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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... Pollution ratio 30 POLS Birth rate normal BRN + BR Birth rate 2 P. Food ratio Food FR ratio 19 FN Food FC FC1 , SWT7 Food coefficient FCM FPM FPCI Food potential FCMT FPCIT from capital FPMT Crowding ratio 20 investment 28 21 Pollution ...
... Pollution ratio 30 POLS Birth rate normal BRN + BR Birth rate 2 P. Food ratio Food FR ratio 19 FN Food FC FC1 , SWT7 Food coefficient FCM FPM FPCI Food potential FCMT FPCIT from capital FPMT Crowding ratio 20 investment 28 21 Pollution ...
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... POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) - LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION FPMT POLR FOOD - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) present levels but that the reduction in food ...
... POLLUTION MULTIPLIER ( DIMENSIONLESS ) - LOGICAL FUNCTION , TABLE LOOK UP AND INTERPOLATION FPMT POLR FOOD - FROM - POLLUTION - MULTIPLIER TABLE POLLUTION RATIO ( DIMENSIONLESS ) present levels but that the reduction in food ...
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... pollution ratio of 40 would depress food production to 20 % of its value under 1970 pollution conditions . The rise in food ratio after the population collapse occurs because the reduced population has available the best agricultural ...
... pollution ratio of 40 would depress food production to 20 % of its value under 1970 pollution conditions . The rise in food ratio after the population collapse occurs because the reduced population has available the best agricultural ...
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