Evaluation of effects on economic development and urban structure in Vienna caused by the enlargement of the underground railway system

01.08.2004 - 01.09.2005
Assigned research project
Three dimensions of economic and structural effects of the Vienna underground railway are identified and evaluated: a) Domestic value added, employment and fiscal effects induced by the construction and operation of the Vienna underground railway, b) effects of underground connection on the real estate market, c) Ex-post and ex-ante evaluation of selected urban development projects following a new underground railway connection: ¿Millenium City¿ in the 20th district, district centre ¿Floridsdorf¿, development areas ¿Erdberger Mais¿ and ¿Flugfeld Aspern¿. Models and methods applied: Part (a): Input-/output analysis, IFIP¿s simulation model of the Austrian revenue sharing system (SIMFAG); part (b): hedonic price model; GIS; part (c): traffic simulation model, scenario building, correlation analysis in spatial context

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Project personnel

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Contract/collaboration

  • Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Stadt- und Regionalwirtschafturban and regional economics
U-BahnSubway
Infrastruktureffekteinfrastructure effects
Wertschöpfungs- u. Beschäftigungseffekteemployment effects
Bodenmarkreal estate market

External partner

  • Österreichisches Institut für Raumplanung

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