eprintid: 4512
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2024-05-27 10:03:17
lastmod: 2024-05-27 10:03:17
status_changed: 2024-05-27 10:03:17
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Verkuil, Stefan
creators_id: S3812804
creators_email: stefanverkuil00@gmail.com
title: Liveability and transport infrastructure
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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
pages: 21
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Hanna de Almeida Oliveira, P.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: p.hanna@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Liveability
keywords_local: Transport networks
keywords_local: Infrastructure
keywords_local: Quality of life
keywords_local: Public transport
language_iso: nl
date_issued: 2024-05-24
citation:   Verkuil, Stefan  (2023) Liveability and transport infrastructure.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4512/1/Bachelor-Thesis---Stefan-Verkuil.pdf