Paul Van Den Berg
Biographic Data
| ID | 235215 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Van Den Berg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul Van Den |
| FAMILY NAME | Berg |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN BERG P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1712-5873 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pathways linking the built environment and loneliness: A conceptual model based on a scoping review
It is increasingly recognised that the built environment influences the experience of loneliness, but the pathways linking them built environment and loneliness are not sufficiently understood. Addressing this gap is crucial for developing inclusive policies and guiding the planning and design of built environment interventions aimed at reducing loneliness. This scoping review and conceptual synthesis aimed to advance understanding of these pathw…
Sensing the city: Experiences of loneliness among students in Amsterdam
Citizens' preferences for urban planning participation processes: A latent class analysis
In urban planning, citizen participation is considered crucial to implement the ideas of the public and create support, contributing to the functioning of democracy. For an inclusive and representative participation process, it is important to involve a diverse group of citizens. However, certain groups (older, resourceful participants with political know-how) are consistently overrepresented in participation processes, creating a biased input an…
Social contact, social cohesion, and social safety outcomes of children's school travel
Much research on children's (school) travel focuses on explaining travel mode choice and how that relates to physical activity gained through active travel. However, another key component of children's lives and their travel relates to the social outcomes of travel such as social contact, social cohesion, and social safety. Children's independent and active travel has been shown to be positively related to social contacts with friends and neighbo…
Public space and loneliness in young adults in the Netherlands: An experiment with virtual environments
As levels of loneliness in young adults are increasing, it is important to design loneliness reducing interventions for this age group. In this study, we specifically focus on built environment interventions that could alleviate young adults' momentary feelings of emotional loneliness. We used an online survey incorporating a stated preference experiment with virtual public spaces in which seven attributes (presence of people, grass, water, bench…
Older adults' out-of-home activity location choice and associations with loneliness: A latent class multinomial logit approach
Preventing loneliness is vital to maintaining mental health. However, feelings of loneliness are increasing among people around the world. Planning and designing built environments that are inviting and support out-of-home activities increases an active lifestyle, thereby reducing feelings of loneliness. However, the role of the built environment and out-of-home activities as potential areas of intervention still require deeper understanding. Thi…
Parental perception of child friendliness and its impact on residential location choice: A stated choice experiment
Child-friendly neighborhood environments are important for children's physical and mental health development. Parents decide in which type of neighborhood their children live. Parents' perceptions of child friendliness and preferences for residential location choice are therefore vital but have received only limited attention thus far. It is still unclear what the relative importance of the various residential location attributes is in parental p…
The relationship between parental perception of child friendliness in neighborhoods and children's physical activity
How do urban parks, neighborhood open spaces, and private gardens relate to individuals’ subjective well-being: Results of a structural equation model
As urban areas become more densely populated worldwide, the allocation of limited urban green infrastructure to promote well-being among users is becoming increasingly challenging. This study aims to understand the relationships of three types of urban green infrastructure (urban parks, neighborhood green open spaces and private gardens) with subjective well-being (SWB). We construct a structural equation model to examine these relationships in a…
A new measurement method of parental perception of child friendliness in neighborhoods to improve neighborhood quality and children's health and well-being
If parents perceive the neighborhood as child friendly, they will allow their children more independent travel and play. Parental perception of child friendliness is therefore an important prerequisite for designing neighborhoods that promote children's health and wellbeing. However, there is currently no comprehensive and practical instrument to measure it. This study develops and empirically validates a measurement instrument for parental perce…
Social impacts of living in high-rise apartment buildings: The effects of buildings and neighborhoods
Social networks, social cohesion, and place attachment are positive social impacts that can stimulate people’s quality of life. High-rise apartment buildings are often criticized for their negative social impacts, such as social isolation and low levels of interaction and social cohesion. However, there is still insufficient empirical evidence on the relationships between neighborhood social networks, social cohesion, place attachment, and loneli…
Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness
Neighbourhood social cohesion is important for the health and well-being of the ageing population. It is therefore crucial to study how we can create neighbourhoods with high levels of neighbourhood social cohesion where senior citizens can age in place. We test the hypotheses that collective self-build is positively related to social cohesion and (directly and indirectly) to social satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness. The study is based …
Comparing self-navigation and video mode in a choice experiment to measure public space preferences
3D dynamic visualization technologies are increasingly used in studying residents' preferences for urban planning and design scenarios. The techniques help concentrate respondent attention and improve the measurement quality of environmental preferences. However, little is known about differences in measurement quality between different 3D dynamic visualization modes. This paper applies two modes – a self-navigation mode and a video mode - in a v…
The Body, the Mind, and the Spirit: Including the Spiritual Domain in Mental Health Care
A Comparative Study of Urban Park Preferences in China and The Netherlands
Urban parks play an important role in tackling several urban challenges such as air pollution, urban heat, physical inactivity, social isolation, and stress. In order to fully seize the benefits of urban parks, it is important that they are attractive for various groups of residents. While several studies have investigated residents' preferences for urban park attributes, most of them have focused on a single geographical context. This study aime…
The Relationship between Walkability and Place Attachment and the Mediating Role of Neighborhood-Based Social Interaction
This study aims to provide insights in the relation between neighborhood walkability and place attachment and the mediating role of (satisfaction with) social interaction. Both objective and perceived walkability are tested. To analyze these relations, two structural equation models are estimated on data collected among 251 residents of different neighborhoods across the Netherlands. The results show that perceived neighborhood walkability is a s…
Individuals' perception of walkability: Results of a conjoint experiment using videos of virtual environments
How Do Socio-Demographic Characteristics Affect Users’ Perception of Place Quality at Station Areas? Evidence from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Incorporating users’ experiences in transport hub (re)development has become paramount, especially in the case of (high-speed) railway stations located in central urban locations. Designing “quality” according to users’ perspectives requires that we rethink about the dimensions to be prioritized, but also consider the variegated perspectives of users. Drawing on data from a survey of 452 users of the Amsterdam Central station area in the Netherla…
A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors
A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries
Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour
In order to turn the trend of decreasing numbers of visitors in shopping areas, retailers seem to agree on the importance of creating experiences for consumers. Yet sense of place research focusing on shopping areas is limited and has not yet fully explored the extent to which sense of place is related to shopping behaviour within physical shopping areas. In this study, we used the concept of sense of place to study a consumer's experience in inn…
The Influence of Urban Park Attributes on User Preferences: Evaluation of Virtual Parks in an Online Stated-Choice Experiment
Urban green areas, such as parks, are becoming increasingly important in densifying cities. Urban parks encourage physical and social activity, recreation and relaxation, and thus eventually promote people's well-being. The aim of the current study is to examine which urban park attributes influence the preferences of park users, in order to offer recommendations regarding how urban parks of quality can be designed. To elicit the preferences of p…
Where do People Interact in High-Rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics
Early studies conclude that high-rise apartment buildings present challenges for people's quality of life, resulting in social isolation, social annoyance and anonymity for residents. Nevertheless, empirical research into factors supporting social interaction in high-rise apartment buildings is still scarce. This study aims to investigate how often and where people in high-rise neighborhoods interact, and how this is affected by personal and neig…
A Multi-Level Path Analysis of the Relationships between the Momentary Experience Characteristics, Satisfaction with Urban Public Spaces, and Momentary- and Long-Term Subjective Wellbeing
Previous research has shown that the urban environment could influence people's behavior and wellbeing. However, little is still known about how the objective and subjective measures of the momentary experience of urban public spaces could contribute to the satisfaction with the urban environment of cities, which eventually could influence the momentary and long-term subjective wellbeing (SWB) of citizens. Therefore, the aim of this research is t…
Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment
The social participation and integration of older adults are important aspects of healthy aging. However, in general, older adults have smaller social networks than their younger counterparts due to changes in their life cycle stage, such as retirement or age-related losses, along with a declining health and increasing mobility limitations. Consequently, with increasing age, an increasing proportion of older people experience feelings of loneline…
Factors influencing social satisfaction and loneliness: A path analysis
Estimating social travel demand of senior citizens in the Netherlands
New ICTs and social interaction: Modelling communication frequency and communication mode choice
New information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided new ways of communicating and maintaining social networks. However, relatively little is known on the effect of ICT-use on social interaction. Therefore, this article aims to explore the factors influencing individuals’ communication frequency and choice of communication mode. The analyses are based on social interaction diary data gathered in 2008 in the Eindhoven region in the …
A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors
Social impacts of living in high-rise apartment buildings: The effects of buildings and neighborhoods
Social networks, social cohesion, and place attachment are positive social impacts that can stimulate people’s quality of life. High-rise apartment buildings are often criticized for their negative social impacts, such as social isolation and low levels of interaction and social cohesion. However, there is still insufficient empirical evidence on the relationships between neighborhood social networks, social cohesion, place attachment, and loneli…
Individuals' perception of walkability: Results of a conjoint experiment using videos of virtual environments
Distance patterns of personal networks in four countries: A comparative study
Parental perception of child friendliness and its impact on residential location choice: A stated choice experiment
Child-friendly neighborhood environments are important for children's physical and mental health development. Parents decide in which type of neighborhood their children live. Parents' perceptions of child friendliness and preferences for residential location choice are therefore vital but have received only limited attention thus far. It is still unclear what the relative importance of the various residential location attributes is in parental p…
The Relationship between Walkability and Place Attachment and the Mediating Role of Neighborhood-Based Social Interaction
This study aims to provide insights in the relation between neighborhood walkability and place attachment and the mediating role of (satisfaction with) social interaction. Both objective and perceived walkability are tested. To analyze these relations, two structural equation models are estimated on data collected among 251 residents of different neighborhoods across the Netherlands. The results show that perceived neighborhood walkability is a s…
Social Interaction Location Choice: A Latent Class Modeling Approach
Social contacts are an important aspect of an individual's quality of life. Social contacts take place at a certain time and location: Geography matters, for instance, at home or a work location or at different types of (local) facilities such as schools, shops, sports, and catering facilities. For urban planners, it is essential to know which locations provide opportunities for social interaction. As this knowledge is currently largely lacking, …
Modeling Social Networks in Geographic Space: Approach and Empirical Application
Social activities are responsible for a large proportion of travel demands of individuals. Modeling of the social network of a studied population offers a basis to predict social travel in a more comprehensive way than currently is possible. In this paper we develop a method to generate a whole social network for a given population focusing on friendship relationships. The core of the method is a friendship-formation model that predicts for any t…
How Do Socio-Demographic Characteristics Affect Users’ Perception of Place Quality at Station Areas? Evidence from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Incorporating users’ experiences in transport hub (re)development has become paramount, especially in the case of (high-speed) railway stations located in central urban locations. Designing “quality” according to users’ perspectives requires that we rethink about the dimensions to be prioritized, but also consider the variegated perspectives of users. Drawing on data from a survey of 452 users of the Amsterdam Central station area in the Netherla…
A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries
Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour
In order to turn the trend of decreasing numbers of visitors in shopping areas, retailers seem to agree on the importance of creating experiences for consumers. Yet sense of place research focusing on shopping areas is limited and has not yet fully explored the extent to which sense of place is related to shopping behaviour within physical shopping areas. In this study, we used the concept of sense of place to study a consumer's experience in inn…
Estimating social travel demand of senior citizens in the Netherlands
Involvement in clubs or voluntary associations, social networks and activity generation: A path analysis
Leisure activities have received increasing attention from travel behavior researchers over the past decade. However, these activities are often treated as a single category, neglecting their differences. Whereas most leisure activities are flexible, club activities are usually scheduled longer in advance and are more fixed in time, location and company. Hence, trip-generating properties of club activities are likely to differ from those of other…
New ICTs and social interaction: Modelling communication frequency and communication mode choice
New information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided new ways of communicating and maintaining social networks. However, relatively little is known on the effect of ICT-use on social interaction. Therefore, this article aims to explore the factors influencing individuals’ communication frequency and choice of communication mode. The analyses are based on social interaction diary data gathered in 2008 in the Eindhoven region in the …
Modeling Social Networks in Geographic Space: Approach and Empirical Application
Social activities are responsible for a large proportion of travel demands of individuals. Modeling of the social network of a studied population offers a basis to predict social travel in a more comprehensive way than currently is possible. In this paper we develop a method to generate a whole social network for a given population focusing on friendship relationships. The core of the method is a friendship-formation model that predicts for any t…
Distance patterns of personal networks in four countries: A comparative study
Social Interaction Location Choice: A Latent Class Modeling Approach
Social contacts are an important aspect of an individual's quality of life. Social contacts take place at a certain time and location: Geography matters, for instance, at home or a work location or at different types of (local) facilities such as schools, shops, sports, and catering facilities. For urban planners, it is essential to know which locations provide opportunities for social interaction. As this knowledge is currently largely lacking, …
A multilevel analysis of factors influencing local social interaction
Social interaction is an important aspect of people’s quality of life. Since social networks are becoming more spatially spread as a result of the development of transportation and communication technology, it is interesting to investigate to which extent local social interactions still take place. This paper therefore analyses to what extent local social interactions are affected by characteristics of the residential environment as well as perso…
Locations that Support Social Activity Participation of the Aging Population
Social activities are an important aspect of health and quality of life of the aging population. They are key elements in the prevention of loneliness. In order to create living environments that stimulate older adults to engage in social activities, more insight is needed in the social activity patterns of the aging population. This study therefore analyzes the heterogeneity in older adults' preferences for different social activity location typ…
Factors influencing social satisfaction and loneliness: A path analysis
A Users' Perspective on Corruption: SMEs in the Hospitality Sector in Kenya
Although the phenomenon of corruption has been studied intensively, most studies focus on causes and effects of corruption at the societal level. There is a dearth of studies looking at what corruption means to individual actors. This article investigates how managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality industry in Lamu, Kenya engage in and cope with corruption. Our findings suggest an approach that models corruption choices …
A Multi-Level Path Analysis of the Relationships between the Momentary Experience Characteristics, Satisfaction with Urban Public Spaces, and Momentary- and Long-Term Subjective Wellbeing
Previous research has shown that the urban environment could influence people's behavior and wellbeing. However, little is still known about how the objective and subjective measures of the momentary experience of urban public spaces could contribute to the satisfaction with the urban environment of cities, which eventually could influence the momentary and long-term subjective wellbeing (SWB) of citizens. Therefore, the aim of this research is t…
Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment
The social participation and integration of older adults are important aspects of healthy aging. However, in general, older adults have smaller social networks than their younger counterparts due to changes in their life cycle stage, such as retirement or age-related losses, along with a declining health and increasing mobility limitations. Consequently, with increasing age, an increasing proportion of older people experience feelings of loneline…
Loneliness and Life Satisfaction Explained by Public-Space Use and Mobility Patterns
Previous research has shown that personal, neighborhood, and mobility characteristics could influence life satisfaction and loneliness of people and that exposure to public spaces, such as green spaces, may also affect the extent to which people feel lonely or satisfied with life. However, previous studies mainly focused on one of these effects, resulting in a lack of knowledge about the simultaneous effects of these characteristics on loneliness…
The Influence of Urban Park Attributes on User Preferences: Evaluation of Virtual Parks in an Online Stated-Choice Experiment
Urban green areas, such as parks, are becoming increasingly important in densifying cities. Urban parks encourage physical and social activity, recreation and relaxation, and thus eventually promote people's well-being. The aim of the current study is to examine which urban park attributes influence the preferences of park users, in order to offer recommendations regarding how urban parks of quality can be designed. To elicit the preferences of p…
Where do People Interact in High-Rise Apartment Buildings? Exploring the Influence of Personal and Neighborhood Characteristics
Early studies conclude that high-rise apartment buildings present challenges for people's quality of life, resulting in social isolation, social annoyance and anonymity for residents. Nevertheless, empirical research into factors supporting social interaction in high-rise apartment buildings is still scarce. This study aims to investigate how often and where people in high-rise neighborhoods interact, and how this is affected by personal and neig…
How Do Socio-Demographic Characteristics Affect Users’ Perception of Place Quality at Station Areas? Evidence from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Incorporating users’ experiences in transport hub (re)development has become paramount, especially in the case of (high-speed) railway stations located in central urban locations. Designing “quality” according to users’ perspectives requires that we rethink about the dimensions to be prioritized, but also consider the variegated perspectives of users. Drawing on data from a survey of 452 users of the Amsterdam Central station area in the Netherla…
A path analysis of factors influencing social cohesion and neighbor support in collective self-build housing. The importance of getting to know future neighbors
A comparative study of social interaction frequencies among social network members in five countries
Sense of place, shopping area evaluation, and shopping behaviour
In order to turn the trend of decreasing numbers of visitors in shopping areas, retailers seem to agree on the importance of creating experiences for consumers. Yet sense of place research focusing on shopping areas is limited and has not yet fully explored the extent to which sense of place is related to shopping behaviour within physical shopping areas. In this study, we used the concept of sense of place to study a consumer's experience in inn…
Comparing self-navigation and video mode in a choice experiment to measure public space preferences
3D dynamic visualization technologies are increasingly used in studying residents' preferences for urban planning and design scenarios. The techniques help concentrate respondent attention and improve the measurement quality of environmental preferences. However, little is known about differences in measurement quality between different 3D dynamic visualization modes. This paper applies two modes – a self-navigation mode and a video mode - in a v…
The Body, the Mind, and the Spirit: Including the Spiritual Domain in Mental Health Care
A Comparative Study of Urban Park Preferences in China and The Netherlands
Urban parks play an important role in tackling several urban challenges such as air pollution, urban heat, physical inactivity, social isolation, and stress. In order to fully seize the benefits of urban parks, it is important that they are attractive for various groups of residents. While several studies have investigated residents' preferences for urban park attributes, most of them have focused on a single geographical context. This study aime…
The Relationship between Walkability and Place Attachment and the Mediating Role of Neighborhood-Based Social Interaction
This study aims to provide insights in the relation between neighborhood walkability and place attachment and the mediating role of (satisfaction with) social interaction. Both objective and perceived walkability are tested. To analyze these relations, two structural equation models are estimated on data collected among 251 residents of different neighborhoods across the Netherlands. The results show that perceived neighborhood walkability is a s…
Individuals' perception of walkability: Results of a conjoint experiment using videos of virtual environments
Collective self-build for senior friendly communities. Studying the effects on social cohesion, social satisfaction and loneliness
Neighbourhood social cohesion is important for the health and well-being of the ageing population. It is therefore crucial to study how we can create neighbourhoods with high levels of neighbourhood social cohesion where senior citizens can age in place. We test the hypotheses that collective self-build is positively related to social cohesion and (directly and indirectly) to social satisfaction and lower levels of loneliness. The study is based …
Psychology (27 works) · Social Psychology (21 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (20 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Computer Science (15 works) · Geography (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (14 works) · Mathematics (12 works) · Engineering (11 works)