Uploaded on 2016-08-31 by Hannah Bessett

The three most important stocks in my area in a small town outside of Denver, Colorado are population, water, and capital. In turn, the three most important flows are births, immigrants, and deaths, water coming into and out of my town in the form of rain or treated solutions from the nearby treatment plants, and investments in businesses and housing developments. Because it is so small to start with, population is a critical factor in keeping my city alive, as it directly affects the stock of capital as people either move into the region or spend money as they pass through it. Water is not as directly linked, though because we are frequently under drought conditions it tends to negatively affect population, as people do not want to stay where their water use is restricted. An increase in this particular stock would therefore positively affect the other two and so while their link is not immediately obvious, it is substantial.