Role Play Simulations

River and stream levels have been remarkably volatile in the region around Evantown for the past decade, reaching record highs and lows. The major source of water both for the city and for area businesses and industry is the Foltz River, which experienced notably high water levels three years ago but has fallen to record lows for the past two years. more:::

Evantown Investments is in the final stages of a multi-year planning process for Riverview, a large, riverside mixed-use development. However, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through its Map Modernization program, recently updated Evantown's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and now Riverview falls within the 100-year floodplain (defined as an area that has a 1 percent chance of flooding in any given year). more:::

The city of Evantown experienced two deadly heat waves last summer that revealed the extent of climate change in the region and the poor condition of the city's low-income housing stock. more:::

This is a six-party, seven-person (including the mediator), multi-issue mediation simulation game involving a dispute over developing an instream flow action plan. It introduces and explores the uses of a mutual gains approach to negotiation, mediation, and coalitions in a science-intensive dispute with high uncertainty. This game can be played with either 13 (2 per negotiating role + 1 mediator) or 7 (1 per negotiating role + 1 mediator) players. more:::

Wind energy is a viable source of clean, renewable energy. Large areas of America’s continental shelf along the eastern seaboard are suitable sites for offshore wind farms. The first such site has been formally proposed. It is located in Nantucket Sound (Massachusetts) in federal waters. more:::

The construction of a network of new roads began five years ago across private and public lands in the Western U.S. Years ago, the decision to expand the road network was welcomed by many. People believed that it would increase the local forest industry’s access to timber sources thereby fostering job creation and local development. more:::

It is widely understood that mobile fishing gear (scallop and oyster dredges, otter trawls, beam trawls, and roller-rigged trawls, the latter three used for harvesting groundfish) impacts the seafloor. What is not well understood is how that impact effects essential fish habitat (EFH). more:::

Rim Sim is a 6-hour, eight-party negotiation that focuses on creating a framework for long-term disaster-recovery efforts. It involves a range of players from five countries affected by two natural disasters: a typhoon about a year ago and an earthquake about 6 months ago. more:::

The central challenge that holds back action on climate adaptation is the inability for people to see the effects of adaptation actions they might take, when these effects will play out over decades.more:::