Abstract
The author gives his reflections on the changes in the Swiss landscape in answer to questions posed by the editor. But beforehand he establishes the fact that there are two relationships to the forest, the sentimental and the practical, and that these two correspond in no respect. The change in the landscape has two causes: the intensification of use and our prosperity. Approximately two million more inhabitants plus double the surface required for habitation equals urban sprawl. The laws governing land use planning are helpless to prevent this. They are nothing but an attempt to carry out urban sprawl in an orderly fashion. Only a consistent levy on the added value and cost transparency could stop urban sprawl. This is however prevented by the political coalition of the promoters of urban sprawl. The clearance ban must continue to be in force. Only projects tied up with a given location can be permitted. This must be understood as places offering locational advantages. Should forest be cleared for urban development then, in addition to reforestation, the same surface area of building land won by the clearance must be rezoned as non-building land in the agglomeration. We have too much money, that is what does most damage to the forest.
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