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03 URBAN SPACES / INITIATIVES
INITIATIVES/
URBAN SPACE PLANNING
URBAN LIFE SCORECARD
LIGHTING STRATEGY
NEW PARKS
POCKET PARKS AND GREEN LINKS
Urban space planning
With Copenhagen Urban Space Action
Plan the City of Copenhagen introduces
new methods and processes for improving
urban spaces in the existing city
and taking a systematic approach to
urban spaces in the urban development
areas. A typology with four urban space
categories guides the planning of an
effective urban space hierarchy. Urban
development plans for Copenhagen’s
development areas are based on the
overall plans for the individual areas.
These plans are developed in cooperation
with the affected building clients,
which ensures a broad investigation
of the possibilities in an area. In this
process, the City seeks to ensure that
the qualities of the urban space support
the visions for the area’s architectural,
landscape and functional properties.
Urban life scorecard
A Metropolis for People presents the
City’s vision and goals for urban life
and describes the efforts taken to
further the goals. In order to follow up
on the goals in this effort, the City is
developing an urban life scorecard. By
monitoring the development of urban
life and evaluating the City’s urban
space projects we wish to develop the
architectural elements that form the
physical setting for the city’s life. Urban
space projects will be assessed based
on quality criteria as well as statistical
data and surveys. Additionally, all
important urban space projects will be
reviewed and discussed in the Project
Forum of the Technical and Environmental
Administration.