This comprehensive textbook and workbook is suitable for students, lecturers, and practitioners alike. The authors present the wide range of methods in landscape planning, from which planners can select the appropriate components for specific planning cases. Numerous application examples, as well as a wealth of graphics and tables, facilitate and support this process. Content includes: What is landscape planning? History of landscape planning in Germany. Value background, goals, and tasks. Work planning and calculation according to HOAI. Planning theory and methods for data collection. Collection, assessment, and forecasting of landscape functions. Use of GIS and remote sensing. Components of goal and measure development, practical measures. Implementation of planning. Communication in planning. Computer-supported information, communication, and cooperation.