World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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... occurs . It is certain that resource shortage , pollution , crowding , food failure , or some other equally powerful ... occur is inevitable . Unless we come to understand and to choose , the social system by its internal processes will ...
... occurs . It is certain that resource shortage , pollution , crowding , food failure , or some other equally powerful ... occur is inevitable . Unless we come to understand and to choose , the social system by its internal processes will ...
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... occurs where the generation rate and the discard rate cross and are equal . After year 2040 , the discard exceeds the generation , and capital investment is falling . Figures 4-1 through 4-4 should not be taken as a prediction of the ...
... occurs where the generation rate and the discard rate cross and are equal . After year 2040 , the discard exceeds the generation , and capital investment is falling . Figures 4-1 through 4-4 should not be taken as a prediction of the ...
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... occur if no other pressure limits growth before pollution does so . Here pollution rises to more than 40 times the ... occurs , pollution climbs steeply and continues to grow until it ex- tinguishes the pollution - creating processes ...
... occur if no other pressure limits growth before pollution does so . Here pollution rises to more than 40 times the ... occurs , pollution climbs steeply and continues to grow until it ex- tinguishes the pollution - creating processes ...
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