The book is aimed at central and local government officials responsible for economic and social development policies,environmental protection policies and planning policies and procedures,also at planning specialists and sector specialists including  ecologists and geographers ,and students.

   The first part of the book examines the utility of landscape planning as an  aid to spatial planning and other processes leading to decisions about how land should be used and presents a detailed step by step guide/The second part of the book presents the tree pilot studies and concludes with a discussion of the prospects for lanscape planning to contribute to national and regional sustainable  development.