VLUIS: Victorian Land Use Information for 2021/22

Victoria, Australia's land use data for the 2021/22 period, created by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. The dataset provides spatially detailed information to support greenhouse gas accounting and climate mitigation strategies under the Agriculture Sector Pledge. It is part of a time series with previous releases for 2006/07, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, and 2016/17.

Use Cases

• Model greenhouse gas emissions from land use based on the dataset's stated purpose for climate accounting.
• Develop agricultural climate spatial tools based on the dataset's support for the ACST project.
• Analyze temporal changes in land use patterns based on the series of releases from 2006/07 to 2021/22.
• Support regional climate policy and target setting based on the dataset's link to Victoria's Agriculture Sector Pledge.

Strengths

• Part of a consistent time series with releases spanning from 2006/07 to 2021/22.
• Explicitly designed to support official climate policy and mitigation tools under Victoria's Agriculture Sector Pledge.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and WFS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on Victoria, Australia.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Information Sciences Group, Agriculture Victoria Research Division, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA).

Collection Method

Likely contains land use classifications derived from remote sensing and/or ground surveys.

Time Range

2021/22

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 00:23:57.290139; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia