@unpublished{theses_frw3847,
          author = {Nikki Sweere},
           title = {Improving the quality of stay: a transition towards a car-free city},
            year = {2022},
        abstract = {In light of the increased attention for the quality of living, Dutch cities have high ambitions to 
reduce car-dependency. However, car-free planning practices move beyond top-down policy 
implementation, as they prove to be complex and hampered by lock-in mechanisms. Hence, an 
understanding of the driving factors underlying the wider transition is needed in order to 
strengthen the feasibility of policy-makers to direct, guide and influence change. This thesis 
explores what factors drive the transition towards a car-free city regime in Dutch cities, with the 
aim to better understand how to structure the transition through searching for common factors.
The empirical evidence for these cases is collected through semi-structured interviews, an 
unstructured expert-interview and a document analysis. By using the transition theory and three 
factors, people, planning and policy (3P?s), it becomes clear in the results that these three factors 
appear to play a role in driving the transition. However, it is important to note that in practice 
factors are far more interwoven, as the process towards a car-free city is messy and complex. 
Nevertheless, the 3P?s as a theoretical simplification, still help to better understand the transition 
towards car-free cities. Additional case studies are recommended to investigate whether the 
adaptations of the theory discussed in this thesis are grounded in a different context.},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3847/}
}