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, I.M., Abastante, F., Gaballo, M., Mecca, B., Todella, E.. - 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.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
