eprintid: 3975
rev_number: 4
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dir: disk0/00/00/39/75
datestamp: 2022-08-24 09:36:47
lastmod: 2022-08-24 09:36:47
status_changed: 2022-08-24 09:36:47
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Kamsma, S.
creators_id: S3368408
creators_email: savannakamsma@live.nl
title: Linking Covid-19 prevalence to measures of residential density: Does Covid-19 thrive in denser areas?
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This research examines the effects of residential density on the prevalence of Covid- 19 in the Netherlands. A new measure of residential density is introduced, integrating three components of density into a sole, all-embracing density indicator and therefore expanding the proxy for urbanity. The components include the density of residential addresses, public green space and indoor space within people’s homes, respectively measured by the number of addresses within a square kilometer, green space per inhabitant in squared meters and squared meters residential space per inhabitant. Regression analysis is used to assess the relationship between residential density and the number of Covid-19 infections. The main results indicate that there indeed exists a significant positive relation between the measures of residential density and the observed Covid-19 cases. No significant relation can be found between residential density and other often-used indicators such as hospital admissions or deaths resulting from Covid-19.
date: 2021
pages: 19
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Daams, M.N.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: M.N.Daams@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Covid-19
keywords_local: residential density
keywords_local: urbanity
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2022-08-19
citation:   Kamsma, S.  (2021) Linking Covid-19 prevalence to measures of residential density: Does Covid-19 thrive in denser areas?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3975/1/BACHELOR%20THESIS%20final%20concept.pdf