Timmerman, G. (2022) The origins and consequences of flight shame in the Netherlands. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Flight shame is a relatively new concept in the academic field, only existing since 2016. In recent research, flight shame was named the biggest threat to aviation. However, studies on flight shame have focussed on Scandinavia and Germany, leaving the Netherlands unresearched. Therefore, this thesis focuses the question: To what extent do Dutch people feel ashamed of flying and how do these feelings of flight shame arise and alter flying habits? To answer this question, a quantitative research using a survey was conducted. In order to answer the main research question, a regression was conducted in order to establish the origins of flight shame. It was established that people who felt more aware of the effects of aviation on the environment, were also more likely to establish more prominent feelings of flight shame. In addition, individual’s reasons for feeling or not feeling flight shame were investigated. It was found that the vast majority of respondents justified not feeling flight shame because they saw flying as necessary, another prominent result was that individuals rarely made use of airplanes and this made them not feel flight shame. Lastly, this research looked into the flying habits of Dutch people and whether or not people that experienced flight shame, changed their flying habits as a result. It was found that a majority, 34%, of people that did experience flight shame did not change their flying habits versus 21% of people that did change their flying habits as a result of flight shame. In conclusion: Feelings of flight shame in Dutch people are likely to arise when an individual is more aware of the effects flying has on the environment, but feelings of flight shame do not always cause an individual to change their flying habits.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Osborne, T. and Lowe, T.A. |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2022 13:04 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 13:04 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3965 |
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