Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs

Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs

1

2

3Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs

4World Design Science Decade 19651975 ů PhaseăI, Documentă1

5R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale

6World Resources Inventory, Southern Illinois University

7World Resources Inventory, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

8Originally published 1963

9Digital Edition (Version 1.0)

10Prepared: 2026-07-06

11Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs: World Design Science Decade 19651975 ů PhaseăI, Documentă1
by R. Buckminster Fuller and John McHale

12Copyright © 1963 R. Buckminster Fuller
Published by World Resources Inventory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

13Originally published by the World Resources Inventory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. This digital edition is a faithful transcription of the original printed document, prepared from page scans; the original wording, spelling and typographic idiosyncrasies have been preserved.

14Digital Edition – prepared 2026
Version 1.0

15PhaseăI, Documentă1 of the World Design Science Decade (19651975), proposed to the International Union of Architects: a first inventory of the world’s energy and material resources, human trends, ...

16World Resources Inventory, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

17

18