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The reduction of poverty is at the heart of the development agenda both nationally and globally. This is reflected in the Philippine Development Plan, and the worldwide commitment toward the Sustainable Development Goals. While the measurement of poverty is ex post and thus public interventions are directed at helping those who have been identified as poor, the government must broaden the scope of assessments and take account of the dynamics in poverty in public policy. A critical dimension to poverty dynamics is vulnerability which conceptually pertains to the risk to future poverty. Some of the poor are likely to be poor in the future; some non-poor may also become poor if idiosyncratic and covariate risks to future poverty are not addressed. Thus, risk resilience management strategies are critical. This study continued previous work that involves estimating the vulnerability level of households to income poverty using a modified probit model based on income and other poverty correlates data sourced from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey, as well as the country's official poverty lines. Past model specifications are improved on by including data on price and climate shocks to welfare, as well as generating the assessment for urban areas alone and for rural areas alone before combining the cross-section results, rather than using a common specification nationally as was done previously. The vulnerability assessment in this study provide inputs to forward-looking interventions that build the resilience of households for preventing or reducing the likelihood of future poverty. The study makes a case for the need to make use of both poverty and vulnerability estimates in programs, and come up with differentiated actions for those highly vulnerable and relatively vulnerable.

Since the end of the 1980s Indonesia's property business has been growing rapidly, especially in Jakarta. The growth has transformed green open space gradually to commercial uses. Along with that, there has also been a social shift in Jakarta and its satellite cities. Citizen maximizes their earnings from working at the office and trading in order to maintain (and upgrade) their welfare. As a result, their leisure time (including enjoying the park) worn off. Taman Spot Budaya Dukuh Atas (TDA) has been a Jakarta provincial government's solution to such issues, i.e decreasing number of parks and open spaces, and the limited time available to enjoy them. A review in user appreciation, adaptation to current and upcoming trends, and its compatibility as public space and third space will be a benchmark for modern public space development. This study applies a qualitative research approach with a case study method. TDA proves to be one of the people's option to hang out at public space, especially in a crowded city district. TDA also fulfilled public space, third space, and Jakarta government's goals. But better maintenance and improvement are needed to ensure its sustainability. The concept of public space that can be enjoyed in a short time are expected to be replicated to several other crowd points in Jakarta and other major cities in the future. Keywords: Dukuh Atas; green open space; user appreciation; modern public space AbstrakSejak akhir 1980-an bisnis properti berkembang pesat di Indonesia, khususnya di Jakarta. Perkembangan ini mengkonversi lahan-lahan terbuka hijau menjadi lahan dengan fungsi komersil. Seiring perkembangan tersebut, terjadi pula pergeseran sosial di Jakarta dan di kota-kota penyangganya. Masyarakat memaksimalkan perolehannya dari bekerja di kantor atau berdagang demi menjaga (dan meningkatkan) kesejahteraannya. Akibatnya, waktu luang untuk rekreasi (termasuk menikmati taman) menjadi berkurang. Taman Spot Budaya Dukuh Atas (TDA) adalah salah satu solusi Pemda DKI Jakarta dalam memberikan fasilitas ruang terbuka, sekaligus melayani kategori warga kota tersebut. Peninjauan apresiasi pengguna, adaptasi dengan kecenderungan yang ada, dan kesesuaiannya sebagai ruang publik serta ruang ketiga menjadi tolok ukur bagi alternatif pengembangan ruang publik modern. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif, dengan metode studi kasus. TDA dapat menjadi pilihan masyarakat untuk menikmati ruang publik, khususnya di pusat kota. TDA sendiri sudah memenuhi kriteria sebagai ruang publik dan ruang ketiga, serta sudah sesuai dengan tujuan awal Pemda DKI. Namun diperlukan pemeliharaan dan pengembangan dari pengelola taman yang lebih baik, agar ruang publik dapat berkelanjutan. Konsep penyediaan ruang publik yang dapat dinikmati secara singkat ini diharapkan dapat direplikasi di beberapa titik keramaian di Jakarta dan kota besar lainnya ke depan.

The process whereby digital technologies are integrated to everyday functions of the lives of citizens is commonly referred to as digitalization. While the benefits of utilization of technology are undeniable and manifold, digitalization also causes inequality in society. Digital divide is the academic concept that originally referred to the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not, but nowadays it is understood as a wider phenomenon that encompasses various inequalities brought about by digitalization. Nordic countries are at the forefront in taking advantage of new technological opportunities, but also for these welfare states digital divide is a concern and governments have recently assumed responsibility for mitigating it. Given that the problem is not new and there is an established group of actors in each country that already have been helping citizens with digitalization related issues, a question worth asking is whether governmental actors that have been assigned with the task of coordinating these efforts have gained legitimacy in their role. This thesis seeks to answer this question for Finland, Denmark and Sweden and compare outcomes in these three countries. Theoretically the research revolves around the concepts of organizational legitimacy and policy framing. Legitimacy is understood through the concepts of pragmatic legitimacy and the process of democratic legitimation, which is seen to consist of input, output and throughput legitimacy. Policy framing is understood as a relationship between a policymaker and the grassroot level operators, whereby the official policy documentation represents the frames in communication and the perceptions of the grassroot level informants' frames in thought. The thesis discusses legitimacy of central agencies in coordinating the digital divide mitigation efforts according to comparative public administration (CPA) tradition. The research is qualitative in nature and utilizes both primary and secondary data. Digitalization strategies of the three countries are analyzed with theory-driven content analysis to determine how the issue of digital divide is framed in the policies. Moreover, experts from the grassroot level of digital divide mitigation were interviewed to determine whether their perception of the issue matches the policymaker's interpretation. Additionally, the experts evaluated the central agencies in terms of the determinants of democratic legitimation and pragmatic legitimacy. The findings from this study show that framing of digital divide varies from country to another, but not significantly. There were also slight differences between frames in communication and frames in thought within each country, but the mismatch was not regarded drastic enough to have an effect on the legitimacy. It was found that the digital divide mitigation systems are quite similar in the three countries in terms of actor composition on the grassroot level, but more divergence was observed on higher levels of hierarchy. In all three countries the grassroot level activities are arranged in form of a network: in Finland and Denmark, the coordination role has been assigned to the central digital agencies, while in Sweden the responsibility is dispersed and the network operates on democratic principles. The two agencies that have the coordinating role had some divergence in their legitimacies. The Finnish agency was seen to have higher level of pragmatic legitimacy and it was concluded that an elaborate network structure, involving stakeholders in policy process and efficient communication have favorable effect on legitimacy. Moreover, it was found that on the Swedish grassroot level there is a high demand for governmental coordination and the national digital agency is perceived as an adept authority for the role. It can thus be concluded that the central digital agency is suitable organization to coordinate digital divide mitigation efforts.

Changing the world order, integration processes and state-building affect not only the nature of states, but also its purpose, tasks and functions, which are usually fixed by states in constitutions or other laws. The purpose of this article is to clarify the relationship between the functions of the modern state of Ukraine with its constitutional model by: clarifying the nature of the modern state of Ukraine, its purpose, tasks and functions that correspond to the modern rule of law in a transformational environment. The modern state of Ukraine dates back to 1991 and functions to this day. It is a social public institution that ensures the integrity, management and development of society in the process of implementing its functions. The model of development of the modern state of Ukraine as a democratic, legal, social state is fixed in the Constitution of Ukraine and determines the purpose of its functioning - ensuring the integrity, functioning and development of society. Goals and objectives are closely interrelated. The purpose of the modern state of Ukraine is decisive for the tasks, determines their range for the state - the task of ensuring the integrity of society; tasks for the management of society; tasks for the development of society, as well as tasks that guarantee the interaction of the modern state of Ukraine with other social actors. Such issues need to be addressed in the process of implementing the functions of the modern state of Ukraine - the most appropriate amount of state activity to address them. The functions of the modern state of Ukraine as well as the tasks are aimed at achieving its goal of integrity, governance, development of society. The scope and limits of such activities are determined by the content of each of these tasks. This construction reflects the relationship and interrelation between the model of the modern state of Ukraine and its functions. Adaptation of functions to changes in the modern state is their necessary property, which allows to exercise a regulatory influence on the most important spheres of public life. ; Зміна світопорядку, інтеграційні процеси й державотворення впливає не лише на природу держав, але й на її мету, завдання та функції, які зазвичай фіксуються державами у конституціях чи інших законах. Метою цієї статті є з'ясування співвідношення функцій сучасної держави Україна з її конституційною моделлю шляхом: уточнення природи сучасної держави Україна, її мети завдань та функцій, які відповідають сучасній правовій державі в трансформаційних умовах. Сучасна держава Україна бере свій початок від 1991 року і функціонує до нині. Це соціальна публічна інституція, яка забезпечує цілісність, управління та розвиток суспільства в процесі реалізації своїх функцій. Модель розвитку сучасної держави Україна як демократичної, правової, соціальної держави зафіксована в Конституції України та визначає мету її функціонування – забезпечення цілісності, функціонування та розвитку суспільства. Мета і завдання тісно взаємопов'язані між собою. Мета сучасної держави Україна є визначальною для завдань, зумовлює їх коло для держави – завдання щодо забезпечення цілісності суспільства; завдання щодо управління справами суспільства; завдання щодо розвитку суспільства, а також завдання, які гарантують взаємодію сучасної держави Україна з іншими соціальними суб'єктами. Такі питання потребують розв'язання в процесі реалізації функцій сучасної держави Україна – найбільш доцільний обсяг діяльності держави щодо їх розв'язання. Функції сучасної держави Україна як і завдання спрямовані на досягнення її мети щодо цілісності, управління, розвитку суспільства. Обсяг та межі такої діяльності обумовлені змістом кожного із цих завдань. Така конструкція відображає співвідношення та взаємозв'язок між моделлю сучасної держави Україна та її функціями. Адаптація функцій до змін у сучасній державі є їх необхідною властивістю, яка дозволяє здійснювати регулюючий вплив на найважливіші сфери суспільного життя.

Changing the world order, integration processes and state-building affect not only the nature of states, but also its purpose, tasks and functions, which are usually fixed by states in constitutions or other laws. The purpose of this article is to clarify the relationship between the functions of the modern state of Ukraine with its constitutional model by: clarifying the nature of the modern state of Ukraine, its purpose, tasks and functions that correspond to the modern rule of law in a transformational environment. The modern state of Ukraine dates back to 1991 and functions to this day. It is a social public institution that ensures the integrity, management and development of society in the process of implementing its functions. The model of development of the modern state of Ukraine as a democratic, legal, social state is fixed in the Constitution of Ukraine and determines the purpose of its functioning - ensuring the integrity, functioning and development of society. Goals and objectives are closely interrelated. The purpose of the modern state of Ukraine is decisive for the tasks, determines their range for the state - the task of ensuring the integrity of society; tasks for the management of society; tasks for the development of society, as well as tasks that guarantee the interaction of the modern state of Ukraine with other social actors. Such issues need to be addressed in the process of implementing the functions of the modern state of Ukraine - the most appropriate amount of state activity to address them. The functions of the modern state of Ukraine as well as the tasks are aimed at achieving its goal of integrity, governance, development of society. The scope and limits of such activities are determined by the content of each of these tasks. This construction reflects the relationship and interrelation between the model of the modern state of Ukraine and its functions. Adaptation of functions to changes in the modern state is their necessary property, which allows to exercise a regulatory influence on the most important spheres of public life. ; Зміна світопорядку, інтеграційні процеси й державотворення впливає не лише на природу держав, але й на її мету, завдання та функції, які зазвичай фіксуються державами у конституціях чи інших законах. Метою цієї статті є з'ясування співвідношення функцій сучасної держави Україна з її конституційною моделлю шляхом: уточнення природи сучасної держави Україна, її мети завдань та функцій, які відповідають сучасній правовій державі в трансформаційних умовах. Сучасна держава Україна бере свій початок від 1991 року і функціонує до нині. Це соціальна публічна інституція, яка забезпечує цілісність, управління та розвиток суспільства в процесі реалізації своїх функцій. Модель розвитку сучасної держави Україна як демократичної, правової, соціальної держави зафіксована в Конституції України та визначає мету її функціонування – забезпечення цілісності, функціонування та розвитку суспільства. Мета і завдання тісно взаємопов'язані між собою. Мета сучасної держави Україна є визначальною для завдань, зумовлює їх коло для держави – завдання щодо забезпечення цілісності суспільства; завдання щодо управління справами суспільства; завдання щодо розвитку суспільства, а також завдання, які гарантують взаємодію сучасної держави Україна з іншими соціальними суб'єктами. Такі питання потребують розв'язання в процесі реалізації функцій сучасної держави Україна – найбільш доцільний обсяг діяльності держави щодо їх розв'язання. Функції сучасної держави Україна як і завдання спрямовані на досягнення її мети щодо цілісності, управління, розвитку суспільства. Обсяг та межі такої діяльності обумовлені змістом кожного із цих завдань. Така конструкція відображає співвідношення та взаємозв'язок між моделлю сучасної держави Україна та її функціями. Адаптація функцій до змін у сучасній державі є їх необхідною властивістю, яка дозволяє здійснювати регулюючий вплив на найважливіші сфери суспільного життя.

International and domestic non-profits rely heavily on income from community donations and bequests to run their programs and operations. This makes them dependent on the generosity of the individuals within society. In order to effectively operate nonprofits need to be able to predict and monitor future income streams and their overall financial position. Stabilising income streams becomes increasingly difficult in times of economic downturn when non-profits often face the greatest demand. It is necessary for non-profit organisations to understand the underlying motivations and factors that influence community giving. There, however, has been limited research into Australian philanthropy and the factors affecting the Australian philanthropic culture. Research based largely in the United States shows that giving is influenced by demographic factors. Individuals are more likely to give if they have larger incomes, greater wealth and are older. However, the Australian philanthropic culture is quite distinct from the United States culture, due to the perception of the government's greater responsibility for maintaining social welfare and the egalitarian values entrenched in Australian society. This deters public giving, particularly by the wealthy, due to a fear of being perceived as showing off their wealth. The impact of this is particularly pertinent given the large increase in the number of high net worth individuals in Australia over the past decade. This has been largely due to the economic boom beginning in 1995 and continuing until 2007. Three data sources are examined to determine the impact this robust economic growth has had on Australian philanthropy. These sources include the ABS Household Expenditure Survey 2009/10 and 2003/04; ACFID data on income revenue for a number of international development based non-profits; and A TO data on claimed charitable tax deductions over the past decade. The data is broken down in terms of income levels, wealth, geographic region and age in order to determine what factors are likely to influence giving the most. The analysis shows that there has been a steady and significant increase in giving levels over the past decade. This is shown to not only be stemming from the rising incomes but also an increase in generosity by Australians. This increase in generosity, however, is not wide spread with the increase being particularly due to an increase in giving by those in the highest income bracket. Of particular note, individuals' from Western Australia and Queensland, who experienced the strongest effects of the economic boom did not increase their giving levels significantly at all. The analysis confirms much of the findings of earlier research that those on higher incomes, with higher wealth and who are older tend to give the most. This substantial increase in giving indicates a changing philanthropic culture in Australia where high net worth individuals are starting to play a greater role. This demands further attention and research in order to fully reap the benefits of this growth in high net worth individuals and to encourage the development of a robust and generous giving culture in Australia.

Does the protection of children in Germany really fail with »cruel regularity«, as is often claimed in popular debates? How is the German child protection system structured anyhow? And: What are its strong points and what are its weaknesses? This paper critically explores the thesis of »the failure of the system« in child protection and informs about its faults as well as its successes. It explains statistics, includes scandals and takes a stand concerning the current state of the German child protection system. Contradictory to sensational claims that characterize public debates, one thing becomes apparent: Germany does protect its children though there is still room for improvements. Therefore this book provides an urgently needed objectification of a debate that worries our society.

An acceleration index is proposed as a novel indicator to track the dynamics of the COVID-19 in real-time. Using French data on cases and tests for the period following the first lock-down-from May 13, 2020, onwards-our acceleration index shows that the ongoing pandemic resurgence can be dated to begin around July 7. It uncovers that the pandemic acceleration has been stronger than national average for the [59 − 68] and especially the 69 and older age groups since early September, the latter being associated with the strongest acceleration index, as of October 25. In contrast, acceleration among the [19 − 28] age group is the lowest and is about half that of the [69 − 78], as of October 25. In addition, we propose an algorithm to allocate tests among French départements, based on both the acceleration index and the feedback effect of testing. Our acceleration-based allocation differs from the actual distribution over French territories, which is population-based. We argue that both our acceleration index and our allocation algorithm are useful tools to guide public health policies as France enters a second lock-down period with indeterminate duration.

An acceleration index is proposed as a novel indicator to track the dynamics of the COVID-19 in real-time. Using French data on cases and tests for the period following the first lock-down-from May 13, 2020, onwards-our acceleration index shows that the ongoing pandemic resurgence can be dated to begin around July 7. It uncovers that the pandemic acceleration has been stronger than national average for the [59 − 68] and especially the 69 and older age groups since early September, the latter being associated with the strongest acceleration index, as of October 25. In contrast, acceleration among the [19 − 28] age group is the lowest and is about half that of the [69 − 78], as of October 25. In addition, we propose an algorithm to allocate tests among French départements, based on both the acceleration index and the feedback effect of testing. Our acceleration-based allocation differs from the actual distribution over French territories, which is population-based. We argue that both our acceleration index and our allocation algorithm are useful tools to guide public health policies as France enters a second lock-down period with indeterminate duration.

Richard Settersten and Barbara Ray examine the lengthening transition to adulthood over the past several decades, as well as the challenges the new schedule poses for young people, families, and society. The authors begin with a brief history of becoming an adult, noting that the schedule that youth follow to arrive at adulthood changes to meet the social realities of each era. For youth to leave home at an early age during the 1950s, for example, was "normal" because opportunities for work were plentiful and social expectations of the time reinforced the need to do so. But the prosperity that made it possible for young adults of that era to move quickly into adult roles did not last. The economic and employment uncertainties that arose during the 1970s complicated enormously the decisions that young adults had to make about living arrangements, educational investments, and family formation. The authors next take a closer look at changes in the core timing shifts in the new transition—the lengthening time it now takes youth to leave home, complete school, enter the workforce, marry, and have children. They stress that today's new schedule for attaining independence leaves many families overburdened as they support their children for an extended period. The continued need to rely on families for financial assistance, the authors say, exacerbates the plight of young people from a variety of vulnerable backgrounds. It also raises complex questions about who is responsible for the welfare of young people and whether the risks and costs newly associated with the early adult years should be absorbed by markets, by families, or by governments. Settersten and Ray stress that the longer transition to adulthood strains not only families but also the institutions that have traditionally supported young Americans in making that transition—such as residential colleges and universities, community colleges, military service, and national service programs. They emphasize the need to strengthen existing social institutions and create new ones to reflect more accurately the realities of a longer and more complex passage into adult life.

Fred Wulczyn explores how data on the incidence and distribution of child maltreatment shed light on planning and implementing maltreatment prevention programs. He begins by describing and differentiating among the three primary sources of national data on maltreatment.

Wulczyn then points out several important patterns in the data. The first involves child development. Based on official reports, maltreatment rates are highest during certain periods of children's lives, especially infancy and adolescence. Bringing a new baby into the home, in particular, heightens stress and increases the risk of maltreatment by parents, who tend to be younger and less experienced as parents. These data patterns should help shape strategies that target these families.

A second pattern in the data involves social context and the contribution of race and poverty to maltreatment. Children of color, for example, are much more likely than white children to be reported. Research, however, suggests that when the whites and minorities who are being compared live in a similar social context, disparities in maltreatment rates narrow to some extent. What scholars must examine more closely is the means by which community processes contribute to maltreatment. Thus, the question for researchers is not whether investments in communities are an important part of the prevention strategy, but rather what type of investment is most likely to replace what is missing in a given community.

Wulczyn also explores substance abuse and maltreatment recurrence. He points out that substance abuse not only increases the risk that a parent will neglect a child but also appears to affect that child's experience in the child welfare system: when substance abuse is part of an allegation history, decisions affecting the child tilt in favor of deeper involvement with the system. Patterns of recurrence mirror those already described. Base rates of recurrence are about 9 percent but are higher for infants when allegations involve substance abuse and when children received services following the initial report.

Wulczyn stresses that much more research remains before analysts understand the mechanisms that underpin these persistent patterns—knowledge that is essential to designing sound interventions.

Gordon Berlin discusses the nation's long struggle to reduce poverty in families with children, and proposes a counterintuitive solution—rewarding the work of individuals.He notes that policymakers' difficulty in reducing family poverty since 1973 is attributable to two intertwined problems—falling wages among low-skilled workers and the striking increase in children living with a lone parent, usually the mother. As the wages of men with a high school education or less began to decline, their employment rates did likewise. The share of men who could support a family above the poverty line thus began to decline—and with it the willingness of low-income women to marry the fathers of their children. Because the U.S. social welfare system is built around the needs of poor families with children—and largely excludes single adults who are poor (and disproportionately male)-it creates disincentives to work and marry for some families, aggravating these larger trends. Berlin proposes a new policy that would partially overcome the low wages and income of poorly educated males and second earners in two-parent households by using the earned income tax credit (EITC) to supplement the earnings of all low-wage workers aged twenty-one to fifty-four who work full time—regardless of whether they have children or whether they are married. By conditioning the benefit on full-time work and by retaining the existing family-based EITC program while treating EITC payments as individual income rather than as joint income for income tax purposes, the policy would restore equity to the American social compact without distorting incentives to work, marry, and bear children. The largest benefits by far would accrue to two-parent households in which both adults can work full time. Because the policy would carry a large price tag—nearly $30 billion a year when fully implemented—Berlin says that a prudent next step would be to test this strategy rigorously in several states over several years, preferably using a random assignment design.

Steven Barnett and Clive Belfield examine the effects of preschool education on social mobility in the United States. They note that under current policy three- and four-year-old children from economically and educationally disadvantaged families have higher preschool attendance rates than other children. But current programs fail to enroll even half of poor three- and four-year-olds. Hispanics and children of mothers who drop out of school also participate at relatively low rates. The programs also do little to improve learning and development.


The most effective programs, they explain, are intensive interventions such as the model Abecedarian and Perry Preschool programs, which feature highly qualified teachers and small group sizes. State preschool programs with the highest standards rank next, followed by Head Start and the average state program, which produce effects ranging from one-tenth to one-quarter of those of the best programs. Typical child care and family support programs rank last.


Barnett and Belfield point out that preschool programs raise academic skills on average, but do not appear to have notably different effects for different groups of children, and so do not strongly enhance social mobility. In such areas as crime, welfare, and teen parenting, however, preschool seems more able to break links between parental behaviors and child outcomes.


Increased investment in preschool, conclude Barnett and Belfield, could raise social mobility. Program expansions targeted to disadvantaged children would help them move up the ladder, as would a more universal set of policies from which disadvantaged children gained disproportionately. Increasing the educational effectiveness of early childhood programs would provide for greater gains in social mobility than increasing participation rates alone.


The authors observe that if future expansions of preschool programs end up serving all children, not just the poorest, society as a whole would gain. Benefits would exceed costs and there would be more economic growth, but relative gains for disadvantaged children would be smaller than absolute gains because there would be some (smaller) benefits to other children.

In the year 1999 the project of the inventarisation of the historic gardens in Austria, financed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF was finished with the manuscript "Historic Gardens in Austria. Gardens and Parks from the Renaissance to 1930". Since 1984 this project was in charge of the author with some other co-workers at the Technical University of Vienna, Department of Landscape Planning and Garden History. This first Austrian inventory tended to consider public and private gardens, parks and artistically formed landscapes of all nine Austrian states from the Renaissance to about 1930 in a systematic manner. In the years of the inventarisation over 1750 historic gardens and parks were discovered, photographed and described.
For the publication this numerous and mostly unknown quantity of gardens and parks was arranged in typological groups: gardens and parks of ecclesiastic dwelling-houses as monasteries, convents and cloisters, episcopal and provost buildings, parsonages, gardens and parks of profane buildings as castles, chateaus, palaces, manor-houses, country-houses, villas, dwelling-buildings, development houses, farmhouses, mills, factories, public buildings (monumental buildings) of culture (museum, theatre), education (school, university, botanic garden, arboretum), healing and welfare work (hospital, sanatorium, old people´s home, residential home, youth welfare home), administration (office, embassy), catering and hotel industry and tourism ( hotel, inn, restaurant), sport, recreation and leisure ( swimming-bath, shooting-stand, amusement park, leisure centre), public gardens and parks (without any main-building) as green places, village parks, town parks, village woods, town woods, parks of a spa, memorial parks, promenades, green outside staircases.
With the elaboration of the results of the inventarisation, with the consideration of the trade literature, historic maps, plans, views, pictures and other source materials it was possible to present the first documentation of the existing historic gardens and parks in Austria in three volumes, published 2002-2004 (Böhlau Verlag, Wien-Köln-Weimar). This first survey makes known the rich existence of historic garden substance, is available to further scientific research on Austrian garden art and garden culture and affords first informations to protect and preserve this important cultural heritage.

The third volume of the inventarisation of the historic gardens and parks in Austria presents the public and private gardens of the Austrian capital Vienna This first survey makes known the rich existence of historic gardens substance, is available to further scientific research on Austrian garden art and garden culture and affords first informations to protect and preserve this important cultural heritage. - 1999 konnte das vom Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung finanzierte Projekt "Inventarisierung der historischen Gärten Österreichs" mit der Vorlage des Manuskriptes "Historische Gärten Österreichs. Erste Erfassung der Garten- und Parkanlagen von der Renaissance bis um 1930" beendet werden. Seit dem Jahr 1984 wurde dieses Projekt am Institut für Landschaftsplanung und Gartenkunst der Technischen Universität Wien gemeinsam mit Mitarbeitern durch die Verfasserin bearbeitet. Diese erstmals für Österreich durchgeführte Bestandsaufnahme hatte zum Ziel, öffentliche und private Parks, Gärten und künstlerisch gestaltete Landschaftsteile aller österreichischen Bundesländer in einem zeitlichen Entstehungsrahmen von der Renaissance bis gegen 1930 systematisch zu erfassen. Bisher lag eine solche Übersicht der noch erhaltenen Anlagen in Österreich nicht vor; es konnten im Laufe der Bestandsaufnahme vor Ort über 1700 historische Gärten und Parks inventarisiert werden. Der dritte Band umfaßt über vierhundert Anlagen in Wien.
Dieser Gartenbestand wurde für die vorgesehene, dreibändige Veröffentlichung in typologischen Gruppen erschlossen: Gärten und Parks zu kirchlichen Wohnbauten: Stift, Kloster, Bischofshof, Stiftshof, Dechanthof, Propstei, Pfarrhof ; Gärten und Parks zu weltlichen Bauten: Burg, Schloß, Ansitz, Edelsitz, Herrenhaus, Freisitz, Freihof, Sitz, Schlößl, Landsitz, Palast (Palais), Stadtpalais, Gartenpalais, Landhaus, Gutshaus, Villa, Wohnhaus (städtisches Wohnhaus, Mehrfamilienhaus, Einfamilienhaus, Siedlung, Bauernhaus, Mühle, Forsthaus, Fabrik, Werk; öffentliche Bauten (Monumentalbauten): Kultur: Museum, Theater; Bildung: Schule, Universität (Botanischer Garten, Dendrologischer Garten/Arboretum, Lehrgarten, Versuchswirtschaft); Heilung und Fürsorge: Krankenhaus (Spital), Sanatorium (Kuranstalt), Altersheim, Wohnheim, Kinderheim; Verwaltung: Amtsgebäude, Verwaltungsgebäude, Bürogebäude, Botschaft; Gastgewerbe und Fremdenverkehr: Hotel, Gasthof; Sport, Erholung und Freizeit: Bad, Schießstand, Vergnügungspark; öffentliche Gärten und Parks (Anlagen ohne Bindung an ein bauliches "Mutterobjekt"): Anger, Ortsplatz, Stadtplatz, Ortspark, Stadtpark, Ortswald, Stadtwald, Kurpark, Naturpark, Gedenkpark, Promenade, Treppenanlage; sonstige Grünanlagen und Begrünungen (z.B.Gedenkstätte).
Mit der Ausarbeitung der Ergebnisse der Erfassung, mit der Bearbeitung der Primär- und Sekundärliteratur, historischer Karten, Pläne und Ansichten und sonstiger Quellen kann somit die erste Dokumentation des vorhandenen Bestandes an historischen Gärten und Parks in Österreich vorgewiesen werden. Diese flächendeckende Übersicht macht den reichen Bestand an historischer Gartensubstanz bekannt, stellt Grundlagen für die weitere wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit der österreichischen Gartenkunst und Gartenkultur zur Verfügung und bietet Informationen für Maßnahmen zur Sicherung und Erhaltung dieses wichtigen kulturellen Erbes.

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