Seestadt Aspern Settlement Monitoring 2015

Project Duration: 15.05.2015 to 31.01.2016

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Seestadt is a newly developing neighborhood and one of the largest urban development areas in Europe. By 2030, approximately 20,000 people will live there and just as many will work there. This study ensures the ongoing monitoring of this development, which is taking place in several phases.

Department

Social Sciences

Settlement of the first construction phase of the district began in 2014. Over 6,000 residents have already moved in. Various companies have settled here. This is the first time in Vienna that the settlement process of a new urban area has been scientifically monitored on an empirical basis. The aim is to identify the associated challenges at an early stage and to be able to assess social dynamics with regard to residential milieus, living environment, social space and neighbourhood. The study will serve as a scientifically sound basis for shaping the future settlement process in the Urban Lakeside and will be used for other urban development areas.

Research focus

  • Investigating which people move there,
  • what demands they place on the Urban Lakeside
  • and the socio-demographic, structural and cultural composition of the residents
 

Research Goals

  • Scientific support and empirical monitoring of the multi-phase settlement process in Seestadt
  • Early identification of challenges and analysis of social dynamics, residential environments, and neighborhood structures
  • Establishment of a scientifically sound foundation for the future shaping of the settlement process in Seestadt and other urban development areas
 

Funding Partners

Aspern Seestadt

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University of Vienna

Housing subsidy scheme and the arbitration board for housing law matters

Wohnbauförderung (MA50)

Cooperation Partners

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