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... higher than ever before in history and higher now than the future offers . 4. Exhortations and programs directed at population con- trol may be inherently self - defeating . If population con- trol begins to result , as hoped , in ...
... higher than ever before in history and higher now than the future offers . 4. Exhortations and programs directed at population con- trol may be inherently self - defeating . If population con- trol begins to result , as hoped , in ...
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... higher agricultural productivity to the conditions of Figure 5-8 . The effect is to raise population higher before the pollution crisis develops . The higher availability of food allows capital to be reallocated toward material standard ...
... higher agricultural productivity to the conditions of Figure 5-8 . The effect is to raise population higher before the pollution crisis develops . The higher availability of food allows capital to be reallocated toward material standard ...
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... higher the dependence on technology , the greater seems to be the vulnerability of the social structure to ... higher quality of life but instead is higher social stress . Social stress means loss of freedom , increasing futility , more ...
... higher the dependence on technology , the greater seems to be the vulnerability of the social structure to ... higher quality of life but instead is higher social stress . Social stress means loss of freedom , increasing futility , more ...
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