The Limits to Growth - A Report to the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind 0876631650
IN APRIL 1968, a group of thirty individuals from ten countries-scientists, educators, economists, humanists, industrial
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- Donella H. Meadows
- Dennis L. Meadows
- Jorgen Randers
- William W. Behrens III
Table of contents :
Title Page
Dedication
The MIT Project Team
Foreword
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
I The Nature of Exponential Growth
II The Limits to Exponential Growth
III Growth in the World System
IV Technology and the Limits to Growth
V The State of Global Equilibrium
COMMENTARY - By The Club of Rome Executive Committee
APPENDIX - Related Studies
NOTES
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THE LIMITS TO
Donella H. Meadows Dennis L. Meadows J~rgen
Randers
William
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Behrens 111
AReport tor THE CLUB OF ROME'S Pro;ect on the Predicament ot Mankind
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A POTOMAC ASSOCIATES BOOK
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-187907 ISBN 0-87663-165-0 Design by Hubert Leckie Printed in the United States of America Published in the United States of America in 1972 by Universe Books, 381 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016 © 1972 by Dennis L. Meadows
CONT'E NTS
FOREWOllD
by Potomac Associates page 9 page 14
FIGURES TABLES
page 16
INTRODUCTION
page 17
I The Nature of Exponential Growth page 25 , II The Limits to Exponential Growth page 45 III Growth in the World System page 88 IV Technology and the Limits to Growth page I29 V The State of Global Equilibrium page 156 COMMENTARY
by The Club of Rome Executive Committee APPENDIX
NOTES
Related Studies page 198
page 201
page 185