Rodenburg, Gijs J. (2021) Public parks and the satisfaction of location of residence amongst students. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This research focuses on the effects of living close to a large public park on the satisfaction of location of residence. It is focused on happiness, perceived safety, and willingness to pay more rent to live close to a large public park. This study is a case study of the city of Groningen with the students being the research population. The research aims to get an understanding of how public parks affect the satisfaction of where students live in the city of Groningen. The research sample was collected by a quota sample through social media platforms. The data was collected through an online survey. To answer the research questions, multiple single/multiple linear regression models and an independent samples T-test have been done. The results show that students are more satisfied with the place where they are living if they live close to a large public park. The accessibility to a large public park has no effects on the overall happiness but the perceived neighbourhood safety is significant towards the overall happiness. Students are willing to pay more rent to live closer to a large public park in Groningen. The perceived safety of the public parks is not significant towards the satisfaction of the location of residence. In further research, the effects of a public park on other age groups and larger cities could be studied.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Ballas, D. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2022 11:56 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2022 11:56 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3889 |
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