Sweere, Nikki (2022) Improving the quality of stay: a transition towards a car-free city. Master thesis.
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Abstract
In light of the increased attention for the quality of living, Dutch cities have high ambitions to reduce car-dependency. However, car-free planning practices move beyond top-down policy implementation, as they prove to be complex and hampered by lock-in mechanisms. Hence, an understanding of the driving factors underlying the wider transition is needed in order to strengthen the feasibility of policy-makers to direct, guide and influence change. This thesis explores what factors drive the transition towards a car-free city regime in Dutch cities, with the aim to better understand how to structure the transition through searching for common factors. The empirical evidence for these cases is collected through semi-structured interviews, an unstructured expert-interview and a document analysis. By using the transition theory and three factors, people, planning and policy (3P’s), it becomes clear in the results that these three factors appear to play a role in driving the transition. However, it is important to note that in practice factors are far more interwoven, as the process towards a car-free city is messy and complex. Nevertheless, the 3P’s as a theoretical simplification, still help to better understand the transition towards car-free cities. Additional case studies are recommended to investigate whether the adaptations of the theory discussed in this thesis are grounded in a different context.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Dijk, T. van and Cordero Vinueza, V.A. |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2022 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2022 09:34 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3847 |
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