Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: A review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface
dc.contributor.author | Edwards, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharma-Wallace, Lisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Wreford, Anita | |
dc.contributor.author | Holt, Lania | |
dc.contributor.author | Flood, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Cradock-Henry, Nicholas A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Velarde, Sandra J. | |
dc.contributor.funder | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Natural Hazards Research Platform | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Resilience to Nature’s Challenges | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-01T11:57:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-01T11:57:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-10-01T11:44:10Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Serious games are increasingly used in diverse contexts including agriculture, climate change, environmental management, health and education to engage individuals, communities, and decision-makers with complex resource problems. This review examines multiple dimensions of role-playing serious games in the field of natural resource management. Theoretical, and conceptual insights, and lessons for practice are applied to a complex socio-economic, and environmental context in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Fifty-two articles from the global literature on the role-playing game (RPG) subset of serious games for environmental engagement and decision-making are analysed. First, we explore three theoretical and conceptual elements of games: principles of RPGs, functions of games, and (practical) game characteristics. We probe in more detail particular game elements, including game design, adherence to reality, and the integration of participatory and action research elements. These dimensions of RPGs are then analysed, and discussed. Particular attention is paid to the value and application of RPGs to address complex problems with interacting environmental, social, cultural and economic challenges, and the extent to which they can inform adaptive governance solutions. Our findings show that RPGs can be a valuable tool at different levels; however, we also identify important gaps in the current state of knowledge, in particular related to bridging community- and higher-level decision-making scales through RPGs. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Contract C04X1502 ‘Weaving the Korowai of Papatūānuku – Adaptive Governance and Supported Environmental Decision-making, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges National Science Challenge – Rural Program and the Natural Hazards Research Platform.) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.articleid | 113002 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Peter, E., Lisa, S.-W., Anita, W., Lania, H., Stephen, F., Nicholas, A. C.-H. and Sandra, J. V. (2019) 'Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: A review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface', Environmental Research Letters, 14(11), 113002. (16 pp.). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4036 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4036 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-9326 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 11 | |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Environmental Research Letters | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/8656 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 14 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en |
dc.relation.uri | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4036 | |
dc.rights | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0 | en |
dc.subject | Serious games | en |
dc.subject | Adaptation science | en |
dc.subject | Natural resource management | en |
dc.title | Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: A review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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