Flipping Lakes: Explaining concepts of catchment-scale water management through a serious game
| Autor: | Alena Sonja Gsell, Lilith Kramer, Margaret R. Armstrong, Sven Teurlincx, Lisette N. de Senerpont Domis, Wolf M. Mooij, Dianneke van Wijk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Aquatic Ecology (AqE), AKWA |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
Ecology (disciplines) Drainage basin Globe Ocean Engineering 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences NIOO Order (exchange) medicine Life Science Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category WIMEK Community engagement 05 social sciences Stakeholder 050301 education Plan_S-Compliant_NO Aquatische Ecologie en Waterkwaliteitsbeheer Variety (cybernetics) medicine.anatomical_structure 13. Climate action Water Systems and Global Change Business Water quality 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19(7), 443-456. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Inc. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19(7), 443-456 Limnology and Oceanography: Methods Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 19 (2021) 7 |
| ISSN: | 1541-5856 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/lom3.10436 |
| Popis: | Ongoing anthropogenic and climatic pressures on inland waters have made water quality management a challenge of the 21st century. A holistic catchment-scale approach to water management which includes stakeholder participation will be a key in maintaining lake health. A first step toward community engagement is to bolster environmental literacy on lake management, ecology, and eutrophication concepts of stakeholders now and in future generations. However, communicating with nonwater professionals about effects of pollution on water quality and catchment-scale interactions across space and time can be difficult. Here, we present “Flipping Lakes,” a games-based method for lake professionals to communicate and educate about catchment-level water quality management to diverse audiences. In Flipping Lakes, the players take on the role of water managers in a catchment and are tasked to prevent a lake from “flipping” from a clear to a turbid state. During the game, the catchment slowly becomes polluted by a range of sources of which the effects are exacerbated by societal or climatic scenarios. Players need to implement measures while taking into consideration the intrinsic properties of the catchment in order to keep lakes clean. The game was tested with a diverse range of user groups and was well-received. With its entertaining and accessible content, Flipping Lakes can lower communication barriers and increase understanding of difficult water quality concepts. The game is highly customizable, making it applicable to a variety of settings to support education and engagement of stakeholders and the broader community in order to address local water challenges around the globe. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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