Accession Number:

AD1175922

Title:

Symbiotic Warfare: Resource Competition and Conflict

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Research Paper]

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Manning, Christina

Report Date:

2015-04-23

Pagination or Media Count:

43

Abstract:

To facilitate military operations in a megacity, it is first important to understand how congested and densely populated environments react when predators disturb their ecosystem in search of resources. This research explores the megacity by extrapolating key concepts from invasion biology and social science to explain how resource dependency affects the ability of external predators to invade densely populated environments. In section one, a literature review provides the reader evidence that resource constraints in a megacity have the propensity to perpetuate conflict. Section two uses invasion biology and agent based modeling to observe and describe the interconnectedness that exists between a megacitys population, resources, and predators, which seek to exploit those resources. Section three expands on the overall conclusion from section two, which is that densely populated environments and the complex networks that support resource allocation and distribution to the population exist in a delicate, symbiotic balance. Section three also introduces the reader to a proposed operational concept. T

Descriptors:

• warfare
• command and control
• international relations
• urban areas
• air force
• information operations
• military operations
• united states
• guerrilla warfare
• literature surveys
• micro air vehicles
• natural disasters
• social sciences
• asymmetric warfare
• case studies
• logistics support
• sociology

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]