%0 Journal Article
%T Land Use Scenarios for Greater Copenhagen: Modelling the Impact of the Fingerplan
%A Christian FERTNER
%A Gertrud J£¿RGENSEN
%A Thomas Sick NIELSEN
%J Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning
%D 2012
%I Babes-Bolyai University
%X Urban planning and development in Denmark can be characterised by a relatively strong planning framework. Land use scenarios based on empirically derived dynamics of urban growth are practically never applied. However, modelling approaches do offer a methodology to explore the pressures in an urban region, as well as an approach to understand urban development patterns outside the ¡®spatial masterplan¡¯. In this context we will present the results of a modelling exercise addressing future land use change in the metropolitan area of Copenhagen, Denmark, and the impact of the current regional planning framework, the ¡°Fingerplan 2007¡±. We test three policy scenarios and analyse different effects on urban growth by using the Metronamica model from the Dutch-based Research Institute for Knowledge Systems (RIKS). We analyse the possibilities to elaborate a practical and useful outcome within a relatively short period of time. The set-up and the results were discussed with a few experts from the Danish Ministry of the Environment and its value as discussion input recognized. The approach offers a lot of possibilities to discuss urban growth and spatial planning policies, even in a country with a strong planning framework as in Denmark.
%K regional planning
%K land use modelling
%K urban growth
%K cellular automata
%U http://geografie.ubbcluj.ro/ccau/jssp/arhiva1_2012/01JSSP012012.pdf