World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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Page 98
... Probably it is the latter . In Figure 5-2 the birth rate normal BRN1 ( see Section 3.2 ) has been reduced from 0.040 to 0.028 in 1970. This is sufficient to eliminate the 1.2 % population growth rate that had existed from 1900 to 1970 ...
... Probably it is the latter . In Figure 5-2 the birth rate normal BRN1 ( see Section 3.2 ) has been reduced from 0.040 to 0.028 in 1970. This is sufficient to eliminate the 1.2 % population growth rate that had existed from 1900 to 1970 ...
Page 101
... probably be replaced in an actual system by shifts in psychological and sociologi- cal variables as discussed below . Figures 5-2 through 5-4 examine the introduction of a birth - control program not long before an impending crisis is ...
... probably be replaced in an actual system by shifts in psychological and sociologi- cal variables as discussed below . Figures 5-2 through 5-4 examine the introduction of a birth - control program not long before an impending crisis is ...
Page 125
... probably cannot be achieved . 7.3 Social Values Impending changes in the world system threaten modern social values and goals . The industrialized societies have become geared to a philosophy of growth and rising standard of living for ...
... probably cannot be achieved . 7.3 Social Values Impending changes in the world system threaten modern social values and goals . The industrialized societies have become geared to a philosophy of growth and rising standard of living for ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
A World Model Structure and Assumptions | 31 |
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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