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Autori principali: Patry, Loic, Morel, Pierre, Tomasi-Gustafsson, Egle, Kalnay, Eugenia, Rivas, Jorge, Mote, Safa
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14860
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author Patry, Loic
Morel, Pierre
Tomasi-Gustafsson, Egle
Kalnay, Eugenia
Rivas, Jorge
Mote, Safa
author_facet Patry, Loic
Morel, Pierre
Tomasi-Gustafsson, Egle
Kalnay, Eugenia
Rivas, Jorge
Mote, Safa
contents We study the effect of random perturbations in the Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY) model. HANDY models the interactions between human population, depletion, and consumption of natural resources. HANDY explains how endogenous human--nature interactions could lead to sustainability or collapse in past societies. We introduce a Gaussian random noise perturbation on the population change to represent generic external perturbations. The robustness of the results is investigated with statistical analysis based on probability distributions of specific events. Our study shows that the results of the unperturbed HANDY model are robust under small perturbations of $\lesssim$ 10\% of the Human population. Our results confirm that endogenous dynamics drive the societal cycles. However, exogenous perturbations, such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, infectious disease, epidemics, and wars, can accelerate or delay a collapse cycle.
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spellingShingle Modeling the effects of natural disasters, wars, and migrations on sustainability or collapse of pre-industrial societies: Random perturbations of the Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY) model
Patry, Loic
Morel, Pierre
Tomasi-Gustafsson, Egle
Kalnay, Eugenia
Rivas, Jorge
Mote, Safa
Physics and Society
We study the effect of random perturbations in the Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY) model. HANDY models the interactions between human population, depletion, and consumption of natural resources. HANDY explains how endogenous human--nature interactions could lead to sustainability or collapse in past societies. We introduce a Gaussian random noise perturbation on the population change to represent generic external perturbations. The robustness of the results is investigated with statistical analysis based on probability distributions of specific events. Our study shows that the results of the unperturbed HANDY model are robust under small perturbations of $\lesssim$ 10\% of the Human population. Our results confirm that endogenous dynamics drive the societal cycles. However, exogenous perturbations, such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, infectious disease, epidemics, and wars, can accelerate or delay a collapse cycle.
title Modeling the effects of natural disasters, wars, and migrations on sustainability or collapse of pre-industrial societies: Random perturbations of the Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY) model
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14860