Sustainabilityandtheconceptofsustainabledevelopmentarecurrently adoptedasafoundingparadigmofglobal, national andregionaldevelopment strategies.Assuch,theynecessarilypermeatenewvisionsofurbandevelopment aswell,leadingtoreflectionsofeconomic,environmentalandsocialsustainability inurbanplanninganddesignpractices.Inthiscontext, thepaperaimstoreflect onthecapabilityandusefulnessofSeriousGamesinconveyingknowledgewith respect tothedevelopmentof sustainablecities tostudents, as futureplanners andarchitects inurbanareas.Suchgamesarepartof theseveralparticipatory approachesandmodelsofurbaninnovationandplanningandhaveanexplicitlyeducationalpurposewithrespect totacklingcomplexproblems.Giventheir increasingapplicationinthefieldofsustainability,but their limiteduseinthe contextofsustainablecities, thispaperexplorestwoseriousgames(Urbaxand urbEN),developedinurbanandterritorialsettingswithintwodifferentEuropean projects, toreflectontheirpotentialcapabilitytoconveyspecificwaysofaction andknowledgewithrespecttotheissuesconsideredinSustainableDevelopment Goal11(SDG11)ofAgenda2030.Theanalysisallowsobservingthatalthough thetwogameswerenotinitiallydesignedtoalignwithspecificSDG11targetsor conveyinformationonsustainablecities,bothdemonstratethepotentialcapability inspreadingspecificknowledgeforurbansustainability.

Learning Urban Sustainability by Playing / Lami, Isabella M.; Abastante, Francesca; Gaballo, Marika; Mecca, Beatrice; Todella, Elena. - 14108:(2023), pp. 468-482. ( Computational Science and Its Applications 2023 (ICCSA 2023)) [10.1007/978-3-031-37117-2_32].

Learning Urban Sustainability by Playing

Elena Todella
2023-01-01

Abstract

Sustainabilityandtheconceptofsustainabledevelopmentarecurrently adoptedasafoundingparadigmofglobal, national andregionaldevelopment strategies.Assuch,theynecessarilypermeatenewvisionsofurbandevelopment aswell,leadingtoreflectionsofeconomic,environmentalandsocialsustainability inurbanplanninganddesignpractices.Inthiscontext, thepaperaimstoreflect onthecapabilityandusefulnessofSeriousGamesinconveyingknowledgewith respect tothedevelopmentof sustainablecities tostudents, as futureplanners andarchitects inurbanareas.Suchgamesarepartof theseveralparticipatory approachesandmodelsofurbaninnovationandplanningandhaveanexplicitlyeducationalpurposewithrespect totacklingcomplexproblems.Giventheir increasingapplicationinthefieldofsustainability,but their limiteduseinthe contextofsustainablecities, thispaperexplorestwoseriousgames(Urbaxand urbEN),developedinurbanandterritorialsettingswithintwodifferentEuropean projects, toreflectontheirpotentialcapabilitytoconveyspecificwaysofaction andknowledgewithrespecttotheissuesconsideredinSustainableDevelopment Goal11(SDG11)ofAgenda2030.Theanalysisallowsobservingthatalthough thetwogameswerenotinitiallydesignedtoalignwithspecificSDG11targetsor conveyinformationonsustainablecities,bothdemonstratethepotentialcapability inspreadingspecificknowledgeforurbansustainability.
2023
Learning Urban Sustainability by Playing / Lami, Isabella M.; Abastante, Francesca; Gaballo, Marika; Mecca, Beatrice; Todella, Elena. - 14108:(2023), pp. 468-482. ( Computational Science and Its Applications 2023 (ICCSA 2023)) [10.1007/978-3-031-37117-2_32].
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