Urbanisation, urban growth and planning in the Copenhagen Metropolitan Region with reference studies from Europe and the USA

Christian Fertner

Urbanisation, urban growth and planning in the Copenhagen Metropolitan Region with reference studies from Europe and the USA

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Abstract

87% af den danske befolkning bor i byområder - urbanisering i Danmark har nået en højdepunkt. Samtidig vokser byerne videre: Hvert år bliver 15 km2 – et areal på størrelse med Ringsted – omdannet til byformål i Danmark. Tidligere perifere landdistrikter påvirkes af urbaniseringen som følge af dannelsen af metropolregioner, hvoraf de bynære (peri-urbane) områder er et af forandringens brændpunkter. Landbrugs- og naturområder er under stærkt transformationspres. Planlægningsstrategier er nødvendige for at sikre en fremtidig afbalanceret og bæredygtig udvikling i hele byregionen.
Analysen af urbanisering og byvækst i bynære områder, var kernen i denne undersøgelse, herunder socio-demografisk og funktionel dynamik, konsekvenser for arealanvendelsen og muligheder for fysisk planlægning. Hovedstadsområdet var hovedcasestudiet, men andre europæiske byregioner og byer fra USA blev brugt som reference undersøgelser. Metoderne omfattede kvantitative analyser af register- og arealanvendelses data samt en kvalitativ analyse af planlægningsværktøjer.
Undersøgelsen viser, at selvom de fleste ændringer i arealanvendelse kan findes tæt på byerne, så er der mange andre faktorer, som påvirker udviklingen i et langt større geografisk område. I hovedstadsområdet kan vi se tilflytning til både peri-urbane områder og til bykernen, men domineret af forskellige sociale grupper. Det peri-urbane landbrug tilpasser sig i form af multifunktionelle og ikke-produktionsrelaterede aktiviteter, samt by-orienterede aktiviteter. Naturområder er i mange tilfælde godt beskyttet - dog er de områder, der ligger tættest på byerne stadig truet og byspredning er et fortsat problem. Den seneste økonomiske krise har bremset urbanisering i nogle af de peri-urbane områder i hovedstadsområdet, og regionen er i en fase af konsolidering.
Projektet blev finansieret af Center for Strategisk Byforskning (Realdania Forskning) og EU-FP6 forsknings-projektet "PLUREL - Peri-urban land use relationships -Strategies and Sustainability Assessment Tools for Urban-Rural Linkages" (EC FP6 036921).

Originalsprog	Engelsk

Forlag	Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen
Antal sider	58
ISBN (Trykt)	978-87-7903-593-5
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-87-7903-594-2
Status	Udgivet - 2012

Navn	Forest and landscape research
Nummer	54/2012
ISSN	1601-6734

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