Biosphere Park Wienerwald Care Zones: Lower Austrian Land Use and Conservation Areas

Geospatial data delineates the care zones within the Lower Austrian part of the Biosphere Park Wienerwald. The care zones cover approximately 29,000 hectares and are based on a 2019 ordinance. The data is provided by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping permitted land-use types in conservation buffer zones based on the described agricultural and forestry uses.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of openland habitats within the Biosphere Park based on the described focus on these landscapes.
• Assessing the buffer function of care zones around core protected areas based on their described role in mitigating urban influences.
• Planning sustainable agricultural activities within the park based on the listed permissible uses like grassland and farm sites.

Strengths

• Specific spatial coverage of approximately 29,000 hectares is provided.
• Data is based on a defined legal ordinance (NÖ LGBl. No 53/2019) issued on 2 July 2019.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, JSON, and ESRI SHAPE.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Likely derived from official legal and cartographic sources defining the park zones.

Time Range

Based on an ordinance from 2019.

Geography

Lower Austrian part of the Biosphere Park Wienerwald, covering 51 specified political communities.