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RECORD NUMBER: 3 OF 3Main Title | World dynamics / | |||||||||||||||||
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Author | Forrester, Jay W., ; Forrester, Jay Wright. | |||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Wright-Allen Press, | |||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00157527 | |||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Economic policy--Mathematical models ; Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) ; Demography--Mathematical models ; Economics ; System theory ; Systems Theory ; Internationale betrekkingen ; population growth ; food production ; capital investment ; natural resources ; pollution ; growth rate ; environment ; trend ; computer ; social policy ; croissance démographique ; production alimentaire ; investissement de capital ; ressources naturelles ; taux de croissance ; environnement ; tendance ; ordinateur ; modèle ; politique sociale ; crecimiento demográfico ; producción alimentaria ; inversiones de capital ; recursos naturales ; contaminación ambiental ; tasa de crecimiento ; medio ambiente ; tendencia ; computadora ; modelo ; política social | |||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Economic policy--Mathematical models ; Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) ; Demography--Mathematical models | |||||||||||||||||
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Collation | xiii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm | |||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (page 139) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Introduction -- Structure of the world system -- A world model: structure and assumptions -- Limits to growth -- Obvious responses will not suffice -- Toward a global equilibrium -- Epilogue. Examination of the structure of countervailing forces such as population growth, food production, capital investment, natural resources depletion, pollution, etc., at world level when exponential growth rate overburdens the environment - simulates world growth trends by means of a large-scale computer model and shows that a global equilibrium could be achieved if social policies and programmes were chosen taking into account the dynamic characteristics of world social systems. Flow charts. |