Finger Plan

It consists of a mixed area of both detached middle-class dwellings, widespread garden cities and large, low-rise public housing projects.

The suburbs vary from the petit bourgeois area of Glostrup to the widespread low housing projects of Albertslund and Taastrup.

When the finger plan was initially introduced, the island of Amager was not included as the infrastructure was inadequate for modern suburban life.

As a consequence of this displacement of residents out of the city, the Municipality tax base was near to collapse and its economic situation worsened over the time.

[4] The two projects in Ørestad were linked in order to achieve the strategic vision of becoming a major economic pole in the Scandinavia region.

[7] This hybrid corporation (public- public state) had as mission to develop the master plan for Ørestad as well as the construction of the Copenhagen Metro and the land sale, this with the purpose of attracting local and international investors with a new and modern image.

[4] Along with the idea that connectivity improvement will increase the land value, was also necessary to design an attractive master plan which defines the uses and activities in the area in order to grant the special characteristics to strengthen the project in relation to its local competitors such as the Port of Copenhagen.

[8] The master plan organizes development along the north-south axis of the island of Amager inscribed in a rectangular area divided in four districts, which are still under construction.

Even though the government has interfered in order to enhance the attractiveness of the area some external factors have prevented the expected outcomes of the project because of its strong dependence on market fluctuations.