eprintid: 4048 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/40/48 datestamp: 2022-09-12 10:52:46 lastmod: 2022-09-12 10:52:46 status_changed: 2022-09-12 10:52:46 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 1 creators_name: Hannema, Patrick creators_id: S3515141 creators_email: patriekhannema@gmail.com title: How the worms in Amsterdam benefit the social cohesion ispublished: unpub full_text_status: public abstract: This research aims to investigate to what extent the social cohesion in Amsterdam can benefit through the implementation of worm hotels. The central question of this research is: “To what extent do the worm hotels in Amsterdam benefit the locally experienced social cohesion?” Literature shows that one of the main goals of bottom-up projects, like the worm hotels, is to increase social interactions in a neighborhood (von Schönfeld and Tan, 2021), and that these interactions will be very important for creating a better social cohesion within a neighborhood (Granovetter, 1973). The data for this research is obtained by semi-structured interviews with five users of three different worm hotels and a municipal official. This research concludes that the worm hotels do benefit the social cohesion within neighborhoods of Amsterdam in general, but not as much as initially expected. This is concluded after analyzing the impact of the worm hotels on the factors: social inclusion, social capital and social mobility. date: 2022 pages: 49 thesis_type: pre_master degree_programme: SP tutors_name: Leitheiser, S.R. tutors_organization: University College Groningen, Department of Social Sciences tutors_email: S.R.Leitheiser@rug.nl security: public keywords_local: social cohesion keywords_local: social mobility keywords_local: social inclusion keywords_local: social capital keywords_local: community projects language_iso: en date_issued: 2022-09-09 citation: Hannema, Patrick (2022) How the worms in Amsterdam benefit the social cohesion. Pre-master thesis. document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4048/1/Bachelor%27s%20thesis.pdf