Striefler, Max (2023) Purpose-Built Student Accommodation and Studentification: How is large-scale student housing impacting a neighbourhood? A case study of Selwerd, Groningen. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Groningen is experiencing increasing numbers of admissions of students to both the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) as well as the Hanzehogeschool Groningen (HAS). This puts pressure on the local housing market. A solution to accommodate the increasing demand is the development of so-called purpose-built student accommodations (PBSAs) that shelter high numbers of students. Such developments might have impacts on the neighbourhood and the existing community. This qualitative study aims to measure the impacts and assess the PBSA as an effective strategy to accommodate the increasing demand for affordable student housing at scale. For this, a case study is conducted of a neighbourhood in Groningen, which contains three PBSAs, namely the neighbourhood of Selwerd. The study incorporates interviews with residents of the case study neighbourhood to help draw a narrative of the impacts of PBSA on a neighbourhood in the Netherlands. The findings suggest that impacts on the community are limited for the observed PBSA developments despite having a considerable local influence on neighbourhood composition. The sensed impacts are neutral and living together of students and non-student residents is seeming without pressing issues.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Daams, M.N. |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2023 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 14:24 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4174 |
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