Teaching goals, seminar group Giffinger/Pühringer/Zhang

• Discussion of recent challenges, concepts and strategies for sustainable spatial development
• Understanding of transformation processes for sustainable urban and regional development
• Elaboration of living labs and other governance tools
• Development of your own understanding and position on issues of sustainable spatial development

Teaching goals, seminar group Getzner/Kadi/Krisch/Plank
(the seminar will be partially taught in English and is open also for international Master students)

• Conceptualization of "digitization"
• Understanding of the spatial and economic effects of digitization
• Planning strategies in the context of digitization

Description of the seminar by Voigt/Tschirk/Wieshofer:

The multifaceted changes affecting our living spaces, such as the predominantly inward focus of settlement development together with changes in mobility, landscape, demography, energy and not least climate, call for clearly structured, integrated strategies and concepts for transformation.

In terms of content, the seminar focuses on:
- Processes & strategies in the spatial context
- Strategic planning

Description of the seminar by Franta: Thematic Focus "Urban development Politics in Vienna".

Against the background of changes in governance and planning in the context of postfordist processes of urban restructuring, the seminar mainly concentrates on questioning, how these changes alter political decision-making processes and power structures in urban development. Hence, its focus is on analysing and scrutinizing "urban politics" in Vienna, particularly with regard to the development and implementation of large scale urban development projects.

Start Group Franta: Oct 9th, 9-11am in room Seminarraum 268/

Objectives, seminar group Giffinger/Pühringer/Zhang:

Topic: transformation processes for sustainable urban and regional development

• Development of definitions and concepts for sustainable transformation processes
• Reading on questions of spatial development and sustainability as well as analysis of case studies
• Independent analysis and evaluation of empirical challenges
• Critical reflection on the importance of sustainability and related governance tools

Programme and examination modalities

• 30% participation (presence, discrete contribution, preparation of interim results for discussion in the plenary session, attendance of at least one meeting appointment)
• 30% Writing an abstract according to given guidelines
• 40% Writing a scientifically profound seminar paper as a group of 3
• Details: see syllabus in „documents"

Kick-Off seminar group Giffinger/Pühringer/Zhang: 11^th of October, 12 - 2 pm (SRF library, Augasse 2-6, Area C, 2^nd floor)

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Diese LVA ist zusammen mit der VU Planungsethik und der VO Raumplanungspolitik Bestandteil des Master Pflichtmodul 2: Raumplanungspolitik und -ethik.

Bitte nur bei einer der 4 Gruppen anmelden!

comprehensive active participation at workshops and plenum meetings; ownstandig groupwork with corresponding scientific standard