Municipal Sustainability Survey Results from Groningen, 2008

Duurzaam in de buurt is a report presenting results from additional questions appended to the 2008 Leefbaarheid en Veiligheid (Livability and Safety) survey in Groningen, Netherlands. The extra questions focus on the economical use of resources. The report was authored by M. van Teerns from the Municipality of Groningen's Research and Statistics department.

Use Cases

• Analyzing citizen awareness and behavior regarding resource conservation based on survey questions.
• Benchmarking public support for municipal sustainability goals like becoming energy-neutral by 2025.
• Studying the relationship between livability perceptions and sustainability attitudes in an urban context.

Strengths

• Report is directly tied to a specific municipal policy goal of becoming the most sustainable city in the Netherlands by 2025.
• Data source is a formal city survey (Leefbaarheid en Veiligheid 2008) conducted by the municipal Research and Statistics department.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The underlying dataset is not directly available; only a PDF report is provided.
• Data is from a single survey year (2008), which may not reflect current attitudes.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting immediate analysis.

Provenance

Source

Municipality of Groningen, Onderzoek en Statistiek (Research and Statistics)

Collection Method

Additional questions appended to the Leefbaarheid en Veiligheid 2008 survey.

Time Range

2008

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Groningen, Netherlands