@unpublished{theses_frw3844,
            year = {2022},
           title = {The social impacts of airport expansion: The case of Lelystad Airport},
          author = {Daan van de Craats},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3844/},
        abstract = {In this research paper, a closer look is taken at the expansion of the Lelystad Airport.
Especially the communication between governmental organisations such as the ministry of
Infrastructure \& Watermanagent (I\&W) and the Airport itself and with the citizens living
close to the airport is a key focus point. This study focuses on how certain impacts associated
with the expansion of Lelystad airport are communicated towards citizens living nearby and
how grievance mechanisms are implemented for citizens to use. This study utilises semi
structured interviews to gain insight into this topic. The results of the interviews shows that
there is a clear divide between on the one hand what the airport and others are required to do
by law in the context of informing and engaging citizens and what citizens would prefer.
Feelings of not being taken seriously and requests and feedback falling on deaf ears was the
most common response given by the interviewees. The interviewed governmental agencies
indicate that they try to inform and take into account the wishes of people as best as possible.
However at the same time they do not perform a formal SIA to really get insight into what
people want and need. The purpose of SIA is to identify impacts and propose mitigation
measures. Especially an SIA with good stakeholder engagement is needed so that all parties
involved are taken into consideration. However in typical Dutch fashion no SIA was
conducted by the Dutch government as it is not a formal requirement when conducting large
scale infrastructure projects. This study recommends creating a requirement to conduct SIA
before any major infrastructure projects as well as creating more transparency during the
project in order to keep citizens better informed about what is happening and also allow
citizens to be more engaged with projects that affect them.}
}