Simulation games that integrate research, entertainment, and learning around ecosystem services

Costanza, Robert; Chickakly, Karim; Dale, Virginia; Farber, Stephen; Finnigan, David; Grigg, Kat; Heckbert, Scott; Kubiszewski, Ida; Lee, Harry; Liu, Shuang; Magnuszewski, Piotr; Maynard, Simone; McDonald, Neal; Mills, Richard; Ogilvy, Susan; Pert, Petina; Renz, Jochen; Wainger, Lisa; Young, Mike; Ziegler, C. Richard

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Simulation games that integrate research, entertainment, and learning around ecosystem services

Date

2014

Authors

Costanza, Robert

Chickakly, Karim

Dale, Virginia

Farber, Stephen

Finnigan, David

Grigg, Kat

Heckbert, Scott

Kubiszewski, Ida

Lee, Harry

Liu, Shuang

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Humans currently spend over 3 billion person-hours per week playing computer games. Most of these games are purely for entertainment, but use of computer games for education has also expanded dramatically. At the same time, experimental games have become