eprintid: 3452
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2021-03-16 10:19:26
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Dam, Nathan van
creators_id: S3423026
creators_email: n.r.van.dam.2@student.rug.nl
title: Do remote workers spend more time in urban green spaces?
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This paper examines whether, since the outbreak of Covid-19, remote workers are using urban green spaces differently in comparison to non-remote workers. This research specifically investigates weekly time spent in urban green spaces between the two groups, the relationship between perceived stress and time spent in urban green spaces between the two groups and lastly whether one of the two groups started to use urban green spaces more often since the outbreak of Covid-19. To do so, 71 full-time working people in the city of Groningen have been surveyed regarding their behaviour. Using Two-Sample T-tests, simple linear regression and multiple linear regression, these surveys have been analysed. The results show that remote workers do not use urban green spaces longer than non-remote workers. Also, it is possible that higher perceived levels of stress are associated with increased use of urban green space. And lastly, the mode of working does not explain why people started to use urban green spaces more often since Covid-19. These empirical insights in remote workers’ behaviour contradict popular beliefs and are of relevance to urban planning debates regarding the provision of urban green spaces and the ‘corona-proofing’ of cities.
date: 2021
pages: 28
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Daams, M.N.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: M.N.Daams@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Urban
keywords_local: Green
keywords_local: Spaces
keywords_local: Remote workers
keywords_local: Covid-19
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-03-11
citation:   Dam, Nathan van  (2021) Do remote workers spend more time in urban green spaces?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3452/1/Final%20Version%20for%20Thesis%20Bank.pdf