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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... gives the land available for agriculture . The agricultural land per person can be interpreted to give the adequacy of food supply as assumed in Figure 1-3 . A position along the horizontal axis corresponds to the agricultural land ...
... gives the land available for agriculture . The agricultural land per person can be interpreted to give the adequacy of food supply as assumed in Figure 1-3 . A position along the horizontal axis corresponds to the agricultural land ...
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... gives the land units needed for occupancy at the rate of 1 unit per person . The fourth column shows the land remaining for agriculture from the total of 24,000 million units . The fifth column gives the land units per person available ...
... gives the land units needed for occupancy at the rate of 1 unit per person . The fourth column shows the land remaining for agriculture from the total of 24,000 million units . The fifth column gives the land units per person available ...
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... gives the natural - resource fraction remaining NRFR . NRFR.K = NR.K / NRI NRFR 7 , A - NATURAL - RESOURCE FRACTION REMAINING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) NR NRI NATURAL RESOURCES ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS ) NATURAL RESOURCES , INITIAL ( NATURAL ...
... gives the natural - resource fraction remaining NRFR . NRFR.K = NR.K / NRI NRFR 7 , A - NATURAL - RESOURCE FRACTION REMAINING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) NR NRI NATURAL RESOURCES ( NATURAL RESOURCE UNITS ) NATURAL RESOURCES , INITIAL ( NATURAL ...
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