World DynamicsExamination of the structure of countervailing forces such as population growth, food production, capital investment, natural resources depletion, pollution, etc., at world level when exponential growth rate overburdens the environment - simulates world growth trends by means of a large-scale computer model and shows that a global equilibrium could be achieved if social policies and programmes were chosen taking into account the dynamic characteristics of world social systems. Flow charts. |
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... actual social system , but it can be far more comprehensive than the mental models we otherwise would use as the basis for debating social policy . A computer model embodies a theory of system structure . It states assump- tions about ...
... actual social system , but it can be far more comprehensive than the mental models we otherwise would use as the basis for debating social policy . A computer model embodies a theory of system structure . It states assump- tions about ...
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... actual birth rate depends on conditions in other parts of the world system outside the population sector . In particular , birth rate will depend on the condition of capital investment and natural resources as they manifest themselves ...
... actual birth rate depends on conditions in other parts of the world system outside the population sector . In particular , birth rate will depend on the condition of capital investment and natural resources as they manifest themselves ...
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... actual fraction of capital in agriculture as it moves toward the fraction that is called for by current conditions . The gradual adjustment introduces a delay that represents the time necessary for the changing mix of capital to be ...
... actual fraction of capital in agriculture as it moves toward the fraction that is called for by current conditions . The gradual adjustment introduces a delay that represents the time necessary for the changing mix of capital to be ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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1970 conditions accumulation 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 cause Chapter CI=C CIAF CIGN1 CIMT Club of Rome coefficient computer model crowding ratio curve death rate normal decline DRFM dynamic ECIR effect effective-capital-investment ratio equations equilibrium exponential growth food production food ratio food supply FPMT FRACTION/YEAR in-agriculture fraction increase industrialization INTERPOLATION limit LOGICAL FUNCTION material standard mental models MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT NRUN1 POLN1 POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK TIME.K tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system