World DynamicsThe "system dynamics" approach to economics as developed at MIT. |
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... industrialization . ( Medicine and public health are included here as a part of industrialization . ) 2. Within the next century , man may face choices from a four - pronged dilemma - suppression of modern industrial society by a ...
... industrialization . ( Medicine and public health are included here as a part of industrialization . ) 2. Within the next century , man may face choices from a four - pronged dilemma - suppression of modern industrial society by a ...
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... industrialization by raising the rate of capital investment . In a system model one can easily make changes in ... industrialization exceeded the pollution - absorption capability of the earth . Here in Figure 5-1 the pollution crisis ...
... industrialization by raising the rate of capital investment . In a system model one can easily make changes in ... industrialization exceeded the pollution - absorption capability of the earth . Here in Figure 5-1 the pollution crisis ...
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... industrialization would lead into trouble . Con- versely , unless industrialization is limited directly , population control probably cannot be achieved . 7.3 Social Values Impending changes in the world system threaten modern social ...
... industrialization would lead into trouble . Con- versely , unless industrialization is limited directly , population control probably cannot be achieved . 7.3 Social Values Impending changes in the world system threaten modern social ...
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