Land Use

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Land Use

Last updated at 3/10/2026

The Land Use dataset provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and development of land cover at the level of municipalities and postal codes. It contains indicators on the shares of settlement and traffic area, recreational area, open space, agricultural area, forest area, water area, and more natural areas, each related to the total area in percent. Additionally, per capita metrics such as recreational area per inhabitant, open space per inhabitant, and more natural area per inhabitant in square meters are available, complemented by the number of inhabitants per square kilometer of settlement and traffic area. A temporal component reflects the change in the share of settlement and traffic area of the total area compared to the previous year, enabling reliable trend analyses. Thus, the dataset supports urban and regional planning, environmental monitoring, open space development, and site analyses by making the availability of recreational and open spaces per inhabitant, the intensity of land use, and the balance between built, agriculturally used, natural, forested, and water-dominated areas transparent. The availability at the municipality and postal code level allows spatial patterns to be compared, potentials to be identified, and developments to be strategically managed.

Attributes

This data stream contains the following attributes

postal_codeString
Postal code
region_typeString
Administrative area granularity
region_idString
Region code
region_nameString
Region name
reference_yearString
Reference year

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