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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... tion processes as we now know them would be unfavorably altered . 3.29 Pollution Ratio POLR Pollution ratio is defined in relation to the 1970 level of pollution . It is computed by dividing the actual amount of pollution POL by the ...
... tion processes as we now know them would be unfavorably altered . 3.29 Pollution Ratio POLR Pollution ratio is defined in relation to the 1970 level of pollution . It is computed by dividing the actual amount of pollution POL by the ...
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... tion normal POLN and by the pollution - from - capital multiplier POLCM . The multiplier POLCM represents the effect of capital investment per person on pollu- tion generation . For conditions in the year 1970 it has a defined value of ...
... tion normal POLN and by the pollution - from - capital multiplier POLCM . The multiplier POLCM represents the effect of capital investment per person on pollu- tion generation . For conditions in the year 1970 it has a defined value of ...
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... tion and growth rate to be in balance with the traditions that have been accepted for quality of life . A birth - control program would actually operate within the subsystem of the demographic sector of the world system and would be sur ...
... tion and growth rate to be in balance with the traditions that have been accepted for quality of life . A birth - control program would actually operate within the subsystem of the demographic sector of the world system and would be sur ...
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