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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Jay W. Forrester. 3.20 Food - from - Crowding Multiplier FCM Crowding will ultimately have a major influence on food production as al- ready described in Figures 14 and 1-5 . The more people , the more space oc- cupied ; and the more ...
Jay W. Forrester. 3.20 Food - from - Crowding Multiplier FCM Crowding will ultimately have a major influence on food production as al- ready described in Figures 14 and 1-5 . The more people , the more space oc- cupied ; and the more ...
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... food . With no capital investment , food production is still possible . It would imply a higher use of labor . Zero capital investment is here taken to decrease the food production of the world by 50 % . At the high extreme for capital ...
... food . With no capital investment , food production is still possible . It would imply a higher use of labor . Zero capital investment is here taken to decrease the food production of the world by 50 % . At the high extreme for capital ...
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... Agricultural Productivity The hope of much of the world rests on greater food production . Desert land is reclaimed . Better crop plants are developed . Irrigation dams are constructed . Forests are cleared . What is the history of such ...
... Agricultural Productivity The hope of much of the world rests on greater food production . Desert land is reclaimed . Better crop plants are developed . Irrigation dams are constructed . Forests are cleared . What is the history of such ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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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