Integrated, Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Planning: First Results from International Simulation-Game Experiment

Marine ecosystems around the globe are increasingly affected by human activities such as fisheries, shipping, offshore petroleum developments, wind farms, recreation, tourism and more. Whereas the necessity and urgency to regulate and plan competing marine spatial claims is growing, the planning and regulation of these claims is even more...

Serious gaming as a tool to communicate planning support systems: The case of resource potential mapping in airport regions

Due to the growth of cities and airports, regional planning becomes increasingly important in airport regions. As major resource consumers, these regions have to become more sustainable to consolidate their competitive position amongst global cities. In the Amsterdam-Schiphol region, stakeholders are searching for new governance arrangements to...

System Dynamics and Serious Games

This paper deals with the relationship between serious games and system dynamics. Games have been used in SD since the beginning. However, the field of serious gaming also has its own development. The purpose of this contribution is to provide a broad overview of the combination of serious gaming and SD and discuss the state of the art and...

Transient scenarios for robust climate change adaptation illustrated for water management in The Netherlands

Climate scenarios are used to explore impacts of possible future climates and to assess the robustness of adaptation actions across a range of futures. Time-dependent climate scenarios are commonly used in mitigation studies. However, despite the dynamic nature of adaptation, most scenarios for local or regional decision making on climate...

Exploring challenges and solutions for container transportation using rail: A modelling and simulation gaming study

Rail is a cost-effective and environment friendly freight transport modality when used efficiently. Stakeholders around Dutch ports are discouraged to choose rail due to uncertain train schedules and the dispersed nature of freight flows across terminals in the port. To understand the challenges and opportunities of freight transport using rail,...

Dive Deeper: Empirical Analysis of Game Mechanics and Perceived Value in Serious Games

Validation of serious games tends to focus on evaluating their design as a whole. While this helps to assess whether a particular combination of game mechanics is successful, it provides little insight into how individual mechanics contribute or detract from a serious game's purpose or a player's game experience. This study analyses the effect...

Games in Times of a Pandemic: Structured Overview of COVID-19 Serious Games

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic introduced an urgent need for effective strategies to disseminate crucial knowledge and improve people’s subjective well-being. Complementing more conventional approaches to knowledge dissemination, game-based interventions were developed to create awareness and educate people about the pandemic, hoping to...