Modelos de simulación urbana: experiencia a partir de un juego de estrategia

Abstract

This experience considers the achievement of a course for architecture and geography. The research penetrates into an experimentation based on (the) Systems Theory and (the) Systems Dynamics, which helps understand the structure and the dynamics of the city, as a set of complex systems.SimCity, a game of strategy that allows the design, planning, and management of the dynamics of a city, is used as software. The experience had as a principal target tackling formulae of didactic experimentation, which integrate, by the application of networks and systems, the complex relations that configures the city.The methodology had theoretical and experimental stages, plus the achievement of a simulation exercise. The experience had a very good reception, as a method for learning and for research, despite the fact that it seemed strange in the beginning. Also, it generated a increased aptitude for the realization of good research questions, since the behavior of many variables were learnt to be visualizedsimultaneously.