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Research article
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24 Feb 2025
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2025
| 24 Feb 2025
INSPIRE game: integration of vulnerability into impact-based forecasting of urban floods
Akshay Singhal
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Louise Crochemore
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Isabelle Ruin
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Sanjeev K. Jha
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Short summary
A serious game experiment is presented which assesses the interplay between hazard, exposure, and vulnerability in a flash flood event. The results show that participants' use of information to make decisions was based on the severity of the situation. Participants used precipitation forecast and exposure to make correct decisions in the first round, while they used precipitation forecast and vulnerability information in the second round.
A serious game experiment is presented which assesses the interplay between hazard, exposure,...
