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F. Musco (ed.), Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate
Change Scenario, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10425-6_9
Chapter 9
Pilot Action City of Vienna – UHI-STRAT
Vienna
Doris Damyanovic , Florian Reinwald , Christiane Brandenburg ,
Brigitte Allex , Birgit Gantner , Ulrich Morawetz , and Jürgen Preiss
Abstract The article presents the results of the pilot action “Urban Heat Islands–
Strategy Plan Vienna” (UHI-STRAT Vienna). It sets out by determining what
potential consistent consideration of urban climate aspects at different levels of
action and decision-making has and how to implement such consideration. In a
second step it looks at today’s and future development of UHI and the urban climate. The report goes on to explain the three fi elds of action identifi ed, i.e. awareness building, information and public relations for UHI, as well as urban
infrastructure and large-scale and more detailed technical and structural measures to
support strong consideration of the issue. It shows up the levels of action in planning
from the master plan to the actual project and the options available in the course.
Two feasibility studies reveal how UHI-relevant measures can be implemented in
designated areas of the city. They make a clear distinction between measures in the
development of new city quarters and measures in adapting existing ones, and they
also identify two different levels of planning, the strategic master plan on the one
hand and the planning of legal provisions, i.e. the land-use and building development plans on the other hand. The “Master Plan for Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße” in
Vienna’s 20th municipal district is used as an example to show how measures can
be introduced at different stages of the master plan process. Proposed measures can
be embedded in land-use and building development plans, as demonstrated in the
case of the quarter surrounding the Vienna University of Technology (Karlsplatz) in
the 4th municipal district. The studies were assessed as to the feasibility of the measures proposed, which involved participation of different agencies of the Vienna
D. Damyanovic • F. Reinwald • C. Brandenburg • B. Allex • B. Gantner
Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape
Planning , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna , Austria
U. Morawetz
Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Economic
Development , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna , Austria
J. Preiss (*)
Vienna Environmental Protection Department, Municipal Department 22 , Unit of Spatial
Development , 1200 Wien, Dresdner Straße 45 , Vienna , Austria
e-mail: juergen.preiss@wien.gv.at
© The Author(s) 2016
F. Musco (ed.), Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate
Change Scenario, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10425-6_9
Chapter 9
Pilot Action City of Vienna – UHI-STRAT
Vienna
Doris Damyanovic , Florian Reinwald , Christiane Brandenburg ,
Brigitte Allex , Birgit Gantner , Ulrich Morawetz , and Jürgen Preiss
Abstract The article presents the results of the pilot action “Urban Heat Islands–
Strategy Plan Vienna” (UHI-STRAT Vienna). It sets out by determining what
potential consistent consideration of urban climate aspects at different levels of
action and decision-making has and how to implement such consideration. In a
second step it looks at today’s and future development of UHI and the urban climate. The report goes on to explain the three fi elds of action identifi ed, i.e. awareness building, information and public relations for UHI, as well as urban
infrastructure and large-scale and more detailed technical and structural measures to
support strong consideration of the issue. It shows up the levels of action in planning
from the master plan to the actual project and the options available in the course.
Two feasibility studies reveal how UHI-relevant measures can be implemented in
designated areas of the city. They make a clear distinction between measures in the
development of new city quarters and measures in adapting existing ones, and they
also identify two different levels of planning, the strategic master plan on the one
hand and the planning of legal provisions, i.e. the land-use and building development plans on the other hand. The “Master Plan for Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße” in
Vienna’s 20th municipal district is used as an example to show how measures can
be introduced at different stages of the master plan process. Proposed measures can
be embedded in land-use and building development plans, as demonstrated in the
case of the quarter surrounding the Vienna University of Technology (Karlsplatz) in
the 4th municipal district. The studies were assessed as to the feasibility of the measures proposed, which involved participation of different agencies of the Vienna
D. Damyanovic • F. Reinwald • C. Brandenburg • B. Allex • B. Gantner
Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape
Planning , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna , Austria
U. Morawetz
Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Economic
Development , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna , Austria
J. Preiss (*)
Vienna Environmental Protection Department, Municipal Department 22 , Unit of Spatial
Development , 1200 Wien, Dresdner Straße 45 , Vienna , Austria
e-mail: juergen.preiss@wien.gv.at