relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3527/
title: A paradise, but not for the Randstad: How the existence of the idea of a rural idyll among Achterhoekers leads to a negative attitude towards migrants from the Randstad.
creator: Bleeker, R.
description: The Achterhoek is a rural region in the Netherlands that has been struggling with population decline in the last couple of decades. However, since the covid-19 pandemic population increased for the first time in years due to migrants from the Randstad. The local population is not content about this. This research found out  through a questionnaire that Achterhoekers have a strong sense of the rural idyll, high levels of place attachment, and a strong local identity. According to previous studies, these factors result in a negative attitude towards the city in its inhabitants. This partly explains the unsupportive reactions of the Achterhoekers towards the newcomers from the Randstad
date: 2021
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3527/1/Thesis%20Final%20version%20%281%29.pdf
identifier:   Bleeker, R.  (2021) A paradise, but not for the Randstad: How the existence of the idea of a rural idyll among Achterhoekers leads to a negative attitude towards migrants from the Randstad.  Bachelor thesis.