2 papers
physics.soc-ph2019
MEDEAS-World model calibration for the study of the energy transition
Gianluca Martelloni, Francesca Di Patti, Ilaria Perissi +2
MEDEAS (Modelling the Energy Development under Environmental And Socioeconomic constraint) World is a new global-aggregated energy-economy-environmental model, which runs from 1995…
physics.soc-ph2018
Toward a General Theory of Societal Collapse. A Biophysical Examination of Tainter s Model of the Diminishing Returns of Complexity
Ugo Bardi, Sara Falsini, Ilaria Perissi
The collapse of large social systems, often referred to as civilizations or empires, is a well known historical phenomenon, but its origins are the object of an unresolved debate.…