The landscape of Switzerland is changing. 1500 image comparisons of different types of landscape change in Switzerland have been made. These can be viewed on the geoportal of the Swiss Confederation.
‘Urban sprawl’, ‘retreating glaciers’, ‘bush encroachment in the Alps’: Our changing landscape provides the media with headlines and is a topic of discussion in politics. Around a fifth of Swiss land has a different use today than the one it had only thirty years ago. While settlements and forests are expanding, the agricultural area is constantly diminishing. The ‘Land use statistics’ provide precise data on these and the many other small-scale changes in land use.
Our English pages offer only a limited range of information on our statistical production. For our full range please consult our pages in French and German (top right hand screen).
