Ecological planning model:
Problem and / or opportunity identification
Goal establishment
Regional level inventory and analysis
Local level inventory and analysis
Detailed studies
Planning concepts
Landscape plan
Education and citizen involvement
Design explorations
Plan and design implementation
Administration

Questions:
How should the landscape be described?
How dose this landscape operate?
Is this current landscape working well?
How might the landscape be altered?
What predictable differences might the changes cause?
How should the landscape be changed?

Ian McHargh:

Design with nature. Balance land use impacts of development and landscape tolerances.

Potential habitats for several animals are rare, restricted, or endemic to the region.

Landscape and Green System Design as a Basis for Sustainable Urban Development
Nature is conquered by man and at the same time nature is reconquering the land reclaimed by man——a constant battle.
This attitude has caused sever environment damage and huge costs: control always causes new threats which again increases the need for more control.

Landscape architecture is not about the beautiful design of plantings as a discipline, it is mediating between nature and culture, combining biological sciences with elements of engineering and art.
Let’s make a visionary leap:
Instead of trying to control the natural dynamics towards a static state let’s try to get nature working for us!