relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4512/
title: Liveability and transport infrastructure
creator: Verkuil, Stefan
description: This paper investigates the influence of infrastructure development on the  perception of liveability in the city of Groningen, taking the Groningen Spoorzone  project as its focus. The project is aimed at improving local and regional connectivity  by renovating the main station and its infrastructure assets. Additionally, the project  includes a transformation of the adjacent area, among other things by establishing an  inviting green space in front of the station building. This research investigates how the  construction works associated with the project affect the daily lives of local residents  and travellers by using a mixed methods approach, combining a survey questionnaire  and interviews. The survey questionnaire collects data on several variables, most  importantly the distance of the respondents’ home address, the extent to which  respondents are affected by the project, the extent to which respondents think they will  be affected by the end results, and the extent to which respondents feel the end results  will impact liveability in Groningen. Ordinal regression is used to analyse the results.  To gain a deeper insight into how and why the project affects residents and travellers,  three interviews are conducted. The questionnaire results show no significant  relationship between any of the variables, except for a statistically significant  relationship between the extent to which the respondents think they will be affected by  the end results and the extent to which the respondents feel the end results will impact  liveability in Groningen. The interviews show that, although the works may cause some  minor inconveniences, the project causes no major nuisance to the participants.  Moreover, the participants note that the outcomes of the project are likely to improve  Groningen as a city and that the end results are worth the current discomfort caused  by the works. In conclusion, the results show that the project does not cause major  implications for local residents and travellers, while the end results are likely to  improve Groningen as a city.
date: 2023
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4512/1/Bachelor-Thesis---Stefan-Verkuil.pdf
identifier:   Verkuil, Stefan  (2023) Liveability and transport infrastructure.  Bachelor thesis.