#7 Cities and Urban Land Use

                                                       Urban Land Use in Salzburg

Salzburg is one of the major cities in Austria and it is a cultural center that is often visited by tourists.
The buildings in the center of the city are located  close to each other because of the limited amount of space. The urban landscape in the center cannot be modified much because it's a historical site and the government of Austria wants to preserve it.



Many apartments in the center are expensive because of the proximity to services and because they are historical. The newer buildings are located outside the old town, for example near the train station. The apartments near the train station are much smaller to acommodate space and cheaper because they are in more noisy and less attractive part of the town.

older apartments in the center

cheaper and newer apartments outside historical center

Most of services are located in the center and many extra services are created because of the tourists. The old town has mostly services related to entertainment, such as Landes Theater and shops but there are also banks, police, post offices, and other essential services.

one of the service- Landes Theater

The farther away from the old town, the more space for buildings there is. There are also newer buildings and houses, instead of apartments, become more common. Because Austria is more developed country, it has many services outside the center of the city, even in small villages (ex. supermarkets, post offices, banks, fire service).

fire service in agricultural area

other example of service outside the center

Moosstrasse is a street located near the center of city but at the same time, more on the rural area. There are mainly one-family houses and farmlands. The land is there expensive because of proximity to town and also because the city government wants to preserve green, agricultural area. That's why the houses are located along the street. Behind the houses the landscape is used for agricultural purposes.

One of the houses on Moosstrasse

fields along Mossstrasse

The farther away from the center of the city, the more businesses and industries are located. There is more space and the land is used for big companies, for example car dealers, building companies, fashion design business, and also dairy industires (Salzburgerland). The small apartments outside the center of the town are cheaper but the old, family houses are still expensive because of their sizes, they are historical-passed from one family to another, and the land is attractive and expensive.

car dealer

building companies

fashion industry

People living in Salzburg urban area have a possibility to move with buses and electric buses. From the main train station, goes also Lokalbahn wich enables people to travel to nearby villages that are still considered a part of Salzburg city. Near main stations there are parking places so that people can leave their cars and travel by train to the city center which is faster and easier.

Lokalbahn

parking place near Lokalbahn

               

railways for transportation of products and for public transportation

Outside the center, the roads are wider and there are highways used for, for example, transportation. The city and its suburban areas and villages are all connected through roads, highways and public transportation such as local trains and buses.

Also, the farther from the center, the more green areas there are. Thr city government creates hiking and biking ways, for example along the river Salzach. Green areas are preserved and the land is used for agriculture.

transportation of products

biking and hiking road

agricultural landscape

#6 Industrialization and Economic Development

                                               NGOs and Community Development 

Sister cities are cities that are twined with each other and form a partnership. Nowadays, more than 2000 cities and states are partnered in 136 countries around the world. These partnerships promote economic development, cultural tolerance, and global cooperation. They help especially the poorer or less developed cities in improving their economies and introducing new projects and technologies.

Before creating a plan for town Teniente Morales in Paraguay, I would need to know mostly about the economic situation of inhabitants and what kinds of jobs they have. Also, The other important things I would need to know is how far away they live from clear water, what kinds of work they have and if most of them are farmers, are they mainly sustainable.

To help this community I would mostly focus on education. A small library with textbooks would provide more opportunities to people and their futures. People who don't have access to education could use these books so that they could can attain a better quality of life and escape the poverty. Many schools in lower developed countries lack a lot of books and this supply of books could solve the problem especially when libraries are located in major cities than in small villages.

With 25, 000 dollars I would transform one of the buildings in villages into a small library.
I would buy four bookshelves, each for $400, so the total cost would be $1600. The information desk for the worker would cost $2500  and the rest I would invest in books. The rest of money, $20 900 I would spend on the books and for resupplying them. The books would be on many different topics ranging from primary education to further education. Some of them would teach children writing and maths, the others would be about medicine, economy, and any other field people would want to study. These books could be borrowed any time and then they would be returned so that other people can use them. There would be one worker in the library either coming from the village or changing workers coming from other countries. They could be volunteers or NGO would pay some money for the work.

This project would give a lot of opportunities for people to learn and help them to get other professions than farming. They would also help the local school in teaching the children. With this access to education, people could develop further projects and be inspired to help their community in reducing the poverty.

Later, the foundation could be made in Salzburg to collect money for new books and eventually for a bigger building for library. The money would be collected in Salzburg and for this money books would be bought and sent to Teniente Morales and materials for building a library would be bought locally.

#5 EU Regulations for Dairy Production

                                     Regulations Placed on Milk Production in Austria



Austria is a big producer of dairy products. Around 32 850 Austrian farmers produce high quality milk products. The milk and dairy production help to conserve the natural landscape. Without cows, the preservation of grass in Alpine regions wouldn't be possible. A lot of milk is organic and in 2014 the quantity of milk produced reached 3.5 million tones.

The dairy policy of Europe is developing and encouraging the producers to be more market-orientated since 1960s. It helps to create stable market conditions in EU for dairy producers. It operates in 3 areas: using trade, making direct payments to farmers, and internal market supports.
EU keeps relatively high tariffs on dairy products to sustain the market price.

There is a variety of systems concerned in milk marketing. Some of the farmers sell their milk to dairy processors but in Austria many direct their milk to consumers, as well.
The milk quota system was developed in Europe, in 1984 and it set a limit on the amount of milk produced per year. If the farmer produces more milk than allowed, he/she gets financial penalty.

The prices of milk are based on few factors, such as: world dairy product prices, supply and demand in EU, the fluxion of currency exchange, quality requirements and demand for certain products, support for dairy market and farmers, and the competition within food chain.

Among the main producers of milk products in Austria are: Alma and SalzburgerLand located in the Salzburg area:

Cows in Austria contribute to the natural landscape and grass preservation. They graze on the fields and eat grass. The cow manure helps the grass to grow and is also used for fertilizing the land. During summer, the cows are on the mountain regions and in fall the are herded back to mountain valleys. This event and their safe home coming is celebrated in Tirol regions and is called the Cattle Drives.

Folk Festival- Cattle Drives, celebrating safe home-coming of Austrian cows

Normally, cows are milked around twice a day. The milking machines are used that can milk many cows at the same time.  It's called the Automatic Milking System (AMS).  The use of this system is increasing and can be evaluated for its effect on cow welfare.
The milk can be directly sold to customers. Around the place I live there are milk automats in which you can buy fresh milk directly from cows. It is usually transported to the producers such as SalzburgerLand. Some produce their own dairy products such as cheese and butter.
The average price for milk is 1 euro.

cows grazing on the fields during summer

#4 Political Geography of Salzburg - Internet research

                                            Political Geography of Austria and Salzburg


People settled Austria since pre historic times. In 14 BC the Romans invaded the area creating the cities that exist today: Vindobona (Vienna), Juvavum (Salzburg), Valdidena (Innsbruck), and Brigantum (Vienna). Later, after the Roman Empire fell,  Austria became a part of Charlamagne's empire until it joined the Holy Roman Empire in 10th century. The political geography of Salzburg and Austria also changed significantly throughout the last 100 years. Some of the most important moments and changes of Austria are the changes in the borders, type of government, and occupation.

During the WWI, Austria-Hungary allied with Germany, Italy, and Turkey and these countries were known as Central Powers. In 1918, the Central Powers were defeated and Austria-Hungary disintegrated. It was reduced and it covered its German speaking parts.The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the Treaty of Trianon established the new borders of Austria and Hungary. Austria also wasn't allowed to form any deals or alliances with Germany without the control of League of Nations. It established itself as federal republic.

source: Wikipedia, Austria-Hungary and the territory after dissolution

In 1938, on March 12, Hitler announced Anschluss. Anschluss is a union of Austria with Germany – the smaller country became a part of greater German territory. Some sources, however, consider it not a union but annexation. When Hitler rose to power, Austria was less eager to join Germany but Hitler dreamt of this union because he originally came from Austria. The government of the smaller country was pressured for this union, even though Hitler promised its sovereignty. Finally, the rise of Nazi party in Austria and nazi officials appointed to government, helped him to establish the Anschluss. He gained 99.7 percent of approval. Many people were afraid to vote "no" because they could easily be discovered. The Nazi occupation of Austria marked the oppression of Jews and their emigration. Many Jews wanted to pay anything in order to leave the country and the Nazis took advantage of it. They took their valuables and money offering them freedom to leave. Austria gave the Nazis a good position and advantage during the WWII. Soon, Hitler started the occupation of Czechoslovakia which was the neighbor of Austria.

source: http://gooring.tripod.com/goo19.html, Map representing Anschluss- Austria in union with Germany

Post World War II Allied Zoning of Austria lasted 10 years, from 1945 to 1955. At the beginning, Austria was considered a part of German state but later it was decided by the Allied Powers that the country was the first victim of Nazis (because of Anschluss) during the WWII. Austria, just like Germany, was divided into four occupation zones controlled by the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France. Vienna was divided but its center was controlled evenly by the council of Allied Powers. The occupation forces in Vienna changed every month.

The Soviet Army that came to control Austria, at the beginning, earned a reputation of violent due to its assaults. According to Austrian police records, there was a lot of criminality and many soldiers were often drunk. At that time, the Soviet governors restricted the size of Austrian police. The Soviets also assumed control of oil in their zone of occupation.

On July 1945, the Allied Powers decided on the occupation borders. Voralrberg and North Tyrol were occupied by French; Salzburg and Upper Austria were assigned to the USA; East Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria were assigned to British; and Burgenland, Lower Austria, and Muhlviertel to the Soviet zone. 

source: http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont_USFA.htm, The map shows four occupation zones in Austria during 10 years

In 1955, at the end of occupation, Austria declared permanent neutrality. On 15 May the Austrian State Treaty was signed, giving the freedom to the country, freeing it from the occupying troops. The permanent neutrality became a part of the constitution. 

Today, Austria has a federal government and it's composed of the Chancellor-leader of the government, Vice-Chancellor, ministers, and president with government forming executive branch. Since Austria is a federal republic, it's made up of nine states (on the map). Each state elects legislature, state government, and governor. Elections are held once every five years. 

The citizen living in Salzburg on Moosstrasse would live in Salzburg state. He or she would be entitled to human rights, such as rights of the workers to form labor unions and he or she would have a possibility to participate in elections (from the age of 16). Also, from the age of 18 he or she could stand at elections (except for president who has to be 35 years old or older).

source: http://www.kidsnet.at/llaender/austria.htm, States of Austria