Werfen Municipality, Austria Pongau-Region The municipality of Werfen is a typical historic village and market place in an Alpine valley (Salzach river valley) in the province of Salzburg. The municipality relies partially on its metal-industry tradition as well as on its highly attractive touristic sights and intensive day-trip tourism. Werfen is well connected to regional centres by local and regional trains. Overall, the population in Werfen decreased slightly to 2,970 persons (2017). However, the population in the historic village centre declined by almost -20% in two decades The aging population, a new spatial planning law and the need for a new spatial development concept are important drivers of change. These aspects provide a crucial opportunity Photo: SIR – Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing to determine a suitable future development that improves options for low-CO2 transport of future inhabitants, by minimising trip-length and by offering the conditions for non- motorised or public transport for most future building areas and housing units. ASTUS activities in the Results and best experiences pilot site to share For what? Targets? Added Value of ASTUS project? New practices? Alongside working on a new spatial development concept, Werfen started a process to strengthen the historic centre in The ASTUS scenarios/strategies/actions were discussed 2018. Both processes have been linked to the ASTUS-project, in detail in a series of workshops in Werfen. The scenario defining a strategy for spatial development and low CO2- method was very helpful in assessing the feasibility and mobility in and around the historic centre of Werfen. impact of the measures discussed. Key-actions with 21 sub-actions are: How? Actors involved? • Reduce future settlement-development outside of the historic center Strengthening the historic-town center of Werfen is the key to promote a sustainable, low CO2-development of • Promote better usage of the transport and housing sector in the whole municipality: under-used buildings and ASTUS scenarios were tested by comparing capacities and unused attics for housing mobility effects of various building sites and of existing • Promote strategic infills, houses inside and in vicinity to the town centre. All scenarios mixed use of buildings concern concrete measures on local level, of practical and improve the cityscape interest for the participating stakeholders: mayor, selected • Improve the pedestrian, political representatives, building authority staff, property bicycle-friendly and developers, regulating authority for spatial planning on public-transport federal state level, local spatial planner, external mobility infrastructure for everyday experts, regional management Pongau. mobility Graph: SIR – Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing • Reduce surface-parking, creating collective-garages and creating offers for a shared-mobility This project is cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme..