World DynamicsExamination of the structure of countervailing forces such as population growth, food production, capital investment, natural resources depletion, pollution, etc., at world level when exponential growth rate overburdens the environment - simulates world growth trends by means of a large-scale computer model and shows that a global equilibrium could be achieved if social policies and programmes were chosen taking into account the dynamic characteristics of world social systems. Flow charts. |
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... Chapter 3 con- tains the full detail and assumptions of the computer model . Almost all of the concepts and numerical values used in this chapter will be explained more fully in Chapter 3 . In constructing a computer model of a social ...
... Chapter 3 con- tains the full detail and assumptions of the computer model . Almost all of the concepts and numerical values used in this chapter will be explained more fully in Chapter 3 . In constructing a computer model of a social ...
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... chapter is somewhat more technical than the others . Yet each person should read enough to satisfy himself about the assump- tions from which follow the consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given ...
... chapter is somewhat more technical than the others . Yet each person should read enough to satisfy himself about the assump- tions from which follow the consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given ...
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... Chapter Summary One should not expect models of the kind discussed in this book to predict the exact form and timing of future events . * Instead , the model should be used to indicate the direction in which ... Chapter Five Chapter Summary.
... Chapter Summary One should not expect models of the kind discussed in this book to predict the exact form and timing of future events . * Instead , the model should be used to indicate the direction in which ... Chapter Five Chapter Summary.
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 BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 CIMT Club of Rome coefficient computer model crowding ratio curve 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 POLCM pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR POLLUTION UNITS pollution-absorption population and capital population density pressures QL-Q 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