The Five Finger Plan was generated from the idea that the public
should have easy access to infrastructural facilities such as
commuter train lines and motorways, as well as they should be able
to enjoy and live close to nature. People should have the
possibility to enjoy forests and lakes, agricultural landscapes,
rivers, streams and fjords and still benefit from the close
proximity to the city centre. All this makes up a unique suburban
area that is hard to find in other places around the
world.
The Five Finger Plan also makes traffic and transportation
of people and goods a much easier task. Compared to other
metropolitan areas, the Copenhagen Region suffers only minutely
from traffic jam. The Five Finger Plan ensures easy access to the
city centre and easy access between the finger lines, which reduces
transportation costs of almost any type of business activity.
The Five Finger Plan is still the basis of all regional planning
- even though the plan is nearly 60 years old. Planning in the
Copenhagen Region will still be closely linked to the outline of
the Five Finger Plan. Demographic forecasts expect the net
growth of inhabitants in the region to exceed 10.000 per year
during the next 20 years. Therefore, an additional 75,000 homes
will be built in the same 20-year period. This will be done by
either using areas within the "fingers" and thereby thickening them
or by extending the "fingers" further away from the city centre –
but keeping the same degree of infrastructural facilities as
always.
Physical planning is carried out in close correlation with
demands for knowledge-intensive high-tech production. The planning
will also ensure a wide range of possibilities and areas for
potential business localization and thereby cover the service needs
of modern production businesses.
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