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Smart City Wien Framework Strategy
Austria · Vienna · See the Austria profile
Vienna's long-term, legally-binding smart-city strategy (first 2011, updated 2019/2022) aligning resource conservation, quality of life and social inclusion with annual monitoring.
-50% by 2030; -100% by 2040
Per-capita transport CO2 reduction target
Repeatedly ranked #1
Global liveability ranking
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- City of Vienna
- Period
- 2011–present
- Keywords
- Strategy, sustainability, digitalisation
Context
The Smart City Wien Framework Strategy, first launched in 2011 and adopted by Vienna's City Council in 2014, is the legally-binding basis for the city's long-term development. It unites three headline goals - radical conservation of resources, high quality of life, and social inclusion - using innovation and digitalisation as key instruments.
Objectives
The 2019 revision added 'digitalisation' and 'participation' as thematic fields and aligned the strategy with the UN 2030 Agenda; carbon neutrality by 2040 has since been enshrined in the city government agreement.
Results
Targets include cutting per-capita transport CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and 100% by 2040, with progress tracked through a public monitoring framework. Vienna has been repeatedly ranked the world's most liveable city by Mercer and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Conclusions
The strategy is presented as a durable, measurable governance frame that keeps social inclusion central to the smart-city agenda, and is described as a widely-referenced model for other cities.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-17
- City of Vienna — accessed 2026-06-17
- Framework Strategy monitoring — accessed 2026-06-17
- What made Vienna a Smart City — accessed 2026-06-17
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