relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4748/
title: Urban expansion and population dynamics: exploring the relationship between housing development and population density in the Northern Netherlands
creator: Ettema, Hylke
description: Abstract  This study investigates whether housing developments have increased population  density in the Northern Netherlands between 2014 and 2020 to combat housing  shortage and further improve liveable conditions for residents. Spatial and statistical  analyses are performed using quantitative data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and  the Dutch national register of addresses and buildings (BAG, Kadaster). The spatial  analysis reveals that over half of the new developments occurred within a 10 kilometre  radius of the largest cities in each province supporting the central place theory that  most housing developments occur near urban centres. Both the linear regression and  the scatterplot yielded results showing a linear relationship between new housing  developments and population density. The findings indicate that within the Northern  Netherlands, new housing developments are predominantly characterized as urban  sprawl rather than the smart growth that the Dutch government aims to promote.
date: 2024
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4748/1/Final-version-revision-Bachelor-thesis-Hylke-Ettema.pdf
identifier:   Ettema, Hylke  (2024) Urban expansion and population dynamics: exploring the relationship between housing development and population density in the Northern Netherlands.  Bachelor thesis.