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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... depends on conditions in other parts of the world system outside the population sector . In particular , birth rate will depend on the condition of capital investment and natural resources as they manifest themselves in material ...
... depends on conditions in other parts of the world system outside the population sector . In particular , birth rate will depend on the condition of capital investment and natural resources as they manifest themselves in material ...
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... depends on the population and on the average amount of capital each person accumulates per year . The coefficient CIGN , hav- ing a value of 0.05 unit per person per year , describes the normal accumulation rate for 1970 conditions ...
... depends on the population and on the average amount of capital each person accumulates per year . The coefficient CIGN , hav- ing a value of 0.05 unit per person per year , describes the normal accumulation rate for 1970 conditions ...
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... depends on the natural processes that determine the fraction of the pollution that can be absorbed in a specified ... depend on the amount of the pollution itself . The pollution- absorption time POLAT is therefore a variable rather than ...
... depends on the natural processes that determine the fraction of the pollution that can be absorbed in a specified ... depend on the amount of the pollution itself . The pollution- absorption time POLAT is therefore a variable rather than ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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accumulation action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior billion birth rate capital investment Capital-investment cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equations equilibrium examine existing expect factor falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives greater grow growth higher improve increase indicated industrialization influence initial land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower material standard means mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource normal NREM NRUN1 occurs ORIGINAL peak person policies pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR population possible present pressures probably processes rate normal reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure suppressed TABLE taken tion units usage variable world system