A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The paper analyzes the equations which model the growth of human populations and the accompanying infrastructure developments which are required to support the corresponding societies because of their direct or implicit dependence upon human needs. Systems methods are employed to treat the coupled non-linear phenomena, and numerical examples are displayed. The fundamental nature of the models is found to be logistic, and there is switching at critical points between regimes or phases of growth.
The paper analyzes the equations which model the growth of human populations and the accompanying infrastructure developments which are required to support the corresponding societies because of their direct or implicit dependence upon human needs. Systems methods are employed to treat the coupled non-linear phenomena, and numerical examples are displayed. The fundamental nature of the models is found to be logistic, and there is switching at critical points between regimes or phases of growth.
Systems models for infrastructures
McDonald, P. H. (author)
Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems ; 7 ; 236-241
1990-12-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
systems , cybernetics , logistics , models , infrastructures
Online Contents | 1999