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Smart City Vienna
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The key objective for 2050 is the best quality of life
for all inhabitants of Vienna, while minimizing the consumption
of resources. This will be realized through
comprehensive innovation.
Smart City Vienna – For a good reason!
Climate change and a severe shortage of natural resources,
especially fossil fuels, represent the big global challenges
of the coming decades. They will determine the
future design of cities as living spaces. The switch to renewable
energy sources in cities is the biggest challenge.
75% of the CO2 emissions throughout the world is currently
caused by burning fossil fuels in cities. There is an
awareness of these links at European level, which has led
to the Smart Cities initiative, aimed at supporting cities
in achieving the European “low carbon economy” targets.
Vienna is among the most successful cities worldwide
where quality of life, infrastructure and innovation are
concerned. The aim is to hold this position in times to
come. That is why the City of Vienna has developed the
concept of the „smart city“, a city that is fit for the future
and geared towards opportunities and that is capable of
producing credible perspectives for its people. First and
foremost the City of Vienna wants to secure and further
improve ist ecological, economic, and social performance.
The City of Vienna is facing challenging times ahead.
The population in the federal capital is growing and in
Greater Vienna will reach the three million mark in the
course of the coming 25 years. This development goes
hand in hand with a rising demand for energy, demand
for affordable and functional housing and a need for
strong traffic concepts.
Smart cities need intelligent minds and fertile
ground to nourish good ideas and put them into practice.
Vienna accordingly has embraced clear research
and technology policies and has taken firm steps to include
people, research institutions and businesses in
the “smart city” process.
Awards like the Environmental Prize of the City of
Vienna for innovative businesses are an incentive to
think and act smart. At the European level Vienna is
cooperating with other cities to promote the exchange of
knowledge and development of strategies.
Vienna is on the right track and various studies attest
to this. Most recently, in fact, Vienna was voted the most
innovative city in all of Europe.
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