The map "European Settlement Map 2015" was published in 2019. It shows the development of the population, the degree of urbanization and the land consumption of the European states from 1975 to 2015.

On 8 June 2018, the South Tyrolean Parliament passed the new Provincial Law on Space and Landscape (No. 9 of 10.07.2018), which comes into force on 1 July 2020.