ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates how a number of disparate fields can be tied together to approach conflict understanding and resolution from both technical and anthropological standpoints. It explores the vast literature on environmental conflict; from the history of conflict resolution and modeling to the types of models that have been developed. The book delves into specific modeling frameworks, including system dynamics and agent-based modeling, which are both widely used tools that constitute burgeoning fields of inquiry. It outlines the ways of capturing conflict dynamics at the agent level; it is a fundamental goal of the dispute resolution field to understand how individuals or organizations behave and adapt during a conflict. The book argues that understanding what agents want, how they are willing to get it, and how different agents' goals and actions interact, are the core factors in determining the trajectory of conflict potential.
