A comparison of The Limits to Growth with 30 years of reality

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-411

  Turner, Graham M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collapse; Data comparison; Integrated global model; Limits to Growth; Model validation; Pollution; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 53249107548     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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