Cultural Collapse and System Survival Due to Environmental Modification

We consider a simple mathematical approach to the rise and fall of societies based on population growth and its effects on the environment, both beneficial and detrimental. We find that in any simple model of population dynamics with environmental coupling, stable cultures are impossible. Population...

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Main Authors: Graeme J. Ackland, Adrien Y. M. Henry, Alexander Williams, Morrel H. Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Computation
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/2/3/83