World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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... less than their share of the decline because economies with less organization , integration , and specialization are probably less vulnerable to disruption . 1.4 Background At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the last 40 ...
... less than their share of the decline because economies with less organization , integration , and specialization are probably less vulnerable to disruption . 1.4 Background At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the last 40 ...
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... less than 20 per cent . Figure 3-1 assumes a 20 % increase for birth rate as the material standard of living drops toward zero . At the right - hand end of the figure , we expect the birth rate to decline , but the amount is not easy to ...
... less than 20 per cent . Figure 3-1 assumes a 20 % increase for birth rate as the material standard of living drops toward zero . At the right - hand end of the figure , we expect the birth rate to decline , but the amount is not easy to ...
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... less influential — that is , the curve should rise less at the left and fall less at the right . As with the other multipliers , the 1-1 point ( where the multiplier value is 1 at a material standard of living of 1 ) is taken as the ...
... less influential — that is , the curve should rise less at the left and fall less at the right . As with the other multipliers , the 1-1 point ( where the multiplier value is 1 at a material standard of living of 1 ) is taken as the ...
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