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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... Chapter 3 con- tains the full detail and assumptions of the computer model . Almost all of the concepts and numerical values used in this chapter will be explained more fully in Chapter 3 . In constructing a computer model of a social ...
... Chapter 3 con- tains the full detail and assumptions of the computer model . Almost all of the concepts and numerical values used in this chapter will be explained more fully in Chapter 3 . In constructing a computer model of a social ...
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... chapter is somewhat more technical than the others . Yet each person should read enough to satisfy himself about the assump- tions from which follow the consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given ...
... chapter is somewhat more technical than the others . Yet each person should read enough to satisfy himself about the assump- tions from which follow the consequences in Chapters 4 , 5 , and 6. The nature of this world model is given ...
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... Chapter Summary One should not expect models of the kind discussed in this book to predict the exact form and timing of future events . * Instead , the model should be used to indicate the direction in which ... Chapter Five Chapter Summary.
... Chapter Summary One should not expect models of the kind discussed in this book to predict the exact form and timing of future events . * Instead , the model should be used to indicate the direction in which ... Chapter Five Chapter Summary.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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