The political urbanization fringe development in Copenhagen

Examines the fringe development of Copenhagen and its impact on the later social and political landscapes. From the beginning of the process of suburban growth, middle and upper class people preferred to locate to the north, workers were forced to go to the west. Many of the present basic structures of the suburbs were prepared during this early transformation of the fringe. Local planning initiatives and the attitudes of the local political elites maintained a high degree of social segregation between the suburbs and explain a number of present structural urban problems. -Author