Serious gaming in joint urban planning

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  • Year: 2016

Traditionally, most urban (re)developments in the Netherlands are initiated by the government. In recent years however, the Dutch government decided to withdraw as initiator of large-scale spatial developments. Multiple publications by governmental agencies have stated that future urban area (re)developments will have to be initiated by society itself, possibly supported by or in collaboration with the municipality. This requires a fundamentally new urban planning method, capable of supporting hundreds, even thousands of participants. Serious gaming has the potential to join all parties on an equal level playing field to experiment, collaborate and negotiate with each other.