@unpublished{theses_frw3569,
           title = {Neighbourhood urban form affecting mental health in Utrecht},
          author = {Ingmar Hoekstra},
            year = {2021},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3569/},
        abstract = {In the recent years there is more attention to mental health of people and during the COVID-19 induced lockdowns people were forced to spend more time in their neighbourhood. During this time people gave their life a lower score and this could be a result of multiple factors. Most of these factors influencing mental health are well-studied. However, there is still limited knowledge on how neighbourhood design influences mental health of people. This research aims to bridge that gap and find out how neighbourhood urban form influences mental health. This will be done using the following research question: How does different neighbourhood urban form influence the mental health of residents in the municipality of Utrecht?
This research is conducted by analyzing the available mental health data on the neighbourhoods within the municipality of Utrecht and collecting additional data on the neighbourhood urban form. Results include that mental health is most significantly related to socio-economic variables. Urban form aspects do not seem to consistently influence mental health. Distance to childcare and distance to supermarket are significantly related to some mental health aspects. For a spatial planner these results imply that that in order to improve mental health in a neighbourhood there should be a bigger focus on improving the socio-economic of residents. This could be done according to the Viennese model of urban renewal which aims to do so with public private partnerships.}
}