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Presentation - Weather-Chaos Group - University of Maryland

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Introduction<br />

HANDY: Human And Nature DYnamics<br />

Scenarios<br />

Summary and Conclusions<br />

An Overview <strong>of</strong> HANDY<br />

HANDY Equations and Parameters<br />

Equilibrium Values and the Carrying Capacity<br />

Consumption Rates in HANDY<br />

◮ Consumption rates are given by<br />

⎧<br />

(<br />

C P = min<br />

⎪⎨<br />

⎪⎩<br />

C R = min<br />

1,<br />

(<br />

1,<br />

)<br />

w<br />

sx P<br />

w th<br />

)<br />

(4)<br />

w<br />

κsx R<br />

w th<br />

◮ s: Consumption rate per capita, AKA the “Subsistence<br />

Salary”<br />

◮ w th : a “Threshold” value for wealth below which famine<br />

starts, determined by the Rich<br />

w th = ρx P + κρx R . (5)<br />

◮ ρ: minimum required consumption per capita<br />

Safa Motesharrei, Jorge Rivas, Eugenia Kalnay<br />

HANDY

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