Conference excursion and dinner

Focusing on Copenhagen’s location by the sea, this excursion will illustrate the political, social, economic, and physical transformation of former port areas which together with the coastal zone of the island Amager have become important elements in the effort to plan for the socio-economic resilience of Copenhagen and protect the city to climate change induced flooding and expected sea level rise. The redevelopment of the vast dilapidated brownfield port sections has since 2008 been managed by the then newly established organization ‘By&Havn’ (City&Port) with Copenhagen Municipality as its main owner (95 %).

The excursion will start with a breakfast lecture by the geographer Peter Maskell, Professor at Copenhagen Business School, former longstanding board member of By&Havn and chairman of Danish Ports. We then visit the headquarters of By&Havn and learn about the company’s plans for the development of the harbor. This is followed by a two hour’s boat trip that takes us to Nordhavnen, Lynetteholmen (to be) and Refshaleøen where we will hear about ongoing research into the transformation of the harbor. We will debark the boat at Christianshavn, and then embark the Metro to go the Amager Beach Park, that was refurbished in 2005 to a 2 kilometers wide projecting coastline in the form of an artificial island and a lagoon.  

The excursion starts at Øster Voldgade 10 (the location of the Geography Sections) at 8:45 AM and finishes at the city center around 4 PM.

The price for the excursion is DKK 350 which includes an excursion guide, the boat trip and metro tickets, plus coffee (with a bun) in the morning and a lunch packet.