City Rhythms of Commuter Traffic Decarbonisation of Commuting in Vienna

Today’s distribution of residences and workplaces is a result of availability of cheap oil combined with human preferences for residence in low-density areas. Having reached Peak-Oil nowadays, common motorised mobility is under scrutiny: Not only its massive CO2 output but, most of all, its future scarcity demands urban and regional planning to anticipate the sustainable city of the future. In our work, we have looked at the city of Vienna, in which we have researched patterns of mobility regarding commuters. Our final goal is redensification as a means for transformation of the present state into a walkable city. To make that possible, our analysis provides insights into necessities of mode switching, according to the distances from workplaces. The model which we present is applicable not only to our research area, but to a variety of cities that want to achieve a sustainable settlement structure.

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Reviews: Land Use and Water Resources in Temperate and Tropical Climates, a Reader in Planning Theory, Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 5, Internal Structure of the City: Readings on Space and Environment

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a050535 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 535-542

Author(s):

T. O'Riordan ◽

A. Wróbel ◽

Doreen B. Massey

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Water Resources ◽

Internal Structure ◽

Regional Planning ◽

Planning Theory ◽

Urban And Regional Planning ◽

Tropical Climates ◽

The City

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Entre a norma e o fato urbano-metropolitano: possibilidades e limitações das inovações institucionais para a gestão territorial na Região Metropolitana de Campinas-SP / Between the standard and the urban and metropolitan fact: possibilities and limitations of institutional innovations for territorial management in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas-SP

Redes ◽

10.17058/redes.v22i1.5931 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 40

Author(s):

Orlando Moreira Junior

Keyword(s):

Metropolitan Area ◽

Regional Planning ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Metropolitan Governance ◽

Central Idea ◽

Implementation Plan ◽

Urban And Regional Planning ◽

Territorial Management ◽

Institutional Innovations ◽

The City

Resumo A ideia central deste trabalho é apresentar as possibilidades para a gestão e o planejamento urbano e regional advindas com as inovações institucionais trazidas pela Constituição de 1988 e pelo Estatuto da Cidade de 2001. Para exemplificar, é utilizado o caso do processo de regionalização, em especial, a criação legal de região metropolitana, tendo como referencial empírico a Região Metropolitana de Campinas-SP. A partir deste caso, é possível identificar os desafios enfrentados na transposição do plano das ideias para o plano da aplicação daquilo que consta nos documentos oficiais. Isto evidencia um descompasso entre a norma e o fato urbano e metropolitano, ampliando os desafios para o estabelecimento de uma governança metropolitana efetiva. Abstract The central idea of this paper is to present the possibilities for the management and urban and regional planning stemming from the institutional innovations introduced by the 1988 Constitution and the 2001 Statute of the City. As an example we use the case of the regionalization process, in particular the legal creation of the metropolitan area, with the empirical reference of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas-SP. From this case it is possible to identify the challenges faced in the implementation plan of the ideas for the transition from the of the ideas to the implementation of the plan of what appears in official documents. This reflects a mismatch between the standard and the urban and metropolitan fact, increasing the challenges for the establishment of an effective metropolitan governance.

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INFLUENCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES AS MEGA-EVENT ON URBANIZATION PROCESSES IN THE CITY AND THE REGION

Urban development and spatial planning ◽

10.32347/2076-815x.2021.77.241-252 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 241-252

Author(s):

Volodymyr Kovpak

Keyword(s):

Urban Environment ◽

Regional Planning ◽

Olympic Games ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Urban And Regional Planning ◽

Mega Events ◽

Mega Event ◽

The City ◽

The Olympic Games

In recent decades, the Olympic Games have become one of the most important mega-events in the world. The large number of cities applying for the Olympics and the increase in mega-event budgets indicate that the leadership of cities and regions perceive the possibility of holding the Olympics as a tool to improve economic and social aspects in cities by accumulating investment. Since its inception, the Olympic Games have closely influenced urbanization processes in host societies. From the second half of the 20th century, a significant evolution can be observed via increasing the scale of the mega-event: from the Olympic mono-stadium to the Olympic quarter, urban and regional planning. Thus, the Olympics began to provide investment not only in sports infrastructure but also in becoming an element of urban and regional renewal and development, introducing changes in transport infrastructure, housing, parks, streets, public space. From the point of view of urban and regional planning, the holding of such a mega-event as the Olympics is considered within the concept of the Olympic heritage; namely, researchers study the material impact of mega-events. The tangible Olympic legacy is divided into sports and non-sports. The sports heritage of mega-events includes sports facilities, as well as training facilities. The non-sporting heritage of the mega-event includes the Olympic Villages (after the mega-event, the Olympic Village usually becomes the city's housing stock), the media center (which has the potential to become a shopping, entertainment, exhibition, or multicenter), renewed transport infrastructure and public and park spaces, urban environment. Especially for cities hosting a mega-event, the benefits of hosting the Olympics can be vast and varied. In the post-Fordism world, cities began to consider the possibility of holding the Olympics as a tool for the revival of the city. Such applications can be called "regeneration games". The Olympic Games can be part of a strategic plan to renovate the city, significantly change the urban environment, improve transport infrastructure, and affect the quality of life in the city. However, the mega-event can have a negative impact on the city, forming an overuse of funds or the implementation of unnecessary infrastructure of the city, which declines after the Olympics.

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"Localization": A means to reduce negative transportation impacts in the "natural city"

Ekistics and the new habitat - India and Jugaad: The Impact of Innovation by the Resilient Indian Mind on Habitat ◽

10.53910/26531313-e200471427-429193 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 71 (427-429) ◽

pp. 233-235

Author(s):

Natalie Helferty

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Regional Planning ◽

Task Force ◽

Urban And Regional Planning ◽

Natural Heritage ◽

Applied Ecology ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

Success Stories ◽

The City

The author runs "Natural Heritage Consulting" in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She is a former Adjunct Professor at Ryerson University having taught Applied Ecology as a joint program between the School of Occupational and Public Health and the School of Urban and Regional Planning. She has provided environmental policy input on government initiatives such as the formation of the Greenbelt around the City of Toronto in her capacity as a member of the Province of Ontario's Greenbelt Task Force. The text that follows is a revised and edited version of a paper presented by the author at the Natural City conference - "Success Stories" - organized by the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto from 31 May to 2 June, 2006.

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Smart Urban Profiling And Management – New Insights For Enhancing Innovative And Sustainable City Development

Journal of WEI Business and Economics ◽

10.36739/jweibe.2020.v9.i1.35 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 36-46

Author(s):

Rebecca Oberreiter

Keyword(s):

Urban Development ◽

Sustainable Urban Development ◽

Management Model ◽

City Management ◽

City Marketing ◽

City Development ◽

Sustainable City ◽

Framework Conditions ◽

Fresh Impetus ◽

The City

Rapidly changing framework conditions for city development such as globalization, demographic trends, deindustrialization, technological developments or the increasing urbanization as well as the economic, social and political changes are profound and change our urban life. This leads, that the cities of tomorrow will differ essentially from today´s city principles. Therefore innovative, strategically wise and quick action becomes a criterion for success. Here, more than ever, local conditions and requirements must be taken into account as well as global framework conditions. The responsible parties have to set the course so that the “City” remains competitive and sustainable in the future. Therefore, innovation processes and sustainable strategies for dealing with the diverse and complex agendas of a city in dialogue with those who are responsible for it must be initiated and management systems established so that new things can develop continuously and systematically. This work illustrates how the boundaries created to manage and market future liveable and sustainable city destinations are the root of the practical and academic problems that trouble city management these days. This paper aims to develop the new integrated Smart Urban Profiling and Management model, which presents a new integrated approach for city marketing as an instrument of sustainable urban development. In this way, comprehensive research was conducted to evaluate if the holistic city marketing concept that integrates elements of smart city strategies and adaptive management is a more suitable instrument and integrative process than conventional city marketing in order to improve the sustainable urban development. Therefore, in this work, the designed “Smart Urban Profiling and Management model” for city management introduces an alternative and holistic perspective that allows transcending past boundaries and thus getting closer to the real complexities of managing city development in dynamic systems. The results offer the opportunity to recognize the city and consequently allow to developing successful strategies and implementation measures. This study targets to contribute to this endeavor in order to produce new impulses and incitements in the city management field and shall provide a fresh impetus for a new understanding of city marketing as the initiator of development processes, mobilization and moderator in concerning communication and participation processes. This paper is written from a perspective addressing those responsible for the city- management, city- & urban marketing and development.

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Recent developments in regional transit for Greater Vancouver

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering ◽

10.1139/l78-038 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 334-339

Author(s):

Brian E. Sullivan

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

High Rate ◽

Low Density ◽

Transit System ◽

Shopping Centres ◽

The Future ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Trunk Routes ◽

The City ◽

Capital Intensive

The transit system serving Greater Vancouver has high ridership and a high rate of growth. Using as a base the well-designed, well-patronized trolleybus grid in the City of Vancouver, an inter-connected suburban bus network has been created, with radial, cross-radial, and local routes meeting on a timed connection basis at suburban shopping centres and other foci. Planners' thoughts for the future include greater emphasis on the micro and macro aspects of land use and relations to transit; the use of capital intensive modes for heavy trunk routes; and the use of various forms of para-transit for low-density and certain feeder applications.

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