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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... usage rate NRUR multiplied by the time interval between compu- tations . An initial value is needed for each level variable . We define the natural- resource - usage rate NRUR in 1970 as being 1 natural resource unit per person . This ...
... usage rate NRUR multiplied by the time interval between compu- tations . An initial value is needed for each level variable . We define the natural- resource - usage rate NRUR in 1970 as being 1 natural resource unit per person . This ...
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... USAGE RATE ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS / YEAR ) NATURAL RESOURCES , INITIAL ( NATURAL - RESOURCE UNITS ) 3.9 Natural - Resource - Usage Rate NRUR Natural - resource - usage rate NRUR is determined by the population P multi- plied by the ...
... USAGE RATE ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS / YEAR ) NATURAL RESOURCES , INITIAL ( NATURAL - RESOURCE UNITS ) 3.9 Natural - Resource - Usage Rate NRUR Natural - resource - usage rate NRUR is determined by the population P multi- plied by the ...
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... usage ( or increase the assumed initial supply ) to see which mode of behavior next appears . 4.3 Pollution Crisis In a model of a social system , structure and numerical values can be changed to determine how the system behavior ...
... usage ( or increase the assumed initial supply ) to see which mode of behavior next appears . 4.3 Pollution Crisis In a model of a social system , structure and numerical values can be changed to determine how the system behavior ...
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