Verkuil, Stefan (2023) Liveability and transport infrastructure. Bachelor thesis.
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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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Hanna de Almeida Oliveira, P. |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2024 10:03 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2024 10:03 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4512 |
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