Natura 2000 Fauna-Flora Habitats Directive (SCI) Vienna

Vienna's protected areas designated under the European Union's Habitats Directive as Sites of Community Importance (SCI). The dataset is published by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license, based on the Vienna Nature Conservation Act and EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC.

Use Cases

• Map protected habitats based on the Natura 2000 network mentioned in the description
• Analyze spatial coverage of conservation sites under the Habitats Directive
• Support environmental impact assessments using legally designated area data
• Integrate with GIS for urban biodiversity planning in Vienna

Strengths

• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license
• Based on established legal frameworks: Vienna Nature Conservation Act and EU Habitats Directive
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including ESRI SHAPE, KML, and GML

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Publication based on the Vienna Environmental Information Act and Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information

Geography

Vienna, Austria