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Platform for the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme of UN-HABITAT and the City of Vienna
Development Plan for Agricultural Structures
Best Practice UN-HABITAT 2004
Lead idea
In Vienna, 17% of the city surface is composed of agricultural areas, mostly gardens, vineyards and fields of grain, 898 farms, family-run operations for the most part. It is part of the Vienna Green belt, but to date it has not been safeguarded by any separate development plan
Starting Position
"Urban” agriculture has problems of a very specific nature. In the course of urban development, agricultural areas are confronted with construction, and the objective of nature conservation and recovery must be reconciled with farming. Furthermore, EU expansion and WTO negotiations create strong economic pressure.
Methods
In 2000, the Ministry for Science and the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of Vienna commissioned a study with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute: “Options for the Development of Agriculture and Gardening in Vienna”. This study submits a proposal for an agricultural development plan. It was intended to help locate agricultural areas in Vienna and protect them for 10 years within a framework plan worked out by Vienna's Chamber of Agriculture and the competent departments of the City of Vienna.
Platform for the Best Practices and Local Leadership Programme of UN-HABITAT and the City of Vienna
Development Plan for Agricultural StructuresBest Practice UN-HABITAT 2004
Lead idea
In Vienna, 17% of the city surface is composed of agricultural areas, mostly gardens, vineyards and fields of grain, 898 farms, family-run operations for the most part. It is part of the Vienna Green belt, but to date it has not been safeguarded by any separate development plan
Starting Position
"Urban” agriculture has problems of a very specific nature. In the course of urban development, agricultural areas are confronted with construction, and the objective of nature conservation and recovery must be reconciled with farming. Furthermore, EU expansion and WTO negotiations create strong economic pressure.
Methods
In 2000, the Ministry for Science and the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of Vienna commissioned a study with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute: “Options for the Development of Agriculture and Gardening in Vienna”. This study submits a proposal for an agricultural development plan. It was intended to help locate agricultural areas in Vienna and protect them for 10 years within a framework plan worked out by Vienna's Chamber of Agriculture and the competent departments of the City of Vienna.
According to this plan, areas with priority status were initially mapped out (7,200 hectares) and then six types were defined by means of questionnaires. The current status, use, and necessary planning phases were identified for those six types. Problem zones were dealt with separately.
The agricultural structure development plan describes land which is farmable over a period of several years and reconciles the data with the programme to protect Vienna's green belt, thus providing farmers with some guidelines to orient their long-term investments. The plan also addresses the special situation of Vienna's agriculture, e.g., spatial proximity to consumers and the size of the market in the city open up special sales opportunities (wholesale buyers such as schools and hospitals, etc.) and special forms of farm organisation (e.g., in combination with showcase farms, “do-it-yourself harvesting” areas, etc.).
Experiences
Many holdings are participating in the Austrian agro-environmental programme (OEPUL) or the EU programme of Council Regulation 2092/91, the directives regarding the quality of agricultural products and farming methods (e.g., optimised use of fertilizer, crop rotation, conservation of resources, etc.). Vintners are also participating in the “integrated winemaking” programme. The number of farms switching over to organic methods (now 18) is rising steadily.
The function of AgSTEP is above all to provide a basis for decision-making. Both the City and its farmers can act efficiently only if they can count on the constancy of certain structures. AgSTEP is intended to identify agriculture areas as opposed to other forms of land allocation. It also takes into account the preservation of existing patterns of settlement and the sustainability of use.
Transfer Potential
The project is still quite new and specific to Vienna. Vienna is working with other cities in developing agricultural models, but there have not been any concrete results yet.
Contact
City of Vienna
Magistratsabteilung 22
Umweltschutz
The agricultural structure development plan describes land which is farmable over a period of several years and reconciles the data with the programme to protect Vienna's green belt, thus providing farmers with some guidelines to orient their long-term investments. The plan also addresses the special situation of Vienna's agriculture, e.g., spatial proximity to consumers and the size of the market in the city open up special sales opportunities (wholesale buyers such as schools and hospitals, etc.) and special forms of farm organisation (e.g., in combination with showcase farms, “do-it-yourself harvesting” areas, etc.).
Experiences
Many holdings are participating in the Austrian agro-environmental programme (OEPUL) or the EU programme of Council Regulation 2092/91, the directives regarding the quality of agricultural products and farming methods (e.g., optimised use of fertilizer, crop rotation, conservation of resources, etc.). Vintners are also participating in the “integrated winemaking” programme. The number of farms switching over to organic methods (now 18) is rising steadily.
The function of AgSTEP is above all to provide a basis for decision-making. Both the City and its farmers can act efficiently only if they can count on the constancy of certain structures. AgSTEP is intended to identify agriculture areas as opposed to other forms of land allocation. It also takes into account the preservation of existing patterns of settlement and the sustainability of use.
Transfer Potential
The project is still quite new and specific to Vienna. Vienna is working with other cities in developing agricultural models, but there have not been any concrete results yet.
Contact
City of Vienna
Magistratsabteilung 22
Umweltschutz
Bruno Domany
Dresdner Straße 45
1200 Vienna / Austria
Phone:
+43 1 4000 73440
Fax: +43 1 4000 7222
E-Mail: post@ma22.wien.gv.at
Dresdner Straße 45
1200 Vienna / Austria
Phone:
+43 1 4000 73440
Fax: +43 1 4000 7222
E-Mail: post@ma22.wien.gv.at
Partners
Vienna Agricultural Chamber
Vienna Environmenal Ombuds-Office
Vienna City Administration, Municipal Department 49, Forestry and Agriculture
Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute For Organic Farming and Applied Ecology
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Vienna Agricultural Chamber
Vienna Environmenal Ombuds-Office
Vienna City Administration, Municipal Department 49, Forestry and Agriculture
Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute For Organic Farming and Applied Ecology
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