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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... begins to cause the agricultural land to shrink rapidly . The food ratio versus time from Figure 14 is shown in Figure 1-5 . For all of recorded time the ratio had been adequate , and then , in less than one lifetime , it Years 0 ...
... begins to cause the agricultural land to shrink rapidly . The food ratio versus time from Figure 14 is shown in Figure 1-5 . For all of recorded time the ratio had been adequate , and then , in less than one lifetime , it Years 0 ...
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... If population con- trol begins to result , as hoped , in higher per capita food supply and material standard of living , these very im- provements may relax the pressures and generate forces to trigger Introduction 11.
... If population con- trol begins to result , as hoped , in higher per capita food supply and material standard of living , these very im- provements may relax the pressures and generate forces to trigger Introduction 11.
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... begins to accumulate , it is assumed to concentrate in the hands of a few people who can then rise above immediate consumption needs and thereby begin to accumulate more capital . Were the capital equally distributed at all times , the ...
... begins to accumulate , it is assumed to concentrate in the hands of a few people who can then rise above immediate consumption needs and thereby begin to accumulate more capital . Were the capital equally distributed at all times , the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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