%T How is the natural gas extraction, conducted by the ‘Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij’ (NAM), influencing the living environment of the people that live in the Groningen gasfield area and are affected by the induced earthquakes? %X A study of how the induced earthquakes are caused by the gas extraction done by the NAM and how Social Impact Assessment could help the people affected by the earthquakes. What could be done and by who? What could be improved and why? %L theses_frw2966 %A M.T. Masius %D 2013