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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... structure chosen to represent interactions between the major sectors of the world system . Section 2.1 introduces ... structure of the model . Formation of the model should be guided by the principles of structure that are common to all ...
... structure chosen to represent interactions between the major sectors of the world system . Section 2.1 introduces ... structure of the model . Formation of the model should be guided by the principles of structure that are common to all ...
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... structure tell us that two kinds of variables will be found - levels and rates . The levels are the accumulations ( integrations ) within the system . The rates are the flows that cause the levels to change . A level accumulates the net ...
... structure tell us that two kinds of variables will be found - levels and rates . The levels are the accumulations ( integrations ) within the system . The rates are the flows that cause the levels to change . A level accumulates the net ...
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... structure of the model system because structure is usually more important than the assumed numerical values in determining the modes of behavior that a system can exhibit . Five levels were chosen as the cornerstones on which to build ...
... structure of the model system because structure is usually more important than the assumed numerical values in determining the modes of behavior that a system can exhibit . Five levels were chosen as the cornerstones on which to build ...
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