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MESSAGES FROM COPENHAGEN AND MALMÖ

TEN Group study tour

23rd – 24th September 2010

Where we went

Ørestad – tour by Senior Head of Planning for the City and Port Development Company

Copenhagen – meeting with senior offices at city council and boat tour

Malmö – tours of Ekostaden Augustenborg and Bo01 in the Western Harbour

1. Copenhagen: World Eco-metropolis?

• Population 1.7 million but part of metropolitan agglomeration on both sides of Øresund with a population of nearly 4 million

• Three out of four new jobs in Denmark are created in Copenhagen

• Growing by 1,000 people a month

• Plans to provide homes and jobs for 40,000 more people over 40 years

• Aims to be the world’s leading environmental city

• Voted the second most liveable city in the world

• Use Land Value Taxation

‘Copenhagen Together: a metropolis for people’

‘Concern with combining aesthetics, and a city that looks good, with a city that also is fair to all its citizens’

Sustainable urban development

1a. Copenhagen: World Eco-metropolis?

2. Strategic planning at a metropolitan level

Case study: Frederikssundsvej

3. Prioritising public transport

4. Turning roads into quality streets

e.g. Norrebrogade

4a. Turning roads into quality streets

4b. Turning roads into quality streets

4c. Turning roads into quality streets

5. Creating a cycling culture

‘A way of life, a lifestyle, as well as being cheaper and

more efficient’

The Cycle Superhighway

5a. Creating a cycling culture

Mobility outcomes

5b. Creating a cycling culture

6. Strøget

‘A street should be like a good party’ - Jan Gehl

7. Opening up the waterside

7a. Opening up the waterside

8.Climate proofing the city

8a. Climate proofing the city

9. Eco profiling districts

9a. Eco profiling districts

10. Ørestad

Funding the metro through land value uplift

11. Developed along the new metro line

12. Selecting masterplanners through competition

13. Locating new town on transport node

14. Sighting commercial development at stations

15. Anchoring development on a shopping centre

16. Creating unique places to live

17. Promoting iconic architecture

18. Parking under apartments

19. Providing affordable housing

1. Malmö : Strategic planning for the Oresund Region

2. Promoting Malmö as an eco city

3. Augustenborg Ekostad

Greening housing estates

4. Sustainable urban drainage

5. Upgrading blocks of apartments and offices

6. Introducing green roofs

7. Making good use of waste

8. Community car club

9. Vasta Hamnen - The Western Harbour

Regenerating an old harbour with new business

10. Building eco demonstration neighbourhoods

10a. Building eco demonstrating neighbourhoods

11. Creating green communal areas

12. Opening up the waterfront to all

12a. Opening up the waterfront to all

13. Building an iconic tower

14. Accommodating the elderly

15. Recycling waste

1. Dynamic municipal leadership

2. Smarter public finance

3. Thriving green economies

4. Super connectivity without cars dominating

5. Functional and efficient design

6. Greater human equality

Lessons for London