Environmental Assessment of Socioeconomic Systems pp 123-129 | Cite as
Models for Prediction Under Conditions of Interaction
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Abstract
History is replete with examples of legislation enacted to achieve specific changes but which resulted in small or negative change in the desired direction while generating unanticipated secondary effects. The attempt to introduce prohibition of alcohol consumption in the US was such a case. Analogous cases have begun to be noticed in the field of ecology. The following example is given by Holling and Goldberg.
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Discount Rate Real Discount Rate Perpetual Motion Machine Real World Time Series Carriage Train
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