With its wide variety of topics and up‎-to‎-date coverage‎,‎ the fifth edition is an excellent resource for landscape planners and designers‎,‎ scientists‎,‎ and environmentalists‎.‎ It focuses on environmental problems associated with land planning‎,‎ landscape design‎,‎ and land use‎.‎ New coverage is included on adaptive planning as an approach necessary to build a sustainable landscape‎.‎ Greater emphasis is placed on systems and updated case studies are integrated throughout the chapters‎.‎ This edition also arms the reader with a collection of best management practices‎,‎ which can be applied in the field‎.‎