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persons knowledgeable in climate-sensitive urban planning. This stage also determines what basic information, plans, expert reports and studies will be required for
the process. The master plan process has to specify what basic information on climate conditions in a city quarter must be obtained (e.g. main wind directions, signifi cance of the area as a cold air production site, link with major cold air corridors
etc.).
Setting the programme for actual planning usually means drawing a rough urban
development guideline to give the project direction. The interests of politics, investors, landowners and representatives from the administration are translated into
functional and structural specifi cations for the development of an area.
Structural and urban development criteria to prevent heating in future city quarters may be introduced at this stage. The objectives, challenges and general framework defi ned here provide the setting for further development. Analysing the
planning area also reveals links that UHI-relevant aspects can be attached to. This
means, amongst others, assessing the availability of green and open space in neighbouring quarters, wind corridors, air fl ows and water permeability of the soil.
The most important step towards incorporating UHI-relevant issues and measures (see below) at this stage is to defi ne the requirements for preparing qualifi cation processes and urban development competitions. The actual urban development
qualifi cation process rounds off this phase.
The “consolidation” phase in the planning and development process is about
turning the competition results into specifi c guidelines, preparing feasible concepts
and developing detailed implementation projects. By transferring the requirements
to the land-use plan and preparing the environmental assessments and environmental impact assessments as needed UHI-relevant strategic objectives and clearly
defi ned measures are introduced to the process. Issues, such as the effect of planned
construction on the microclimate, must be dealt with in detail at this stage.
The phase is completed by an interface with the legally binding land-use and
building development planning “Not every urban development aspect in the master
plan requires binding regulations. By the same token it would be negligent to waive
binding and reliable regulations in favour of informal agreements ” (MA 21B 2010 ,
51). Ways of embedding UHI-relevant measures in the land-use and building development plan are described extensively in the second example.
The implementation stage is about developing individual projects for the social
and technical infrastructure provided by the public authorities, about implementing
public space and building development. Technical and planning measures to reduce
the UHI effect are put into practice at this stage (Fig. 9.8 ).
9.6.2.2 UHI Measures in the Master Plan
for “Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße”
“Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße” is located on the premises of the former Nordbahnhof
(a railway station in the 20th municipal district) developed gradually over the course
of the past few years. Employees of the Vienna City Administration acted out a
D. Damyanovic et al.
persons knowledgeable in climate-sensitive urban planning. This stage also determines what basic information, plans, expert reports and studies will be required for
the process. The master plan process has to specify what basic information on climate conditions in a city quarter must be obtained (e.g. main wind directions, signifi cance of the area as a cold air production site, link with major cold air corridors
etc.).
Setting the programme for actual planning usually means drawing a rough urban
development guideline to give the project direction. The interests of politics, investors, landowners and representatives from the administration are translated into
functional and structural specifi cations for the development of an area.
Structural and urban development criteria to prevent heating in future city quarters may be introduced at this stage. The objectives, challenges and general framework defi ned here provide the setting for further development. Analysing the
planning area also reveals links that UHI-relevant aspects can be attached to. This
means, amongst others, assessing the availability of green and open space in neighbouring quarters, wind corridors, air fl ows and water permeability of the soil.
The most important step towards incorporating UHI-relevant issues and measures (see below) at this stage is to defi ne the requirements for preparing qualifi cation processes and urban development competitions. The actual urban development
qualifi cation process rounds off this phase.
The “consolidation” phase in the planning and development process is about
turning the competition results into specifi c guidelines, preparing feasible concepts
and developing detailed implementation projects. By transferring the requirements
to the land-use plan and preparing the environmental assessments and environmental impact assessments as needed UHI-relevant strategic objectives and clearly
defi ned measures are introduced to the process. Issues, such as the effect of planned
construction on the microclimate, must be dealt with in detail at this stage.
The phase is completed by an interface with the legally binding land-use and
building development planning “Not every urban development aspect in the master
plan requires binding regulations. By the same token it would be negligent to waive
binding and reliable regulations in favour of informal agreements ” (MA 21B 2010 ,
51). Ways of embedding UHI-relevant measures in the land-use and building development plan are described extensively in the second example.
The implementation stage is about developing individual projects for the social
and technical infrastructure provided by the public authorities, about implementing
public space and building development. Technical and planning measures to reduce
the UHI effect are put into practice at this stage (Fig. 9.8 ).
9.6.2.2 UHI Measures in the Master Plan
for “Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße”
“Nordbahnstraße – Innstraße” is located on the premises of the former Nordbahnhof
(a railway station in the 20th municipal district) developed gradually over the course
of the past few years. Employees of the Vienna City Administration acted out a
D. Damyanovic et al.