Ettema, Hylke (2024) Urban expansion and population dynamics: exploring the relationship between housing development and population density in the Northern Netherlands. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Abstract This study investigates whether housing developments have increased population density in the Northern Netherlands between 2014 and 2020 to combat housing shortage and further improve liveable conditions for residents. Spatial and statistical analyses are performed using quantitative data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Dutch national register of addresses and buildings (BAG, Kadaster). The spatial analysis reveals that over half of the new developments occurred within a 10 kilometre radius of the largest cities in each province supporting the central place theory that most housing developments occur near urban centres. Both the linear regression and the scatterplot yielded results showing a linear relationship between new housing developments and population density. The findings indicate that within the Northern Netherlands, new housing developments are predominantly characterized as urban sprawl rather than the smart growth that the Dutch government aims to promote.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Duijn, M. van |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2024 13:22 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2024 13:22 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4748 |
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