AN ATTEMPT TO OPERATIONALIZE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LIMITS TO GROWTH STUDY TO SUSTAIN THE FUTURE OF MANKIND

Experimenting further with the World3 model, this paper attempts to fo rmulate the operational means to implement the critical recommendation s of the ''Limits to Growth'' study. With feedback as the organizing p rinciple and the work of Daly (1991). Page (1977) and Saeed (1985) as guidelines, additional policy space has been built into the model to a ccommodate controversial views on resource policy and to self-regulate its critical policy parameters. The policies so created not only appe ar to lie within the scope of existing and potentially feasible regula tory institutions, they are also insensitive to their respective behav ioral parameters as well as to the timing of intervention. Furthermore , these policies strive to influence day-by-day action of the actors i n the system instead of imposing the drastic schedule of changes in li fe-style that is implicit in the literal interpretation of the broad r ecommendations of the ''Limits'' study. In addition, the implementatio n of these policies appears to be possible through a national rather t han a global order.