World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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... better name is " system dynamics . " Applications have been made to corporate policy , to dynam- ics of diabetes as a medical system , to social forces affecting drug addiction in a community , to the dynamics of commodity markets , and ...
... better name is " system dynamics . " Applications have been made to corporate policy , to dynam- ics of diabetes as a medical system , to social forces affecting drug addiction in a community , to the dynamics of commodity markets , and ...
Page 125
... better balance with the environment than the countries they try to emulate . Both the developed and the ... better alternatives can lie ahead than those to which the " natural " socio - technical - economic - political system is now ...
... better balance with the environment than the countries they try to emulate . Both the developed and the ... better alternatives can lie ahead than those to which the " natural " socio - technical - economic - political system is now ...
Page 127
... better understanding of the nature of our social systems . The means are visible . The task will be no easier than the development of science and technology . For the next thirty years we can expect rapid advancement in understanding ...
... better understanding of the nature of our social systems . The means are visible . The task will be no easier than the development of science and technology . For the next thirty years we can expect rapid advancement in understanding ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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accumulation action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior billion birth rate capital investment Capital-investment cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equations equilibrium examine existing expect factor falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives greater grow growth higher improve increase indicated industrialization influence initial land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower material standard means mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources natural-resource normal NREM NRUN1 occurs ORIGINAL peak person policies pollution crisis pollution ratio POLN1 POLR population possible present pressures probably processes raise rate normal reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure suppressed TABLE taken tion units usage variable world system