Area consumption in Baden-Württemberg: Focus and trends in focus!

Area consumption in Baden-Württemberg: Focus and trends in focus!

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Deutschland - The current area statistics from Germany and Baden-Württemberg show worrying trends in relation to the use of settlement and traffic areas. According to the latest evaluation of the State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg, the entire area of ​​the state comprises an impressive 3.575 million hectares on December 31, 2023, with the agricultural area with 1.601 million hectares of 44.8 % of the total area. It is striking that the settlement and traffic area has now risen to 531,494 hectares, which corresponds to 14.9 % of the country. This development is alarming because in 2023 the area consumption was 5.1 hectares a day, which is a stable increase compared to recent years. In the past ten years, this increase has been an average of around 1,917 hectares annually, while rural circles have low values ​​of around 10 % for settlement and traffic areas, but reach urban regions up to 58.3 %, such as Statistik-bw.de reported.

growth of settlement and traffic areas

In the entire Germany, the growth will be extensively analyzed in 2019 to 2022. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the settlement and traffic area increased an average of 52 hectares per day during this period, which is a decrease compared to the previous year when it was 55 hectares per day. Especially in 2022, the daily increase in space for residential construction, industry and trade was only 37 hectares, such as Destatis.de . This shows a slow but constant decrease in space growth, while the average area for leisure and relaxation remained constant. The settlement and traffic area tragically now accounts for 14.5 % of the total area of ​​Germany, which already corresponds to 5.2 million hectares, of which 3.4 million hectares are eliminated on the settlement area. The ability of Germany to contain the increase in settlement and traffic areas remains a central challenge with the aim of reducing it to less than 30 hectares per day by 2030.