Simulating the City: An experimental approach to the use of games in urban design and planning

Varna, G; Crilly, M

Simulating the City: An experimental approach to the use of games in urban design and planning

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Georgiana Varna ORCiD, Dr Michael Crilly

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Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical grounding for a variety of urban planning games based on a wider systematic review of the overlapping academic and grey literature for complex emergent urban systems. As part of this review, we expand on the concept of “experimental urbanism” and the use of the scientific method for social science and urban planning projects. We set out and test a hypothesis for the pedagogical value of analogue and digital city planning games and describe how this has been evaluated through a series of public gaming workshops undertake as part of the UK festival of social science.