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ing) heat stress for the city has been available since 2010. The Vienna Health Board
in cooperation with the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics provides preventive information on expected heat waves on its website and via the local
media ( http://www.wien.gv.at/gesundheit/sandirektion/hitzebericht.html ). This site,
as well as that of the Public Health Services of the City of Vienna (MA 15) ( www.
gesundheitsdienst.wien.at ), also explains about what to do in the event of a heat
wave.
Implementing the UHI-STRAT also means building awareness and competences
for the UHI issue and its impacts among the departments responsible for planning
and projects at the City Administration. Spatial research and research projects on
climate change are already generating information relevant for planning to some
extent.
9.4.2 Urban Structure, Large-Scale Strategic Measures
When implementing measures a distinction is made between long-term strategic
measures and the more specifi c technical and structural ones, the difference being
the scale – from the city as a whole down to individual buildings and open spaces –
and the time horizon. Building an interconnected network of open spaces to generate and distribute cold air and expanding the tree population in the city are strategic
measures with a long-term effect.
9.4.3 Specifi c Technical and Structural Measures
This fi eld of action describes different approaches for implementing the strategic
goals of UHI-STRAT Vienna, as well as large-scale strategic measures for the planning and project stages. The 24 specifi c technical and structural measures are
divided into fi ve different areas, (1) green and open spaces (incl. streets), (2) water
bodies in the city, (3) shading, (4) mobility and (5) buildings. The measures prepared take into account suitable courses of action with both existing and planned
new structures.
9.5 Level of Action – From Master Plan to Project
Bearing in mind the overarching signifi cance of Urban Heat Islands, the environmental and climate policy approaches for the protection of the (urban) climate and
the rules and regulations associated with them the following main levels of action
were identifi ed for UHI-STRAT Vienna: (1) master plans and urban development
guidelines; (2) strategic environmental assessment (SUP) and environmental impact
9 Pilot Action City of Vienna – UHI-STRAT Vienna
ing) heat stress for the city has been available since 2010. The Vienna Health Board
in cooperation with the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics provides preventive information on expected heat waves on its website and via the local
media ( http://www.wien.gv.at/gesundheit/sandirektion/hitzebericht.html ). This site,
as well as that of the Public Health Services of the City of Vienna (MA 15) ( www.
gesundheitsdienst.wien.at ), also explains about what to do in the event of a heat
wave.
Implementing the UHI-STRAT also means building awareness and competences
for the UHI issue and its impacts among the departments responsible for planning
and projects at the City Administration. Spatial research and research projects on
climate change are already generating information relevant for planning to some
extent.
9.4.2 Urban Structure, Large-Scale Strategic Measures
When implementing measures a distinction is made between long-term strategic
measures and the more specifi c technical and structural ones, the difference being
the scale – from the city as a whole down to individual buildings and open spaces –
and the time horizon. Building an interconnected network of open spaces to generate and distribute cold air and expanding the tree population in the city are strategic
measures with a long-term effect.
9.4.3 Specifi c Technical and Structural Measures
This fi eld of action describes different approaches for implementing the strategic
goals of UHI-STRAT Vienna, as well as large-scale strategic measures for the planning and project stages. The 24 specifi c technical and structural measures are
divided into fi ve different areas, (1) green and open spaces (incl. streets), (2) water
bodies in the city, (3) shading, (4) mobility and (5) buildings. The measures prepared take into account suitable courses of action with both existing and planned
new structures.
9.5 Level of Action – From Master Plan to Project
Bearing in mind the overarching signifi cance of Urban Heat Islands, the environmental and climate policy approaches for the protection of the (urban) climate and
the rules and regulations associated with them the following main levels of action
were identifi ed for UHI-STRAT Vienna: (1) master plans and urban development
guidelines; (2) strategic environmental assessment (SUP) and environmental impact
9 Pilot Action City of Vienna – UHI-STRAT Vienna