Lankhorst, A. (2019) Do trees improve the subjective quality of the physical environment? Pre-master thesis.
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Abstract
This study investigates if, and to what extent, the proximity of trees in parks improves the physical environment. Almost no research has been conducted on the influence of trees. The effect of tree height and tree density in parks on the “physical environment score” from the Leefbaarometer 2.0 is tested through a multiple linear regression model. My research shows that there indeed is a positive and significant influence of trees in parks on the quality of the physical environment. Namely, the further away the park with trees is located from an observation point, the lower the physical environment score on this point is. However, the multiple linear regression model did not show a strong relationship because a maximum of eight percent of the variation in the dependent variable can be explained by the independent variables in this research. Therefore, no decisive conclusion can be drawn from this study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Pre-master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Ballas, D. prof. dr. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:20 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:20 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/784 |
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