However, the anticipated environmental benefits of urban densification as a generic planning strategy do not necessarily materialise in sparsely populated regions, and the eventual environmental impacts and outcomes of urban regeneration may in end effect be contradictory to the objectives specified in the planning and decision-making processes.
Hins vegar, þegar þétting byggðar er notuð sem einföld almenn skipulagsstefna næst væntur ávinningur ekki endilega. Umhverfisáhrif og afleiðingar af endurnýjun borgarsvæða með þéttingu geta reynst vinna gegn settum markmiðum skipulags- og ákvarðanatökuferlisins.