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... continue without limit . As the processes of Figures 1-4 and 1-5 take effect , the agricultural surplus available for export will decline . After the export buffer has been diverted to internal use , the full signifi- cance of Figure 1 ...
... continue without limit . As the processes of Figures 1-4 and 1-5 take effect , the agricultural surplus available for export will decline . After the export buffer has been diverted to internal use , the full signifi- cance of Figure 1 ...
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... continue forever . Growth of population and industrialization will stop . If man does not take conscious action to ... continuing growth . Chapters 5 and 6 examine other kinds of world equilibrium that could be created by changes in ...
... continue forever . Growth of population and industrialization will stop . If man does not take conscious action to ... continuing growth . Chapters 5 and 6 examine other kinds of world equilibrium that could be created by changes in ...
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... continue . As long as technology can keep ahead of the rising demands on the environment , growth continues until some other limit is en- countered . Technology may succeed in pushing back the physical limits until the social barriers ...
... continue . As long as technology can keep ahead of the rising demands on the environment , growth continues until some other limit is en- countered . Technology may succeed in pushing back the physical limits until the social barriers ...
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