,,- Fraunhofer IAIS, Sankt Augustin, Germany
In the current century, coastal cultural landscapes face significant challenges from both climatic hazards, such as sea level rise, increasing heatwaves, and heavy rainfall, and non-climatic threats like pollution and overtourism. In Europe, these landscapes are crucial not only for their economic and ecological functions and as valuable living spaces in their urban and sub-urban areas, but also for their cultural heritage, which provides knowledge, identity, and economic stability for local communities. Effective tools and concepts are required to address the challenges and specific needs of cultural landscapes and increase their resilience.
The Horizon Europe research project "RescueME" (GA ID 101094978) aims to tackle these issues by developing solutions to enhance the resilience of coastal cultural landscapes. One key approach in "RescueME" is the co-development of a serious game designed to create resilience strategies and engage with local stakeholders.
The serious game is co-created with five pilot landscapes, ensuring that it is tailored to the specific needs and contexts of each area. The serious game will then be applied in workshops with local stakeholders, i.e. community members, decision-makers, NGOs, and local experts. This participatory approach ensures that the strategies developed are grounded in local knowledge and are more likely to be effective and sustainable.
The serious game consists of several steps. First, the key elements at risk and relevant hazards for the cultural landscape are identified. Next, strategic objectives and indicators are defined to establish the overall strategy goals and identify the resilience status. Participants then play through scenarios in iterative rounds to identify potential resilience-building measures. Finally, these measures are combined into an overall resilience strategy.
This contribution presents the concept of the serious game and the approach of co-developing and applying the serious game within the "RescueME" project, highlighting its potential to enhance the resilience of coastal cultural landscapes.
How to cite: Milde, K., Lückerath, D., and Klose, A.: The RescueME Serious Game approach for participative resilience strategy development, 12th International Conference on Urban Climate, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 7–11 Jul 2025, ICUC12-858, https://doi.org/10.5194/icuc12-858, 2025.
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