Who Is Allowed to See The Trees?

Beer, V. de (2021) Who Is Allowed to See The Trees? Bachelor thesis.

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Abstract

This research focuses on the distribution of public urban green spaces (UGS) in the city of Groningen. The research highlights the importance of UGS in various perspectives. It then looks into a potential spatial injustice in the distribution of UGS between neighbourhoods with a lower socio-economic status (SES) and neighbourhoods with higher SES. The main research question, therefore, is: ‘How are UGS distributed in comparison to the spatial layout of socio-economic status in Groningen?’. In order determine the UGS distribution this study looks at two different indicators: the amount of UGS per person in a neighbourhood, and the percentage UGS of the total surface of a neighbourhood. The main finding is a pattern of inequality in UGS distribution between northwest and southeast neighbourhoods. The pattern shows the southern neighbourhoods generally have higher amounts of UGS than the northern. The overlapping pattern of this inequality with the spatial distribution of SES leads this study to presume a potential form of spatial injustice within the distribution of UGS in Groningen. The study comes to these results by gathering data from different databases on multiple UGS and SES variables. Mapping out and analysing these variables determines the values of UGS and SES in the neighbourhoods.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Degree programme:	Spatial Planning and Design
Supervisor:	Turhan, E.
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2021 13:04
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2021 13:04
URI:	https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3416

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