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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... DEATH RATE NORMAL ( FRACTION / YEAR ) DRN = .028 DRN1 = .028 SWT 3 = 1970 DR P - DEATH RATE ( PEOPLE / YEAR ) CLIP DRN DRN1 SWT3 TIME · DRMM · DRPM · DRFM · DRCM · DEATH RATE NORMAL NO . 1 ( FRACTION / YEAR ) SWITCH TIME NO . 3 FOR DRN ...
... DEATH RATE NORMAL ( FRACTION / YEAR ) DRN = .028 DRN1 = .028 SWT 3 = 1970 DR P - DEATH RATE ( PEOPLE / YEAR ) CLIP DRN DRN1 SWT3 TIME · DRMM · DRPM · DRFM · DRCM · DEATH RATE NORMAL NO . 1 ( FRACTION / YEAR ) SWITCH TIME NO . 3 FOR DRN ...
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... DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION 11 , A 11.1 , T DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE MATERIAL STANDARD OF LIVING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.12 Death - Rate ...
... DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION 11 , A 11.1 , T DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE MATERIAL STANDARD OF LIVING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.12 Death - Rate ...
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... DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION DRFMT FR · · DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE · FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) rate , on the average , falling by half ...
... DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION DRFMT FR · · DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE · FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) rate , on the average , falling by half ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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1970 conditions assumed assumptions behavior birth rate normal birth-control program BRFM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment multiplier capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 CIMT Club of Rome coefficient computer model crowding ratio curve death rate normal 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 POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL 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