| Author | Pham Huy Han |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IE-89-28 |
| Subject(s) | Natural resources
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Natural resources play a critical role in the growth process
of human society, but the present views on natural resources vary
substantially. Two intensifying attempts to view the problem in a
system framework are made by Forrester and by Saeed.
The limitations of the world model "World Dynamics" by J.W.
Forrester are fixed natural resources and absence of explicit
treatment of technology. Forrester's model is bounded by initial
value of natural resources and has technological advancement
included implicitly, and so has a narrow resource use policy
space, allowing limited policy experimentation on pollution
control, although it has good impact space. A recent model of
resource ecosystem suggested by K. Saeed tackles natural resource
problem at a very aggregate level using open system approach, but
does not explicitly treat variables dealt with in Forrester's
model. Saeed's model has reasonable policy space but very little
impact space.
This thesis searches for pragmatic resource use policies by
appropriately combining the World Dynamics model of Forrester
with the Ecosystem model of Saeed, explicitly incorporating
technological advancement, and experimenting using the
heuristical protocol of the system dynamics method. The modeling
principles of the neoclassical economic theory, the environmental
movement and the open systems approach are examined, and their
merits and limitations are discussed. With the revised model
developed in this thesis an attempt is made to identify policies
for maintaining a growth pattern leading to a sustainable
equilibrium |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Saeed, Khalid; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Lukens, J.E.;Fujiwara, Okitsugu; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Japanese Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |