Klomp, Robin (2020) Stakeholders participation regarding student housing provision Groningen. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Dutch student cities have been struggling with an increasing number of (international) students over the past decades. In the case of Groningen, this has put enormous pressure on the housing market and provision of adequate student housing has been a major problem, especially in the last years. In 2018 the covenant youth and student housing has been signed, involving the participation of nine stakeholders and organizations, which is necessary for this complex and unique issue. This research aims to understand the influences and participation of the multiple stakeholders regarding the problem of housing shortage for students in the city of Groningen with as main research question: “To what extent have the various stakeholders influenced the planning process of student housing provision in Groningen?”. In total, eight in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with partners of this covenant. Problems before the covenant were related to the shortage of housing, resulting in a large private sector with slumlords offering unfair accommodation, consisting of high rents and poor maintenance. With the arrival of the covenant, slumlords driven out of the market. Stakeholder engagement is high in the covenant due to empowerment of weaker stakeholders. Although, power imbalances were identified in knowledge, rights, resources and capital, these have not formed large obstacles. Power to influence policies or institutions and potential to contribute and achieve a particular objective in this agreement are mainly allocated at the municipality, educational instances and building housing corporations. Through good communication, this process is experienced as transparent combined with mutual trust and a sense of control.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Zhao, Y. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2020 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2020 10:03 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3251 |
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