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5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
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Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be
mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in
response to the 40 - fold rise in pollution . Quality of life from crowding graphed in
Figure ...
Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be
mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in
response to the 40 - fold rise in pollution . Quality of life from crowding graphed in
Figure ...
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25 1940 . 1980 . 2020 . - - 2060 .Years Figure 5 - 12 Compared with Figure 5 - 11
, increased capital generation causes an earlier pollution crisis . balance . The
reader may feel that combinations of these programs would yield better results .
25 1940 . 1980 . 2020 . - - 2060 .Years Figure 5 - 12 Compared with Figure 5 - 11
, increased capital generation causes an earlier pollution crisis . balance . The
reader may feel that combinations of these programs would yield better results .
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | World Dynamics |
| Authors | Jay W. Forrester, JAY W AUTOR FORRESTER |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Wright-Allen Press, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 142 pages |
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