Water-City-Vienna. A changing metropolis

A synthesis of a variety of research projects dealing with Vienna and its waters will show the changes of the Danube riverine landscapes and of urban tributaries, accounting for the varying roles and functions of water and rivers for the Viennese society. The long-term perspective of several centuries will help to highlight the large scale transformations of water, rivers and the city and trace existing interactions. An environmental history perspective will allow to investigate relations between river dynamic, risk, floods and flood protection practices or to understand their legacies in present landscapes. The project will further analyse and integrate knowledge on water supply and water uses from a spatial perspective using Geographical Information Systems. River engineers, water supply commissions, city planers, fishermen, millers and their pratices and arrangements will be taken into account as major actors.