TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

OPEN SPACES: GREEN & URBAN
4.2
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
OPEN SPACE PARAMETERS
STEP 05 defined quantitative parameters for Vienna’s
supply with green and open spaces. These parameters
ensure quality of life and are thus applied in new
urban development zones and in case of retroactive
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densification. The City of Vienna will make use of these
important quantitative parameters as a guideline
and basis for the development of a manual that takes
account of varying preconditions in urban quarters.
In this context, qualitative aspects are added as well,
since they are of paramount significance for the quality
of use afforded by green and open spaces.
Adaptation of existing parameters and addition of quality
criteria (inter alia, qualities such as the accessibility of
open spaces by public transport and on foot are to be defined;
various types of zones for this purpose are to be discussed
as well).
Development of qualitative demand and requirement pro -
files for public spaces in urban expansion zones and integration
into development processes.
FAIR SHARES IN,
AND INTELLIGENT USE OF, THE CITY
The open space potentials of cities are limited; in
a growing city and an era of tight public budgets,
existing potentials must be made intelligent use of to
enable all citizens with their different needs and
requirements to enjoy access to high-quality open
spaces. The motto “Fair shares in, and intelligent use
of, the city” will thus be employed by the City of Vienna
to implement a set of measures that contribute to
more quality, less resource consumption and efficient
use of public funds today and tomorrow. The plans
will be backed up by the findings of pilot projects for
gender-sensitive park and open space design. Local
residents will be involved even more than in the past in
redesign and quality improvement measures. Participation
processes are in particular to reflect an
adequate female quota.
Implementation of nature-inspired green space design
concepts for cost-efficient yet high-quality solutions (e. g. also
green spaces designed as “urban wilderness”) – these still
unusual forms of green space design require a novel understanding
of their purpose and character.
Concentration of compensation and balancing measures
in strategically important points of the green space
network (e. g. setting-up of a “landscape account” platform
( Landscape account).
In the context of sewer and road construction or maintenance
works, etc., it is assessed whether improvements of
public space or street design can be implemented simultaneously
(as was done in 2013 in Ottakringer Strasse).
Installations and additions to the streetscape as well as
urban furniture must be arranged in a way that ensures
that they will enhance public space quality without impeding
the fluidity of traffic and pedestrian movement.
Implementation of pilot projects for the (temporary)
conversion, reuse and redesign of streetscapes
(> 4.1 Vienna is moving – diversified mobility in 2025 – Initiative:
From street space to public space)
Development of modalities and models that enable the
intensified multiple use of open spaces in public institutions,
such as schools, kindergartens, swimming pools and sports
grounds.
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