1.7. Appendix - Archive Materials from World Dynamics

Figure 1.13. Diagram of the original World Dynamics model. This world model is a beginning basis for analysing the effect of changing population and economic growth over the next 50 years. The model includes interrelationships of population, capital investment, natural resources, pollution and agriculture

Source: Forrester, Jay W., World Dynamics. 1973 second ed. 1971, Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications. P. 144, Reproduced by permission of Jay W. Forrester.

Figure 1.14. Simulations of the original world dynamics model

Source: Forrester, Jay W., Urban Dynamics. 1969, Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications. P. 285. Reproduced by permission of Jay W. Forrester.

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