Mosselaar, D. W. A. (2023) Social Impact Assessment and the perception of the Nedersaksenlijn to its stakeholders. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
The Nedersaksenlijn is a Dutch train connection from Groningen to Enschede, of which the link between Veendam and Emmen is currently missing. The area in consideration, the Veenkoloniën, faces poverty, multi-generational deprivation, aging and lacks access to public transport. The Nedersaksenlijn tries to combat these issues. Social Impact Assessment (SIA) focuses on the social impact that an infrastructural project has on communities. This research focuses on the discussion of SIA impacts the development of the Nedersaksenlijn and how the different stakeholders involved perceive the line. The stakeholders and their connections are visualised in the conceptual model (figure 6) and the code tree (figure 7). The conclusion is that the stakeholders view the Nedersaksenlijn as a project for which the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. Positives include greater access to amenities, creating civic wealth, economic welfare and new opportunities in terms of new construction, tourism and employment. Negatives of the project include NIMBY-ism, noise pollution, vibrations and uncertainty.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Boumans, B.M. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2024 12:10 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2024 12:10 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4514 |
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