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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... existing model should be identified at each point in time . Second , the best currently existing model should be used in preference to traditional models that may be less clear and less correct . Third , aggressive effort should be ...
... existing model should be identified at each point in time . Second , the best currently existing model should be used in preference to traditional models that may be less clear and less correct . Third , aggressive effort should be ...
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... existing pollution to be dissipated . Here the time - constant depends on the pollution load itself . When there is little pollution , pollution can be dissipated quickly . But rising pollution will poison and impede the cleanup ...
... existing pollution to be dissipated . Here the time - constant depends on the pollution load itself . When there is little pollution , pollution can be dissipated quickly . But rising pollution will poison and impede the cleanup ...
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... existing pollution to disappear . It represents the same concept as the half - life of atomic decay which is the time for half of the material to disintegrate . A pollution ratio POLR of 1 represents the conditions exising in 1970. A ...
... existing pollution to disappear . It represents the same concept as the half - life of atomic decay which is the time for half of the material to disintegrate . A pollution ratio POLR of 1 represents the conditions exising in 1970. A ...
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