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... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND BRPMT POLR · INTERPOLATION 18 , A 18.1 , T BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 60 60 3.19 Food Ratio FR The food ratio gives the food per capita in ...
... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND BRPMT POLR · INTERPOLATION 18 , A 18.1 , T BIRTH - RATE - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 60 60 3.19 Food Ratio FR The food ratio gives the food per capita in ...
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... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION QLCT CR - QUALITY - OF - LIFE - FROM - CROWDING TABLE - CROWDING RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.40 Quality of Life from Food QLF Food is the most powerful influence on quality of life ...
... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION QLCT CR - QUALITY - OF - LIFE - FROM - CROWDING TABLE - CROWDING RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.40 Quality of Life from Food QLF Food is the most powerful influence on quality of life ...
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... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION · QUALITY - OF - LIFE - FROM - POLLUTION TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.42 Natural - Resource - from - Material Multiplier NRMM The usage rate of natural resources depends on ...
... LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION · QUALITY - OF - LIFE - FROM - POLLUTION TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.42 Natural - Resource - from - Material Multiplier NRMM The usage rate of natural resources depends on ...
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 ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 Club of Rome computer model crowding ratio curve decline DRFM ECIR effect effective-capital-investment ratio environment equations equilibrium exponential growth food production food ratio food supply FPMT in-agriculture fraction increase industrialization INTERPOLATION Limits to Growth LOGICAL FUNCTION Main Street Cambridge material standard mental models MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT NRUN1 POLN1 physical limits physical stress POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures processes QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS rise Section sector shortage social stress social systems standard of living structure system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system