Abstract

PAAL, MICHAELA. THE END OF THE VIENNESE WAY?: CHANGING STRATEGIES AND SPATIAL IMPACTS OF SOFT URBAN RENEWAL IN THE AUSTRIAN CAPITAL. Investig. desarro. [online]. 2008, vol.16, n.1, pp.130-145. ISSN 0121-3261.

Since the late 1970s the Austrian capital Vienna is one of the most exciting European examples for successful and well-balanced urban renewal policy. The strategies to safeguard historical building fabric are mainly influenced by a welfare state urban development policy. During the last three decades urban renewal activities, mainly funded and/or supported by public aid and distributed all over the urban space, kept the urban development in balance and avoided occurring social segregation as well as the growth of slums. In the meantime, neo-liberalistic globalization as well as the chance to get financial support for large-scale urban projects form the European Union generate some renunciation from this successful strategy. As the Viennese municipality more and more turns towards prestigious projects to enhance international location competitiveness, the cycle of urban decay in the former renewed quarters might start again.

Keywords : They urban renewal policy; urban development policy; spatial impacts.

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