Styria Land Use Planning Law 2010. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Steiermark Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Landesgesetzblatt, Text No. 49, 30 June 2010, pp. 183-234. Long titleLaw on land use planning in Styria. Subject Land & soil Keyword Land-use planning Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Land tenure Land reform Land consolidation Foreign land tenure Pollution control Basic legislation Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The purpose of the present Act is the economic and expedient use of the soil; the protection and care of the environment and, in particular the conservation or reinstatement of the sustainable purity of the air, water and soil, as well as the avoidance of noise; the conservation or reinstatement of a healthy nature, the protection of the indigenous fauna and flora and their natural living spaces, of the cultural heritage and, finally, in particular that of housing and recreational areas. The text consists of 69 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: Subdivision of land (I); Unification of land (II);Consolidation of land (III); Change of boundaries (IV); Penalties, transitional and final provisions (V). Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Repeals Styria Land Use Planning Law 1974. Legislation | Austria | 1974 (2008) Keyword: Basic legislation, Land-use planning, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Land tenure, Land reform, Land consolidation, Foreign land tenure, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX