When citizens’ initiatives stop: a case-study in the rural areas of the Netherlands

When citizens’ initiatives stop: a case-study in the rural areas of the Netherlands

Preceding the merging of communities in Northern Groningen officials of Groen Links, a Dutch political party, wanted to orientate themselves on different topics, one of them being resilience.

Against the backdrop of depopulation and Big Society, citizen initiatives in rural areas are expected to contribute to community liveability, for example by maintaining public services. These citizens initiatives are believed to be able to mitigate service-provision inequalities between urban and peripheral …

How to define succesful citizens' initiatives? A professional perspective.In the backdrop of depopulation and the participation society, citizen initiatives in rural areas are expected to contribute to community liveability by maintaining various types of facilities in the area. Studies on which factors …