%D 2017
%L theses_frw2623
%A F.J.D. Sander
%X The central question in this research is: Does an increase in population within a city affect the place attachment of its inhabitants? To come closer to an answer to this question, Lent is used to perform a case study. The chosen method to find answers to this question is by taking surveys, interviews and examining secondary governmental data. The impact of population growth is not direct but indirect. To talk about the negative or positive side of population growth and its impacts is hard because population growth lead to different side processes which in their case are negatively or positively for the place attachment in Lent. Inhabitants who reside longer are more attached to Lent while age, gender and having children doesn’t influence the place attachment.
%T The impact of population growth on place attachment