Urban Diversity « metropop

Mapping two faces of the 2015 Vienna elections

Vienna’s electorate had to cast its vote twice at the 2015 elections, for the city council as well as for the city’s 23 district councils.

12.10.2015 Read more »

elections, maps, urban, Vienna

The citizenship dilemma

Strict citizenship laws are weakening democratic participation, especially in cities that are hubs of international migration – such as Vienna.

9.10.2015 Read more »

Austria, electorate, migration, nationality, population, Vienna

Vienna’s electorate gap – district by district

Vienna has a democratic deficit. Already, 25% of the voting-age population is excluded from participating in citywide and national elections.

20.9.2015 Read more »

age groups, electorate, migration, nationality, population, Vienna

Vienna electorate poster

Infographic illustrating Vienna’s electorate gap.

20.9.2015 Read more »

age groups, electorate, migration, nationality, Vienna, visualisation

Vienna electorate collection

A collection of Metropop contributions dealing with the topic of Vienna’s shrinking electorate.

20.9.2015 Read more »

age groups, electorate, nationality, population, Vienna, visualisation

Urban Storytellers: How 4cities students visualised data-driven narratives of Vienna

Last semester I was teaching a new course that deals with data handling, analysis, communication and visualisation to students in urban studies – and apparently it was great.

11.10.2014 Read more »

4cities, bicycling, buildings, data, demography, teaching, urban, Vienna, visualisation

The changing religious landscape of Vienna

Increasing secularisation and international migration diversified the religious landscape.

23.6.2014 Read more »

data, population, religion, urban, Vienna, visualisation

The fabulous story of the rural share of Austria’s population

There are simpler things than distinguishing urban and rural populations, but Austria’s new government programme got it completely wrong.

26.1.2014 Read more »

Austria, population, urban