FLOOD PROTECTION
CONCEPT Behind the Game
The third game is designed to allow the player to experience the difficulties of managing resources when faced with flooding. Severe flooding worldwide has been brought to attention by the media in recent years; not just in Taiwan but also in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Thailand, the Philippines and Pakistan. Regardless of the time and location, flooding always bring a host of challenges and leave both short-term and long-term impacts; the impacts are seldom beneficial, which is why it is crucial that students understand the basics of flood protection while seeing the bigger picture from a city’s perspective.
The player can learn different flood prevention approaches (i.e. soft engineering, hard engineering, do-nothing approach) through the game by choosing icons to protect important city infrastructures. The game begins with a river and some infrastructures along the river. Once hit by a flood, the player must choose different engineering methods to protect the infrastructures so that they can keep generating money and the Happy Index can remain high to reflect social stability.
TEACHING Objectives
The third game is designed to allow the player to experience the difficulties of managing resources when faced with flooding. Severe flooding worldwide has been brought to attention by the media in recent years; not just in Taiwan but also in other countries such as the United Kingdom, Thailand, the Philippines and Pakistan. Regardless of the time and location, flooding always bring a host of challenges and leave both short-term and long-term impacts; the impacts are seldom beneficial, which is why it is crucial that students understand the basics of flood protection while seeing the bigger picture from a city’s perspective.
The player can learn different flood prevention approaches (i.e. soft engineering, hard engineering, do-nothing approach) through the game by choosing icons to protect important city infrastructures. The game begins with a river and some infrastructures along the river. Once hit by a flood, the player must choose different engineering methods to protect the infrastructures so that they can keep generating money and the Happy Index can remain high to reflect social stability.
TEACHING Objectives
- Understanding that while water is essential for life, it is also a destructive force.
- Understanding basic engineering measures for flood protection.
- Understanding how to find balance in meeting water needs from all industries (E.g. Domestic, Agriculture, and Industrial).
- Understanding where priorities are when protecting key infrastructures from flooding.
- Understanding the balance of social and economical dimensions when it comes to water resources.
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Preview: Illustrations drafts
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