Examining the Use of Serious Games for Enhancing Community Resilience to Climate Risks in Thailand

Wijitbusaba Marome, Boonanan Natakun and Diane Archer
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Wijitbusaba Marome: Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University and Thammasat University Research Unit in Urban Futures and Policy, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Boonanan Natakun: Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat University and Thammasat University Research Unit in Urban Futures and Policy, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
Diane Archer: Stockholm Environment Institute, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: This paper presents the ‘Kin Dee You Dee’ (Thai for ‘Eat well, live well’) toolkit, which comprises three sets of serious games aimed at facilitating discussions and transformative learning on resilience to urban low-income communities. The first stage of the toolkit creates awareness of key concepts related to resilience, the second stage allows participants to map individual and community assets and identify risks associated with them, and the final stage encourages participants to reflect upon potential threats and to create a strategic plan in response. The study examines the toolkit’s potential in increasing meaningful community engagement and participation, and enhancing disaster risk awareness through the application of the toolkit in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and Udon Thani province, which are areas that are highly exposed to climate risks. This paper presents the concepts, development and application of the ‘Kin Dee You Dee’ toolkit, concluding that it is a useful tool that can allow policymakers and other involved stakeholders in city development projects to engage with communities and increase risk awareness.

Keywords: serious games; community resilience; climate risk resilience; participatory planning; risk awareness; Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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