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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... reduced . Figure 5-4 shows the combined effect of a lowered usage of resources and a reduced birth rate . Natural - resource usage normal NRUN1 is reduced to 25 % of its original value , and birth rate normal BRN1 is reduced to 0.028 or ...
... reduced . Figure 5-4 shows the combined effect of a lowered usage of resources and a reduced birth rate . Natural - resource usage normal NRUN1 is reduced to 25 % of its original value , and birth rate normal BRN1 is reduced to 0.028 or ...
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... reduced from 1.0 to 0.8 in 1970. The result of the 20 % reduction in agricultural productivity is to reduce the actual food ratio by only 3 % in equilibrium . Population has stabilized at about the 1970 level . The total quality of life ...
... reduced from 1.0 to 0.8 in 1970. The result of the 20 % reduction in agricultural productivity is to reduce the actual food ratio by only 3 % in equilibrium . Population has stabilized at about the 1970 level . The total quality of life ...
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... reduced 75 % Pollution generation reduced 50 % Capital - investment generation reduced 40 % Food production reduced 20 % Birth rate reduced 30 % The result is to drop population slightly below the 1970 value and increase the quality of ...
... reduced 75 % Pollution generation reduced 50 % Capital - investment generation reduced 40 % Food production reduced 20 % Birth rate reduced 30 % The result is to drop population slightly below the 1970 value and increase the quality of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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