BORG Reports: Public Space Quality Surveys for Groningen Municipality

Groningen municipality has managed public space using the BORG method since 2001. The data includes annual citizen inspections until 2017 and biannual digital surveys from a population panel from 2018 onward, with the latest survey from 2023. The dataset is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in public space quality perception based on citizen survey results.
• Comparing professional and resident assessments of municipal maintenance mentioned in the description.
• Evaluating the impact of a methodological shift from in-person to digital surveys in 2018.

Strengths

• Data collection spans over two decades, starting in 2001.
• Method includes dual perspectives from residents and an independent external company.
• Latest survey results are from 2023.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single municipality.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Citizen inspections and digital panel surveys assessing public space against a municipal quality profile.

Time Range

2001 to 2023

Freshness

Latest survey is from 2023, but update frequency is not explicitly stated.

Geography

Groningen municipality, Netherlands