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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Jay W. Forrester. 3.20 Food - from - Crowding Multiplier FCM Crowding will ultimately have a major influence on food production as al- ready described in Figures 1-4 and 1-5 . The more people , the more space oc- cupied ; and the more ...
Jay W. Forrester. 3.20 Food - from - Crowding Multiplier FCM Crowding will ultimately have a major influence on food production as al- ready described in Figures 1-4 and 1-5 . The more people , the more space oc- cupied ; and the more ...
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... food . With no capital investment , food production is still possible . It would imply a higher use of labor . Zero capital investment is here taken to decrease the food production of the world by 50 % . At the high extreme for capital ...
... food . With no capital investment , food production is still possible . It would imply a higher use of labor . Zero capital investment is here taken to decrease the food production of the world by 50 % . At the high extreme for capital ...
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... Agricultural Productivity The hope of much of the world rests on greater food production . Desert land is reclaimed . Better crop plants are developed . Irrigation dams are constructed . Forests are cleared . What is the history of such ...
... Agricultural Productivity The hope of much of the world rests on greater food production . Desert land is reclaimed . Better crop plants are developed . Irrigation dams are constructed . Forests are cleared . What is the history of such ...
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