Urban Nature Games database

This dataset consists of games with purposes other than just entertainment (serious games, role-play games, social simulations, computer simulations, browser games, board games, etc.) incorporating concepts of urban planning and Ecosystem Services (ES)/Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The games, termed ‘Urban Nature Games’, were developed by universities, researchers, NGOs, or other credible organizations, and were available in English. They were compiled from multiple sources (the last additions were made in May 2023). The full database comprises 69 games (sheet “All 69 Games described” in the .xls file), that were rated of high to low relevance to urban planning and ES/NbS, according to defined criteria. More extensive game assessments were conducted for Urban Nature Games of medium to the highest relevance (sheet “Ratings 37 High + Medium Games” in the .xls file), according to defined dimensions of assessment. High-relevance games were also assessed in terms of the urban planning processes they relate to and the Nature-based Solutions they exemplify (sheet “Categorized 22 High-relev Games” in the .xls file). The database can be consulted for game selection under different circumstances and needs of educators, practitioners, and researchers interested in incorporating Nature-based Solutions in urban planning. Practical considerations such as distribution, the number of players, costs, or duration of gameplay (available in the .xls sheet “All 69 Games described”), often represent constraints that pragmatically help select suitable games. The database can also be further developed with games that may be released in the future or are available in languages other than English. Specific abbreviations used in the dataset: ES = ecosystem services; NbS = nature-based solutions; UP = urban planning; NN = Nature for Nature; NS = Nature for Society; NC = Nature as Culture;本数据集收录的游戏并非仅以娱乐为目的（涵盖严肃游戏、角色扮演游戏、社交模拟游戏、计算机模拟游戏、网页游戏、桌游等类型），且融入了城市规划（urban planning）、生态系统服务（Ecosystem Services, ES）/基于自然的解决方案（Nature-based Solutions, NbS）相关理念。这些被命名为"城市自然游戏（Urban Nature Games）"的作品，均由高校、科研人员、非政府组织（Non-Governmental Organization, NGO）或其他可信机构开发，且均为英文版本。数据集的来源涵盖多个渠道，最后一次更新补充于2023年5月。 完整数据库共收录69款游戏（详见.xls文件中的"All 69 Games described"工作表），所有游戏均依据既定标准，被划分为与城市规划及ES/NbS相关性从高到低的多个等级。针对相关性为中至高的"城市自然游戏"，本数据集依据既定评估维度开展了更为全面的游戏测评（详见.xls文件中的"Ratings 37 High + Medium Games"工作表），此类游戏共计37款。对于高相关性游戏，本数据集还依据其涉及的城市规划流程与所体现的基于自然的解决方案进行了分类测评（详见.xls文件中的"Categorized 22 High-relev Games"工作表），此类游戏共计22款。 本数据库可供有相关需求的教育工作者、行业从业者与科研人员参考，用于筛选适配的游戏，以将基于自然的解决方案融入城市规划实践。诸如分发渠道、玩家人数、制作成本或游戏时长等实用信息（详见.xls文件中的"All 69 Games described"工作表），通常可作为筛选适配游戏的务实约束性参考依据。本数据库亦可后续补充收录未来发布或非英文版本的游戏，以实现持续扩容。 本数据集使用的特定缩写如下：ES=生态系统服务；NbS=基于自然的解决方案；UP=城市规划；NN=自然为自然；NS=自然为社会；NC=自然即文化。