Limitations
As a result of the Finger Plan, urban development in Copenhagen has largely been on decentralised concentration close to urban rail stations (Næss et al. 2011). This development strategy is based on knowledge about the influence of neighbourhood-level proximity to train stations on travel, rather than the proximity of development to the main city centre (Næss et al. 2011). Though widely considered to be a successful approach, this may present some limitations and challenges that would be different from the more conventional concentric green belt approach in terms of access to a central district. It has also been said to be a plan for urban spatial expansion, rather than compact urban form, and the “green wedges” have been critiqued for being void spaces, without much user value for the urban population, and there has been minimal emphasis on saving farmland (Næss et al. 2011).