eprintid: 4156
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2023-03-14 12:42:35
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Aarnink, Merle L.
creators_id: S4089189
creators_email: m.l.aarnink@student.rug.nl
title: Urban stress(-ors) in the city of Groningen: valuing urban wellbeing through the use of softGIS
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This study on urban stress in the city of Groningen focuses on experiences of stress in relation to urban wellbeing. The central research question is: ‘How do urban stressors affect wellbeing in the city of Groningen?’. The research question is answered through a mix of quantitative and qualitative geographical analysis which uses data obtained in a questionnaire survey among (former) inhabitants of the city of Groningen. Central to the analysis is a participative softGIS approach providing an extra data layer built on perception. The analysis shows that urban stress in the city of Groningen arises predominantly in the city centre and along main traffic routes. Contributing stressors concern primarily traffic and noise. Capacities of urban stress involve grumpiness, fatigue, and feelings of discomfort. Many respondents, however, experience urban stress only during the situation. Experiences of social stress occur among a less resilient group: respondents who experience stress and feel that this determines their state of mind at least. Whereas urban pathology appears limited in the city of Groningen, planning solutions concerning the separation of urban modes and the addition of greenery as multifunctional barrier may improve city functioning and city wellbeing.
date: 2023
pages: 23
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: Spatial planning
keywords_local: Environmental psychology
keywords_local: Neurourbanism
keywords_local: Urban wellbeing
keywords_local: Urban stress(ors)
keywords_local: Resilience
keywords_local: SoftGIS
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-03-13
citation:   Aarnink, Merle L.  (2023) Urban stress(-ors) in the city of Groningen: valuing urban wellbeing through the use of softGIS.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4156/1/Bachelor%20thesis%20Merle%20Aarnink.pdf