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... DEATH RATE ( PEOPLE / YEAR ) DR P - CLIP DRN DRN1 · SWT3 · TIME DRMM DRPM DRFM DRCM · 10 , R 10.2 , C 10.3 , C 10.4 , C POPULATION ( PEOPLE ) OLOGICAL FUNCTION USED AS A TIME SWITCH TO CHANGE PARAMETER VALUE DEATH RATE NORMAL ( FRACTION ...
... DEATH RATE ( PEOPLE / YEAR ) DR P - CLIP DRN DRN1 · SWT3 · TIME DRMM DRPM DRFM DRCM · 10 , R 10.2 , C 10.3 , C 10.4 , C POPULATION ( PEOPLE ) OLOGICAL FUNCTION USED AS A TIME SWITCH TO CHANGE PARAMETER VALUE DEATH RATE NORMAL ( FRACTION ...
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... DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION 11 , A 11.1 , T DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE MATERIAL STANDARD OF LIVING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.12 Death - Rate ...
... DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION 11 , A 11.1 , T DEATH - RATE - FROM - MATERIAL - MULTIPLIER TABLE MATERIAL STANDARD OF LIVING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) 3.12 Death - Rate ...
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... DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) TABHL - LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION DRFMT FR · DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) rate , on the average , falling by ...
... DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) TABHL - LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION DRFMT FR · DEATH - RATE - FROM - FOOD - MULTIPLIER TABLE FOOD RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) rate , on the average , falling by ...
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