Vienna

==Urban planning==
Vienna regularly hosts [[urban planning]] conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/19728 |title=Vienna knows how |publisher=wieninternational.at |date=15 April 2010 |access-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915154650/http://www.wieninternational.at/en/node/19728 |archive-date=15 September 2010}}</ref> The highest [[wooden skyscraper]] in the world, "HoHo Wien", was built within 3 years, starting in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/aspern-seestadt/wohnen-arbeiten/holzhochhaus.html |title=Weltweit erstes 24-stöckiges Holzhochhaus in Aspern Seestadt |publisher=City of Vienna |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=26 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526045203/https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/aspern-seestadt/wohnen-arbeiten/holzhochhaus.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In recent years a [[syndicate]] housing movement has established itself in Vienna, [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], and [[Innsbruck]].<ref>{{cite book | editor1= M. Reza Shirazi | editor2= Ramin Keivani |title=Urban Social Sustainability: Theory, Policy and Practice |publisher= Taylor & Francis |year=2019 |page= |isbn= 9781351631525 }}</ref>

In 2011 74.3% of Viennese households were connected with broadband, 79% were in possession of a computer. According to the broadband strategy of the city, full broadband coverage will be reached by 2020.<ref name="Vienna City Administration Municipal Department 23 Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistic-2015"/><ref name="KMU Forschung Austria and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft-2007"/>
[[File:Wien Hbf 2023 07.jpg|thumb|The Hauptbahnhof ]]

=== Vienna Central Station ===
The new Vienna Central Station (''Hauptbahnhof'') was opened in October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/wien-hauptbahnhof-officially-inaugurated.html |title=Wien Hauptbahnhof officially inaugurated |last=UK |first=DVV Media |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120150649/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/infrastructure/single-view/view/wien-hauptbahnhof-officially-inaugurated.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction began in June 2007 and was due to last until December 2015. The station is served by 1,100 trains with 145,000 passengers. There is a shopping center with approximately 90 shops and restaurants.
In the vicinity of the station a new district is emerging with {{cvt|550000|m²|-3}} office space and 5,000 apartments until 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/english/transportation-urbanplanning/central-station.html |title=Central Station |publisher=City of Vienna |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827232335/http://www.wien.gv.at/english/transportation-urbanplanning/central-station.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/2000006691407/Der-Wiener-Hauptbahnhof-ist-eroeffnet-zumindest-offiziell |title=Der Wiener Hauptbahnhof ist eröffnet, zumindest offiziell |publisher=[[Der Standard]] |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=5 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805043718/http://derstandard.at/2000006691407/Der-Wiener-Hauptbahnhof-ist-eroeffnet-zumindest-offiziell |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oebb-immobilien.at/de/Presse/Publikationen/Projektentwicklungsfolder/2014_08_Projekt_Hauptbahnhof.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924054859/http://www.oebb-immobilien.at/de/Presse/Publikationen/Projektentwicklungsfolder/2014_08_Projekt_Hauptbahnhof.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Moving Vienna Main Railway Station |publisher=ÖBB |access-date=28 August 2015}}</ref>

===Smart City Wien===
The mayor of Vienna announced the ''Smart City Wien'' initiative in March 2011 after the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund decided to fund a project under the same heading. The Vienna city administration engaged with a broad range of stakeholders and published the ''Smart City Wien action plan''.<ref>{{cite book | editor1= Andrew McMeekin | editor2= Frank Boons |title=Handbook of Sustainable Innovation |publisher= Edward Elgar Publishing |year=2019 |page=276 |isbn=9781788112574 }}</ref>
[[File:Seestadt juli15.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Seestadt Aspern]]

====Seestadt Aspern====
''[[Seestadt Aspern]]'' in Vienna's [[Donaustadt]] district is one of the largest urban expansion projects of Europe. A 5 hectare artificial lake, offices, apartments and a subway station within walking distance are supposed to attract 20,000 new citizens when construction is completed in 2028.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/aspern-seestadt/projekt/index.html |title=Das Projekt – aspern Seestadt |publisher=City of Vienna |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073236/https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtentwicklung/projekte/aspern-seestadt/projekt/index.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2709761/ |title=Seestadt Aspern: "Täglich etwas Neues" |date=9 May 2015 |publisher=ORF |access-date=21 August 2015 |archive-date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727005813/http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2709761/ |url-status=live }}</ref>