A Two-Stage Decision Framework for Resolving Brownfield Conflicts

Qingye Han, Yuming Zhu, Ginger Y. Ke and Hongli Lin
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Qingye Han: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710100, China
Yuming Zhu: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710100, China
Ginger Y. Ke: Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X9, Canada
Hongli Lin: School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710100, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: Based on the Graph Model of Conflict Resolution (GMCR), a two-stage decision framework is developed to reveal the essence of brownfield incidents and facilitate the resolution of brownfield conflicts caused by the incidents. More particularly, the forward GMCR is utilized in Stage I, the negotiation stage, to simulate the evolution of a Brownfield Conflict (BC) and predict its potential resolution via stability analysis. If no acceptable equilibrium can be obtained, the BC progresses into Stage II, the third-party-intervention stage, where the inverse GMCR is used to assist a third party in intervening the conflict to achieve a desirable outcome. To illustrate the practicality of this framework, a recent BC that occurred in Changzhou, China, is taken as a case study. Invaluable insights are provided through the computation and investigation of the corresponding preference relationships.

Keywords: graph model of conflict resolution; brownfields; inverse problem; negotiation; third party intervention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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