pressures to prevent a rise in population density will be self ...
... rise further until the pressures reappear with an intensity that can no longer be relieved . Trying to raise quality of life without intentionally creating compensating pressures to prevent a rise in population density will be self ...
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