@unpublished{theses_frw4766,
           title = {Settling in Reeve: Exploring Motivations, Experiences and Expectations of a Village?s First Residents},
          author = {Lennard van Wijnbergen},
            year = {2024},
        abstract = {The emergence of new villages or cities is far from everyday news, and the story of the new village of Reeve represents an extensive housing project to combat housing shortages in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. Based on a rural idyllic image of living with water and a modern take on housing development, Reeve represents a case that revolves around the virtues of sustainable living and the increasing prominence of the position of attractive living and leisure in housing studies. This research focuses on the motivations, first living experiences, and future expectations or ambitions of the residents that moved to Reeve. This study explores the appeal and challenges of living in a totally new rural environment, unbound by any form of prior residential experience and fueled by a rural idyll of living with water. It finds that environmental aesthetics plays a significant role in modern housing projects. Furthermore, communication on behalf of the municipality has been crucial in Reeve in shaping expectations and desires or ambitions for the future among its first residents. In general, participants have recounted great positivity so far, but there are also critical voices raised against developments that, to some extent, limit certain aspects of development in Reeve, which are illustrated and elaborated on provided by personal interviews.},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4766/}
}