Tantan'Eau
A serious game to explore urban flood risk management in the Global South.
Keywords: Urban floods, governance, nature-based solutions, floodplains, developing countries.
“What I appreciated was the collaboration, the fact that we could see the government bodies, working together, to develop a strategy on how to protect the public interest without blocking the investor.”A player
The serious game immerses participants in the roles of private developers,
mayors, flood risk technicians or landscape planners. The game invites participants to make decisions about the development of a fictional municipality at risk of flooding. Participants take actions to reduce flood risks while balancing competing priorities between urban development and urban agriculture. The game allows players to choose between grey infrastructure, such as rockfilling the dikes, and nature-based solutions, such as recreational water reservoirs or greening the dikes. The transformation of the fictive municipality is driven through individual and collective decisions during the first phase, while external events introduce uncertainties and test the robustness of the players’ actions to floods.
Decision-makers, university students, general public (+18) interested in flood management in the Global South.
4 - 8 players
3 hours
French, English
External facilitation needed
Board game with role-play
How?
Players will experience:
- The key challenges of managing urban floods in developing cities
- Barriers and opportunities for implementing nature-based solutions
- Power dynamics and the role of private actors in decision-making
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