New Urbanism in Historic City Centers? The Glocalization of Vienna's Historic City Center as an Art and Cultural Hub

Autor(en)

Gerhard Hatz

Abstrakt

Concepts of livable smart cities and smart urban growth have developed as a backlash to urban sprawl. However, these concepts refer to a romanticized historic interpretation of the ¿urban¿. The production of

¿human spheres¿ livable and smart, where residents find identity and feel ¿at home¿, has become one of the

visions of the cities of tomorrow. Initially put into practice in suburban communities, conceptualized by private developers and designed according to the visions of New Urbanism the production of ¿human

spheres¿ is accomplished by tight regulations on the physical environment and ¿declarations of covenants¿,

stretching beyond the public realm into the control of personal lives. In the rationales of an ¿Urban Renaissance¿ involving the regeneration of city centers as art and cultural hubs the production of ¿human

spheres¿ as well as new forms of urban design and control have been transferred to inner city areas.

The paper critically dissects the glocalized redesign of the Historic City Center of Vienna and stresses the local implications of the ¿exclusivity¿ and the exclusionary character of a culture-led development. The future transformation of Historic City Centers as mixed used functional centers of cities into ¿human spheres¿ is questioned as the concept of livable and smart cities is contrasted by the production of hegemonic and homogenized urban spaces.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung

Seiten

391-402

Anzahl der Seiten

11

Publikationsdatum

2009

ÖFOS 2012

507018 Stadt-, Dorferneuerung, 507019 Stadtentwicklungsplanung, 507021 Stadtgeschichte, 507 Humangeographie, Regionale Geographie, Raumplanung

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/20b4b94f-ad45-4558-9a53-246a28082a39