World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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... remaining NRFR . At the other extreme , if there are no natural resources , capital investment will be ineffective ... remaining . NREM.K = TABLE ( NREMT , NRFR.K , 0,1 ,. A World Model - Structure and Assumptions 37 Natural-Resource ...
... remaining NRFR . At the other extreme , if there are no natural resources , capital investment will be ineffective ... remaining . NREM.K = TABLE ( NREMT , NRFR.K , 0,1 ,. A World Model - Structure and Assumptions 37 Natural-Resource ...
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... REMAINING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) zero . The upper right end of the curve is nearly level because initial depletion of ... Remaining NRFR The actual natural resources NR divided by the natural resources initial NRI gives the natural - resource ...
... REMAINING ( DIMENSIONLESS ) zero . The upper right end of the curve is nearly level because initial depletion of ... Remaining NRFR The actual natural resources NR divided by the natural resources initial NRI gives the natural - resource ...
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... remaining high capital investment in agriculture . Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in response to the 40 ...
... remaining high capital investment in agriculture . Population , land , and capital investment might not be distributed so as to be mutually effective . Quality of life from pollution dips , reasonably enough , in response to the 40 ...
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 birth rate normal birth-control program BRFM BRN1 capital investment CAPITAL UNITS CAPITAL UNITS/PERSON CAPITAL-INVESTMENT DISCARD capital-investment multiplier capital-investment ratio CAPITAL-INVESTMENT-IN-AGRICULTURE FRACTION cause Chapter CIAF CIGN1 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 resources natural-resource Natural-resource-usage rate negative loop NR=N NREM NREMT POLAT pollution absorption pollution crisis POLLUTION UNITS pollution-absorption population and capital population density PRESENT ORIGINAL pressures QL-Q ratio CIR RATIO DIMENSIONLESS result rise Section sector shortage social systems SQUARE KILOMETERS standard of living system levels TABHL TABLE LOOK TIME.K tion units per person UNITS/PERSON/YEAR UNITS/YEAR usage rate variable world model world population world system