Hollink, Bart (2023) A quantitative analysis of the spatial characteristics of households trapped in energy poverty in the Netherlands. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Energy poverty has become more of a problem due to the rising cost of energy since late 2020. A plethora of research was done in the Netherlands to quantify how many households are affected by energy poverty. However, an underexposed phenomenon is the capability of households to get out of energy poverty. A quantitative analysis of data on 46658 households in the Netherlands was done to determine the share of households that is trapped in energy poverty. The concept of energy poverty was split into two categories, measured(mEP)- and hidden energy poverty(hEP). Households in mEP spent too much of their disposable income on energy, while households in hEP restrict their energy consumption below basic needs. Households are considered to be trapped in energy poverty when they are unable to increase the energy efficiency of their dwelling. Multiple reasons for this inability were aggregated into an indicator called non-participatory energy poverty. In the Netherlands, 2,5% of the population was found to be trapped in mEP. For hEP this was found to be 3,1%. Beyond these numbers, the spatial distributions were examined. Congruent with similar studies, trapped households in mEP were concentrated in rural areas. However, trapped households in hEP were concentrated in the Randstad and especially, the Hague. A weak yet significant linear relation was found between the degree of urban density of the surrounding neighborhood and hidden energy poverty. This study illuminates the variety of spatial distribution for different types of energy poverty, a phenomenon not earlier described in literature.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Geet, M.T. van and Spijkerboer, R.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2023 09:35 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2023 09:35 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4273 |
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