Understanding Game-based Approaches for Improving Sustainable Water Governance: The Potential of Serious Games to Solve Water Problems

• Main Author: Adamowski, Jan Franklin (auth)
• Other Authors: Chew, Chengzi (auth), Wals, Arjen (auth), Mayer, Igor (auth), Medema, Wietske (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; psychosocial perspectives; integrated water resources management; maritime spatial planning; decision-making processes; simulation; rural; water-food-land-energy-climate; Good Environmental Status; assessment; active learning; ecology education; social simulation; educational videogames; gaming-simulation; serious games; transformative change; Q-method; serious games (SGs); social equity; learning-based intervention; sustainability; water; flood; institutions; planning support systems; system dynamics; Blue Growth; stakeholder participation; serious game; decision making; social learning; serious gaming; nexus; Water Safety Plan; game-based learning; stakeholders; mangrove; participatory modelling; integrated water resource management (IWRM); experimental social research; river basin management; online games; drinking water management; drinking water; multi-party collaboration; water management; Schwartz's Value Survey (SVS); water supply; groundwater; role-play; simulations; stakeholder collaboration; relational practices; Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP); gamification; aquaculture; transcendental values; peri-urban; urban; Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM); infrastructure; knowledge co-creation; policy analysis; role-playing games; water governance; value change; Mekong Delta; natural resource management; capacity building
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The sustainable governance of water resources relies on processes of multi-stakeholder collaborations and interactions that facilitate knowledge co-creation and social learning. Governance systems are often fragmented, forming a barrier to adequately addressing the myriad of challenges affecting wat...