World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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Page 2
... forces of growth and the restraints of nature may be resolved in a number of ways . Man , if he understands well enough and acts wisely , can choose a path out of the conflict of world pressures that is more favorable than present ...
... forces of growth and the restraints of nature may be resolved in a number of ways . Man , if he understands well enough and acts wisely , can choose a path out of the conflict of world pressures that is more favorable than present ...
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... forces within the world system can exert them- selves and take control . Falling food supply , rising pollution , and decreasing space per person are on the verge of combining to generate pressures great enough to reduce birth rate and ...
... forces within the world system can exert them- selves and take control . Falling food supply , rising pollution , and decreasing space per person are on the verge of combining to generate pressures great enough to reduce birth rate and ...
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... forces and interactions that can result from factors that are already known . We know much about the forces creating growth of populations and of industrialization . We also know much about physical limits of land area , the exhaustion ...
... forces and interactions that can result from factors that are already known . We know much about the forces creating growth of populations and of industrialization . We also know much about physical limits of land area , the exhaustion ...
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