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Figure 1 - 1 is a tabulation of population for the subsequent 700 years . In 700
years the population rises from 1 million to 16 , 384 million . The values of Figure
1 - 1 have been plotted as the solid line on the graph of Figure 1 - 2 . A “ crisis
level ...
Figure 1 - 1 is a tabulation of population for the subsequent 700 years . In 700
years the population rises from 1 million to 16 , 384 million . The values of Figure
1 - 1 have been plotted as the solid line on the graph of Figure 1 - 2 . A “ crisis
level ...
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5 5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
5 5 Agricultural land units / person Figure 1 - 3 Food ratio ( adequacy ) as it
depends on agricultural land units per person . Figure 1 - 3 presents an
assumption about how the food per person is related to the agricultural land per
person .
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Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be
mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in
response to the 40 - fold rise in pollution . Quality of life from crowding graphed in
Figure ...
Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be
mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in
response to the 40 - fold rise in pollution . Quality of life from crowding graphed in
Figure ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World Dynamics |
| Authors | Jay W. Forrester, JAY W AUTOR FORRESTER |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Wright-Allen Press, 1971 |
| Length | 142 pages |
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