Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support

Jonathan M. Gilligan; Corey Brady; Janey V. Camp; John J. Nay; Pratim Sengupta

doi:10.1109/WSC.2015.7408456

Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support

Jonathan M. Gilligan, Corey Brady, Janey V. Camp, John J. Nay, Pratim Sengupta

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Flood-control measures, such as levees and floodwalls, can backfire and increase risks of disastrous floods by giving the public a false sense of security and thus encouraging people to build valuable property in high-risk locations. More generally, nonlinear interactions between human land-use and natural processes can produce unexpected emergent phenomena in coupled human-natural systems (CHNS). We describe a participatory agent-based simulation of coupled urban development and flood risks and discuss the potential of this simulation to help educate a wide range of the public-from middle-and high-school students to public officials-about emergence in CHNS and present results from two pilot studies.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3174-3175
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467397438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408456
State	Published - Feb 16 2016
Event	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015 - Huntington Beach, United States Duration: Dec 6 2015 → Dec 9 2015

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Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume	2016-February
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Other	Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Huntington Beach
Period	12/6/15 → 12/9/15

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Software
Modeling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

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Gilligan, J. M., Brady, C., Camp, J. V., Nay, J. J., & Sengupta, P. (2016). Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support. In 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015 (pp. 3174-3175). [7408456] (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2016-February). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408456

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Gilligan, JM, Brady, C, Camp, JV, Nay, JJ & Sengupta, P 2016, Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support. in 2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015., 7408456, Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, vol. 2016-February, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3174-3175, Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015, Huntington Beach, United States, 12/6/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2015.7408456

Participatory simulations of urban flooding for learning and decision support. / Gilligan, Jonathan M.; Brady, Corey; Camp, Janey V.; Nay, John J.; Sengupta, Pratim.

2015 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 3174-3175 7408456 (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference; Vol. 2016-February).

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