Applying regional planning schemes in East Jutland, Denmark examples from Copenhagen, Montpellier and Portland Grunfelder, Julien; Fertner, Christian Published in: Book of abstracts Publication date: 2010 Document version Peer reviewed version Citation for published version (APA): Grunfelder, J., & Fertner, C. (2010). Applying regional planning schemes in East Jutland, Denmark: examples from Copenhagen, Montpellier and Portland. In Book of abstracts: Managing the Urban Rural Interface: PLUREL Conference 2010 (pp. 93) Download date: 29. sep.. 2021 Applying regional planning schemes in East Jutland, Denmark Examples from Copenhagen, Montpellier and Portland Julien Grunfelder ([email protected]), Christian Fertner ([email protected]) Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning, University of Copenhagen Issue Conclusion East Jutland is lacking a regional planning The three approaches shown here do not present an ideal planning scheme for the region. A focus on mass-transit corridors like the Finger- scheme. We apply approaches from Copenha- plan excludes many areas in East Jutland, as the rail-network is not that dense as in Copenhagen. The SCoT approach is limited by the fact gen/Fingerplan, Montpellier/SCoT and Port- that no offi cial delimitation of “valuable landscape” has been done; and the urban growth boundaries seem rather fragmented for a regional land/Urban Growth Boundary and evaluate scheme which should also communicated a common vision. However, a regional growth strategy for East Jutland could integrate elements their potential to guide land use changes. of diff erent approaches, taking into consideration the region’s particular urban structure. Introduction A “Fingerplan” An inverse “SCoT” Urban Growth Boundaries Land use changes 2000 - 2006 for East Jutland? for East Jutland? for East Jutland? Randers Grenaa Hadsten Kjellerup Hinnerup Hammel Lystrup Ebeltoft Silkeborg Galten Aarhus HoerningTranbjerg Skanderborg Odder Horsens Hedensted Grindsted Billund Vejle Fredericia Kolding Middelfart Vejen Vojens Haderslev 0105Kilometers 0105 Kilometers 0105 Kilometers 0105 Kilometers Urbanmorphologicalzonesin2000 Corecities Existinggreenstructure Innerruralareas Valuable landscape Potential urban extension Determined limit Urban Growth Boundary High natural potential Urban area in 2000 Landcoverchangestoartificialsurface2000Ͳ2006 1200mfromstation GreenareasͲhighpotential Othertowns Urban areas Railroad station proximity Undetermined limit Rural area Existing natural areas Other areas Passenger railroad conversionofagriculturalland(2974ha) Othercommutercities GreenareasͲlowpotential Otherruralareas conversionofnaturalland(84ha) Passengerrailroad In the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark, a The Fingerplan was In the Montpellier In 1979 the polycentric urban region is emerging. Be- elaborated in 1947 case, the planning newly cre- sides Århus, the second biggest city of Den- but became fi rst in scheme has the par- ated Metro- mark, several medium-sized cities are lo- 2007 a legal plan- ticularity of having politan coun- cated in the area. The region is expected ning document. a “sight inversion”. cil of Portland to experience further urbanisation which However, its simple In other words, the (Metro) estab- might result in urban sprawl and threaten principles of devel- main element is lished a fi rst valuable landscapes. A common regional opment along the Montpellier’s SCoT urban growth the landscape Region 2040 concept with Port- planning scheme is discussed for a while, commuter rail lines and not the existing built-up area. Thus, the land’s urban growth boundary boundary but nothing is agreed on yet. As an input to and the protection landscape is presented as an integrated part (UGB) around that discussion we apply three existing of green wedges of the refl ection on regional development. In Portland, following the adoption of the Sen- regional planning schemes to the in between them fact this “sight inversion” protects natural and ate Bill 100 in 1973 and new state wide plan- guided spatial de- case study region. Fingerplan 2007 agricultural areas of any changes; in parallel ning goals. Metro is required to maintain The three planning schemes are well velopment in Co- the overall spatial strategy also privileges ur- a 20-year inventory of developable penhagen since then. known for their simple and clear approach: ban containment by limiting new urban de- land within the UGB, to be revised ev- For East Jutland we copied the “station The Fingerplan of Copenhagen ur- velopment within existing urban area, at its ery 7 years. Another important aspect is the proximity principle”, saying that urban ban region, the SCoT (Territorial Co- direct proximity or along main urban trans- preservation of important resource land development of a certain size is only allowed port corridors. herence Scheme) of Montpellier (farm and forest land). within a certain distance (1200 m) from rail- In East Jutland, the concept of “valuable With population projections from 2000 for Agglomeration and the Urban Growth road stations. Instead of green wedges, which landscapes” serves as a basis for our study al- Eastern Jutland we calculated a future land Boundary of Portland. By the way of an are hard to defi ne in a polycentric region, lowing at applying the “sight inversion” ap- use demand for 2020. The necessary area was ex post thought experiment we applied the we identifi ed important green areas by us- proach made in Montpellier. As a result, by allocated as close as possible to existing ur- three approaches in GIS to the situation in the ing CORINE land cover data. The application taking into consideration the main ideas ban area, but outside important green areas. year 2000 and discussed hypothetical eff ects shows that only around one third of all found in the SCoT, it has been shown that Only 18 % of the growth between 2000 and of them regarding actual land use changes urban development happen with- 14 % of the land cover changes of ag- between 2000 and 2006, documented by 2006 happened inside this fi ctive UGB. in the area dedicated for urban growth. The ricultural and natural areas into artifi cial ar- The UGB would foster compact city develop- CORINE. In that period around 3,000 hectars eas in East Jutland between 2000 and 2006 of natural or agricultural land got converted Fingerplan would foster a development ment in the region. into artifi cial land cover as housing, but also aligned along mass-transport corridors. happened in “valuable landscapes” commercial, new infrastructure etc. areas. Land cover Fingerplan SCoT (Territorial coherence scheme) Urban Growth Boundaries outside UGB: existing/ existing/ potential green within urban areas and within valuable total inside Fingerplan outside Fingerplan other areas inside UGB outside UGB: rural high potential natural areas station proximity landscapes changes areas from agriculture or natural 3059 ha 1002 ha 1266 ha 791 ha 886 ha 1757 ha 416 ha 546 ha 2248 ha 265 ha 2000 - 2006 to artifical areas 33% 41% 26% 29% 57% 14% 18% 73% 9% Urban extension in Skanderborg, East Jutland Commuter train station in one “Finger” in a rural area “Agricultural and natural areas” around Montpellier Dense housing development along Portland’s urban (Photo: Skanderborg Kommune) around Copenhagen growth boundary Acknowledgement This work was conducted during our PhD projects, co-fi nanced by the Faculty of Life Sciences / University of Copenhagen, faculty of life sciences Danish Strategic Research Council, Centre for Strategic Urban Research / Realdania Research and EU-FP6 project PLUREL. university of copenhagen.