Print Email Facebook Twitter Capacity Building for Water Management in Peri-Urban Communities, Bangladesh: A Simulation-Gaming Approach Title Capacity Building for Water Management in Peri-Urban Communities, Bangladesh: A Simulation-Gaming Approach Author Gomes, S.L. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Hermans, L.M. (TU Delft Policy Analysis; IHE Delft Institute for Water Education) Islam, Kazi Faisal (Jagrata Juba Shangha) Huda, Sheikh Nazmul (Jagrata Juba Shangha) Hossain, ATM Zakir (Jagrata Juba Shangha) Thissen, W.A.H. (TU Delft Policy Analysis) Date 2018 Abstract Peri-urban areas in the global south are experiencing over-exploitation and contamination of water resources as a result of rapid urbanisation. These problems relate to the ineffectiveness of the underlying institutions in this dynamic, multi-actor context. Institutions need to be considered during problem solving; however, peri-urban communities have limited insight into their institutional context. This research examines the extent to which problem solving capacity can be improved through gaming-simulation methods. A game-based approach is tested in a capacity building workshop with peri-urban communities in Khulna (Bangladesh). A role-playing game designed from game theory models is used to examine local drinking water problems through an institutional lens. Workshop evaluation shows that through role-play, participants learned about strategies in drinking water supply (in both the current and future scenarios) and about the potential to address water quality issues through cooperative groundwater monitoring. Results also show improved problem understanding with regards to institutions, actor strategies, and problem-solving constraints. Participants valued the interactive medium for comparing and evaluating strategies. This paper highlights limitations in game design and its implementation, and offers ways to address this in future applications. Subject drinking water managementperi-urbaninstitutionsgaming-simulationgroundwatercapacity building To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:25723180-692c-4863-8781-e6cc568f43b4 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111704 ISSN 2073-4441 Source Water, 10 (11) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 S.L. Gomes, L.M. Hermans, Kazi Faisal Islam, Sheikh Nazmul Huda, ATM Zakir Hossain, W.A.H. Thissen Files PDF water_10_01704.pdf 1.46 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:25723180-692c-4863-8781-e6cc568f43b4/datastream/OBJ/view