World dynamicsWright-Allen Press, 1971 - 142 pages |
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Page 71
... shows rising social unrest ? The two become consistent if we compare expectations with actuality . Figure 4-1 shows an extension beyond 1940 of the quality - of - life curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the ...
... shows rising social unrest ? The two become consistent if we compare expectations with actuality . Figure 4-1 shows an extension beyond 1940 of the quality - of - life curve prior to that year . The extension continues to rise along the ...
Page 73
... shows a repeat of the curve for natural resources along with the natural - resource - usage rate . The peak of the usage curve comes at the point of maximum downward slope of the curve for natural resources . Natural resources are ...
... shows a repeat of the curve for natural resources along with the natural - resource - usage rate . The peak of the usage curve comes at the point of maximum downward slope of the curve for natural resources . Natural resources are ...
Page 98
... shows but slight change in the ultimate outcome . In Figure 5-2 there is a brief pause in the growth of population after the birth - control program is started in 1970. But during the pause , capital investment continues to increase . A ...
... shows but slight change in the ultimate outcome . In Figure 5-2 there is a brief pause in the growth of population after the birth - control program is started in 1970. But during the pause , capital investment continues to increase . A ...
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