World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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Page 52
... curve assumes that capital is not uniformly distributed in the hands of the population . As capital begins to accumulate , it is assumed to concentrate in the hands of a few people who can then rise above immediate consumption needs and ...
... curve assumes that capital is not uniformly distributed in the hands of the population . As capital begins to accumulate , it is assumed to concentrate in the hands of a few people who can then rise above immediate consumption needs and ...
Page 71
... curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the slope that had characterized the first part of the century . But the actual curve has fallen away from the extended slope . The gap between expectation and reality is ...
... curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the slope that had characterized the first part of the century . But the actual curve has fallen away from the extended slope . The gap between expectation and reality is ...
Page 73
... curve comes at the point of maximum downward slope of the curve for natural resources . Natural resources are falling fastest when the usage rate is the highest . Figure 4-4 is again from the original system and shows the generation and ...
... curve comes at the point of maximum downward slope of the curve for natural resources . Natural resources are falling fastest when the usage rate is the highest . Figure 4-4 is again from the original system and shows the generation and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
Copyright | |
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1970 conditions accumulation agricultural land assumed assumptions behavior billion 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-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT NRUN1 POLN1 POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR POLLUTION UNITS pollution-absorption population and capital population density pressures QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system