East.West RURBANITY — Towards a Sustainable Future for Rural and Urban Settlements. A Gift from the Past for the Future: Cultural Heritage as a Source for Future ScenariosUte Wallenböck und and David Emminger

ASIEN – Nr. 140 (2016) pp. 133–34

Vienna, Palais Ferstl, May 23, 2016

Oikodrom – The Vienna Institute for Urban Sustainability was the convener of the “East.West Rurbanity” conference. Based on their long term research activities in the European Union project SUCCESS, this conference was organized in cooperation with their Chinese partners Zhengzhou Culture Heritage Bureau, Institute of sustainable towns and villages, Zhengzhou University, and Henan ZXYZ Design Co. Ltd. as well as Dengfeng Culture Heritage Bureau, Xingyang Culture Heritage Bureau, and Minquan Village Community. This was furthermore the starting point of a program on East/West Rurbanity, a program which provides the opportunity for researchers from various academic backgrounds to deepen their previously gained knowledge and experiences about sustainable settlements from research to implementation — which included case studies in Austria (Vienna, Tulln and Hartberg) from May 24 until May 28, 2016. However, target of this conference was, besides presenting on-going and finalized projects on rural and urban settlements in Austria and China, discussing recommendations for new ideas on tangible and intangible cultural heritage as a source for future urban development.