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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... consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given here in two equivalent forms - text and equations . Those readers who are not familiar with algebraic notation may wish to ignore the equations that are ...
... consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given here in two equivalent forms - text and equations . Those readers who are not familiar with algebraic notation may wish to ignore the equations that are ...
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... consequences of shortage , not 250 years in the future , but only 30 to 50 years hence . Discussions of the world system often rely on comparing present conditions with ultimate limits . By such comparison , present world demand usually ...
... consequences of shortage , not 250 years in the future , but only 30 to 50 years hence . Discussions of the world system often rely on comparing present conditions with ultimate limits . By such comparison , present world demand usually ...
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... consequences . Second , the attempt to produce short - term improvement often sets the stage for a long - term degradation . Third , the local goals of a part of a system often conflict with the objectives of the larger system . Fourth ...
... consequences . Second , the attempt to produce short - term improvement often sets the stage for a long - term degradation . Third , the local goals of a part of a system often conflict with the objectives of the larger system . Fourth ...
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