Collaborative decisionmaking for sustainable urban renewal projects: A simulation - Gaming approach

Igor S. Mayer, Ellen M. van Bueren, Pieter W.G. Bots, Haiko van der Voort, Robin Seijdel

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Abstract

Differences in stakeholders' perceptions, lack of commitment, unused knowledge, and interfering, ineffective, measures are just some of the problems encountered in sustainable urban development projects. Collaborative decisionmaking approaches tackle these problems by creating a shared understanding of the problems faced and of ways to address them. The authors explore how the combined application of two techniques, a decision-support tool and a simulation game, can support decisionmaking for sustainable urban development. The techniques are applied in decisionmaking for real and in fictional sustainable urban renewal projects. Benefits and challenges of this combined approach are discussed based on experiences in seven applications. The main finding is that the use of the decision-support tool combined with the simulation - gaming procedure can support agenda setting and help create a shared understanding of problems and potential solutions in the field of sustainable urban renewal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)403-423
Number of pages21
JournalEnvironment and Planning B: Planning and Design
Volume32
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2005

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