The notebook, which received an award from the Institute of Landscape Architecture of Southern Africa, provides a brief overview of the role of natural systems in landscape and environmental planning, based on an approach of 'reading the landscape', with emphasis on the South African context. Drawing on several disciplines relating to the natural and human sciences, it is aimed primarily at landscape architects, but would have general application for all involved in land use planning and the built environment professions. Using numerous illustrations, it touches on the main principles, and offers practical guidelines for 'designing with nature'.

103 pages, 12 colour pages, more than 80 illustrations.