Settlement area per inhabitant
- Database
- FSO, Arealstatistik
The zone land use statistics of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office determine land cover and land use in Switzerland using aerial photos taken by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. Thanks to the sets of statistics for the periods from 1979 to 1985, 1992 to 1997, 2004 to 2009 and 2013 to 2018, it is possible for the first time to make statistically secured and spatially differentiated assessments of the changes in land use throughout the entire country. The results of these development land use statistics can be used for documenting the extent of human intervention and natural processes that alter the country's environment and landscapes. The parameter used as reference for this purpose is the total of the mean population of the municipalities at the time at which the aerial photos are taken. The term "developed areasettlement and urban area" refers to all zones and infrastructure that are used for residential, transport and production purposes (excluding agriculture and forestry), trade and services, and utilities, waste disposal and recreation. The term "special development zoneurban area" refers to supply and disposal facilities (energy production, sewage treatment, waste treatment, etc.), quarrying/mining zones, landfill sites, construction sites and ruins, and buildings in these zones.
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