A Serious Role-Playing Game as a Pedagogical Innovation to Strengthen Flood Resilience

Abstract

Flooding is a global concern with an increasing number of floods and damages because of a changing climate. This has prompted the development of innovative approaches to flood resilience, both in terms of the technical aspects of flood risk management (FRM) and broader social initiatives to improve flood risk governance (decision-making and collaborations) among stakeholders. FRM encompasses policies and practices developed to prevent, manage, and reduce the impact of disasters across the disaster phases: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. In this commentary, we discuss how game-based learning on flooding can be used with students and stakeholders as a pedagogical innovation to learn about the complexity of flooding and enhance flood resilience - the capacity to resist, absorb, and recover from floods and to transform and adapt to future flood risks [1], [2].