Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation

The current urban waterlogging response simulations prioritise the professional developers’ perspective, with limited user participation, focusing mainly on the mapping and transforming the physical and information space of waterlogging. Such simulation results are fixed in content and lack the nece...

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Main Authors: Shuai Hong, Jie Shen, Haoyu Yang, Saied Pirasteh, Sihu Liu, Kunihiro Ishii
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-08-01
Series:International Journal of Digital Earth
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17538947.2025.2468420
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author Shuai Hong
Jie Shen
Haoyu Yang
Saied Pirasteh
Sihu Liu
Kunihiro Ishii
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Jie Shen
Haoyu Yang
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description The current urban waterlogging response simulations prioritise the professional developers’ perspective, with limited user participation, focusing mainly on the mapping and transforming the physical and information space of waterlogging. Such simulation results are fixed in content and lack the necessary response information, which cannot satisfy multiple users’ risk perception and response requirements. This study proposes an open-ended method for scenario simulation involving user participation to address these shortcomings. We first established an information transmission model to guide waterlogging response scenario template designs. We then designed scenario templates based on the coupling between waterlogging and the response information (inundated points, evacuation routes, etc) to constrain the scenario expansion. Subsequently, a scenario editor was generated using Unity Annotation Programming, providing an interface for users to participate in simulations. Finally, we designed two controlled experiments for response tasks in developer-provided and end-users-generated scenarios, with participants divided according to their experience of using 3D software and experiencing waterlogging, respectively, to evaluate the proposed simulation method. According to the experimental results, we inferred that the method proposed in this study increases the flexibility and efficiency of scenario simulation and enhances end-users understanding of urban waterlogging risk information and response methods.
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spelling doaj-art-e8338fac710e415983425bd78b54ab762025-08-25T11:31:39ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Digital Earth1753-89471753-89552025-08-0118110.1080/17538947.2025.2468420Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participationShuai Hong0Jie Shen1Haoyu Yang2Saied Pirasteh3Sihu Liu4Kunihiro Ishii5College of Geoinformatics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaJiangsu Centre for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaAsia Air Survey Co., Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, JapanThe current urban waterlogging response simulations prioritise the professional developers’ perspective, with limited user participation, focusing mainly on the mapping and transforming the physical and information space of waterlogging. Such simulation results are fixed in content and lack the necessary response information, which cannot satisfy multiple users’ risk perception and response requirements. This study proposes an open-ended method for scenario simulation involving user participation to address these shortcomings. We first established an information transmission model to guide waterlogging response scenario template designs. We then designed scenario templates based on the coupling between waterlogging and the response information (inundated points, evacuation routes, etc) to constrain the scenario expansion. Subsequently, a scenario editor was generated using Unity Annotation Programming, providing an interface for users to participate in simulations. Finally, we designed two controlled experiments for response tasks in developer-provided and end-users-generated scenarios, with participants divided according to their experience of using 3D software and experiencing waterlogging, respectively, to evaluate the proposed simulation method. According to the experimental results, we inferred that the method proposed in this study increases the flexibility and efficiency of scenario simulation and enhances end-users understanding of urban waterlogging risk information and response methods.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17538947.2025.2468420Waterlogging responseinformation transmission modelscenario templatesuser participationopen-ended simulation
spellingShingle Shuai Hong
Jie Shen
Haoyu Yang
Saied Pirasteh
Sihu Liu
Kunihiro Ishii
Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
International Journal of Digital Earth
Waterlogging response
information transmission model
scenario templates
user participation
open-ended simulation
title Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
title_full Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
title_fullStr Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
title_short Enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation: an open-ended approach involving user participation
title_sort enhancing flexibility and efficiency for urban waterlogging response scenarios simulation an open ended approach involving user participation
topic Waterlogging response
information transmission model
scenario templates
user participation
open-ended simulation
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17538947.2025.2468420
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