Urban sprawl: Using a game to sensitize stakeholders to the interdependencies among actors' preferences

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-277

  Reckien, Diana ^a   Eisenack, Klaus ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Mathematical model; Migration; Qualitative differential equation; Role play; Social gaming simulation; Stakeholder; Sustainable development; Urban development; Urban planning; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952530252     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878108321871     Document Type: Article

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