eprintid: 3546
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2021-07-13 06:18:57
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status_changed: 2021-07-13 06:18:57
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Toersche, Lotte
creators_id: S3827321
creators_email: toerschelotte0@gmail.com
title: The effect of counter-urbanisation on local residents of rural areas in the municipalities of Olst-Wijhe and Zwolle, the Netherlands.
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: With a growing amount of people moving from an urban to a rural area, the concept of counter-urbanisation is becoming more relevant in the Netherlands. Although there has been a sufficient amount of research into counter-urbanisation, the effect it has on the local inhabitants of rural areas has not explicitly been investigated. The aim of this research, therefore, is to investigate the effect of counter-urbanisation on local residents of rural areas in the municipalities of Olst-Wijhe and Zwolle, the Netherlands. This research was done in the form of a case study into Windesheim, Herxen, Harculo and Hoog Zuthem, which are hamlets in the province of Overijssel and the municipalities of Olst-Wijhe and Zwolle. In-depth interviews were done with seven local residents of the aforementioned hamlets. The findings show that in general local residents do not have considerable problems with in-migrants from the urban areas. It is, however, expected that an in-migrant makes an effort to integrate into the community. Local residents are often largely attached to their place of residence, but are still welcoming towards in-migrants. The influx of in-migrants, however, does cause rural gentrification. Houses become only available for higher-income households, often coming from the city.
date: 2021
pages: 70
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Boumans, B.M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Culturele Geografie
tutors_email: B.M.Boumans@rug.nl
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keywords_local: counter-urbanisation
keywords_local: rural community
keywords_local: rural gentrification
keywords_local: place attachment
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-07-11
citation:   Toersche, Lotte  (2021) The effect of counter-urbanisation on local residents of rural areas in the municipalities of Olst-Wijhe and Zwolle, the Netherlands.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3546/1/Assignment%207%20Final%20Thesis%20Lotte%20Toersche.pdf