The City of Copenhagen has in many years made decisions of establishing common court yards mainly in old housing blocks. The philosophy has been that with relatively few funding you can remove fences and sheds and create playgrounds or integral outdoor areas to the joy of owners and residents. The Law of Urban Renewal, which is the legal ground today, determines that up-to-date housings must have adequate access to outdoor areas. Since 1969 (and until the completion of the report in March 2004), 276 court yards have been established..

With little funding, new outdoor areas can be created in old housing areas through yard clearings. The experience shows that there is a large degree of satisfaction among the inhabitants and the creation of green court yards diminishes the desire to move away from the area.

The user survey was conducted by consultant Peter Martinussen in cooperation with Grønne Gårde ('Green court yards'). The results in the report have been gathered through interviews and questionnaires handed out to the residents. The 44 cases have been chosen out of the 169 cases between 1992 and 2002 in order to give an adequate and representative overview of the problems and challenges concerning the development of the court yards. Hence, cases with different ownership have also been chosen because this poses a certain challenge.

Some of the conclusions in the report show that:

Grønne Gårde - Municipality of Copenhagen

01/01/1993

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Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Services & amenities

Public space