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<div class="csl-entry">Kramar, H., & Happ, S. (2023, September 14). <i>Vulnerability Check for Austrian cities: How to measure local vulnerability</i> [Conference Presentation]. 6th Foundational Economy Conference Vienna, Wien, Austria. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/192964</div>
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/192964
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dc.description.abstract
Cities are increasingly confronted with the impacts of climate change, which affects their built environment, blue and green infrastructure as well as the quality of life of their citizens. Thus, there is an urgent need for cities to face their resilience against occurring crises and shocks, to develop new planning strategies and improve their governance approaches. Effective measures for robust infrastructures and improved adaptive capacities, however, require a comprehensive assessment of the specific vulnerability risk of each city.
In this context, the research project “VESPA” provides a prototype for a rapid vulnerability-city-check for Austrian cities as an evidence-based foundation for political decision-makers and city administrations. The goal is to define and to implement an indicator system, which is able to evaluate the vulnerability of small and medium sized cities in Austria in close co-operation with local stakeholders. Such a catalogue of indicators, which includes the crucial structural and institutional conditions in a city, aims at identifying, assessing and mapping specific vulnerabilities of cities in the fields of “mobility transition”, “energy transition” and “local circular economy” against relevant external threats and challenges. An individual vulnerability profile is developed and operationalized in a digital tool for the city of Lienz in order to get an impression of their applicability in practice. The experiences of this case study shall then be translated into a general concept for evidence-based vulnerability checks in Austrian cities.
The presentation will provide basic ideas on the importance of dealing with urban vulnerability and present a draft indicator system, which is able to point out specific vulnerabilities of small and medium-sized cities in Austria in individual vulnerability profiles and to translate them to customized planning strategies and policy measures in the challenging fields of urban mobility, energy and circular economy.
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dc.description.sponsorship
FFG - Österr. Forschungsförderungs- gesellschaft mbH
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dc.language.iso
en
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dc.subject
vulnerability
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dc.subject
indicator system
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dc.title
Vulnerability Check for Austrian cities: How to measure local vulnerability
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dc.type
Presentation
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dc.type
Vortrag
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dc.contributor.affiliation
TU Wien, Austria
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dc.relation.grantno
FO999899832_09022023_075645545
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dc.type.category
Conference Presentation
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tuw.publication.invited
invited
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tuw.project.title
Vulnerabilitäts-Schnellanalyse für die praxisnahe Anwendung in Städten
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tuw.researchTopic.id
A2
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tuw.researchTopic.id
E4
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Urban and Regional Transformation
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation
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tuw.researchTopic.value
50
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tuw.researchTopic.value
50
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E280-02 - Forschungsbereich Stadt- und Regionalforschung
