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... TABLE and TABHL are table look - up functions as for example in Equation 3. In that equation the format indicates that a table by the name of BRMMT will be entered with the variable MSL . The table extends from a value of MSL of 0 to a ...
... TABLE and TABHL are table look - up functions as for example in Equation 3. In that equation the format indicates that a table by the name of BRMMT will be entered with the variable MSL . The table extends from a value of MSL of 0 to a ...
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... TABLE BIRTH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE BIRTH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE BIRTH RATE NORMAL ...
... TABLE BIRTH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE BIRTH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) BIRTH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE BIRTH RATE NORMAL ...
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... TABLE FOOD NORMAL ( FOOD UNITS / PERSON / YEAR ) FOOD POTENTIAL FROM CAPITAL INVESTMENT ( FOOD UNITS / PERSON / YEAR ) FOOD - POTENTIAL - FROM - CAPITAL - INVESTMENT TABLE FOOD - FROM - POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) FOOD - FROM ...
... TABLE FOOD NORMAL ( FOOD UNITS / PERSON / YEAR ) FOOD POTENTIAL FROM CAPITAL INVESTMENT ( FOOD UNITS / PERSON / YEAR ) FOOD - POTENTIAL - FROM - CAPITAL - INVESTMENT TABLE FOOD - FROM - POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) FOOD - FROM ...
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