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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... discussed here , not the difficulties of implementing the changes that will be necessary if the present course of human events is to be altered . Many important variables are omitted . Aggregation is at such a high level that the ...
... discussed here , not the difficulties of implementing the changes that will be necessary if the present course of human events is to be altered . Many important variables are omitted . Aggregation is at such a high level that the ...
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... discussed in Section 3.2 in connection with birth rate . Basic death rate is population P multiplied by the death rate normal DRN . But the actual death rate , like the birth rate , depends on conditions in other parts of the world ...
... discussed in Section 3.2 in connection with birth rate . Basic death rate is population P multiplied by the death rate normal DRN . But the actual death rate , like the birth rate , depends on conditions in other parts of the world ...
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... discussed at the end of this section . But would a birth - control program be effective in forestalling undesirable modes other than the depletion of resources ? What effect would such a program have on an impending pollution crisis ...
... discussed at the end of this section . But would a birth - control program be effective in forestalling undesirable modes other than the depletion of resources ? What effect would such a program have on an impending pollution crisis ...
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