This is a great story, and one that shows simulation gaming has great potential for water resources management.
You may be interested to know of another recent effort similar to the Basin Challenge Game. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently developed a game called the "Invitational Drought Tournament" (see Hill et al. 2014, Weather and Climate Extremes Journal) that also takes a gaming approach to water resources planning and management -- in this case for droughts. My student, Kai Wang, and I have developed a simulation game, based on the system dynamics methodology, that quantifies the effects of drought management options on agriculture, domestic water use, and industry.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Evan Davies, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta
This is a great story, and one that shows simulation gaming has great potential for water resources management.
You may be interested to know of another recent effort similar to the Basin Challenge Game. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently developed a game called the "Invitational Drought Tournament" (see Hill et al. 2014, Weather and Climate Extremes Journal) that also takes a gaming approach to water resources planning and management -- in this case for droughts. My student, Kai Wang, and I have developed a simulation game, based on the system dynamics methodology, that quantifies the effects of drought management options on agriculture, domestic water use, and industry.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Evan Davies, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta