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Irrigania: a web-based game about sharing water resources
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, LUVAL.
2012 (English)In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, ISSN 1027-5606, E-ISSN 1607-7938, Vol. 16, no 8, p. 2523-2530Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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For teaching about collaboration and conflicts with regard to shared water resources, various types of games offer valuable opportunities. Single-player computer games often give much power to the player and ignore the fact that the best for some group might be difficult to achieve in reality if the individuals have their own interests. Here we present a new game called Irrigania, which aims at representing water conflicts among several actors in a simplified way. While simple in its rules, this game illustrates several game-theoretical situations typical for water-related conflicts. The game has been implemented as a web-based computer game, which allows easy application in classes. First classroom applications of the game indicated that, despite the simple rules, interesting patterns can evolve when playing the game in a class. These patterns can be used to discuss game theoretical considerations related to water resource sharing.

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2012. Vol. 16, no 8, p. 2523-2530
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-182263DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2523-2012ISI: 000308245800010OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-182263DiVA, id: diva2:559542
Available from: 2012-10-09 Created: 2012-10-08 Last updated: 2017-12-07Bibliographically approved

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