TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

PRINCIPLES OF VIENNA’S FUTURE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
A PARTICIPATORY CITY
The demands of inhabitants to codetermine their
living environment in keeping with their interests
and needs find expression in a great variety of initiatives.
Formats such as Local Agenda 21, Gebietsbetreuung
Stadterneuerung (Urban Renewal Offices)
or Stadtteilmanagements (Neighbourhood Management
Offices) create the framework for close interconnections
with urban planning processes. Today,
urban development would be unthinkable without
the transparent information and active involvement
of the citizens affected.
Vienna views co-operation with the population
as an opportunity to develop optimised and viable
urbanistic solutions. The Urban Development
Plan singles out participation as a special focus:
binding guidelines for participatory procedures
are to set out a clearcut framework for future
processes of this kind for the purpose of urban
development (e. g. Master Plan for Participatory
Urban Development); in many areas, too, new
instruments need to be formulated. The prime
principles of communication between city and
citizens are mutual respect, the willingness to
learn and transparency of decision-making paths.
( Governance as an opportunity for the joint development
of cities)
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