Urban Density and Atmosphere – Vienna and other Central European Cities

Opening address:

Anke Beck, Managing Director, De Gruyter / Birkhäuser
Josef Kaiser, Vice Chancellor, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Lecture:

Dietmar Eberle, ETH Zurich
Urban Density and Atmosphere – Vienna and other Central European Cities

The ongoing disappearance of open space and increasing roadway traffic have generated heated debate concerning optimal levels of urban density.

Urban planners have lacked concrete data and sound insights about which forms of development create the most livable urban space.