can be used to improve aspects of previously under performing ecosystems, for example, designing to increase biodiversity. For example Landscape planning could be used to create additional habitat for endangered species, and reclamation of previously used or depleted lands (e.g. old agricultural spaces) for expansion of natural ecosystems. This also includes planning in order to reduce the impact of the changes to the environment. with proper landscape planning, a greater speed of recovery for the ecosystems of interrupted spaces is achievable. Health similar to the impacts of healing gardens, the positive healing effects of proper implementations of planned landscapes are of great benefit. When people are exposed to nature, they would find that their overall mood had improved and that they recover from stress and illness at an accelerated rate. With the proper use of landscape planning, health within an urban leaning environment in regards to stress and recovery can be greatly improved above the unplanned alternative. When landscape planning is used to properly conserve ecological systems that may have been displaced, it makes it so recreational use of the environment is maintained while conserving the systems for people to enjoy. Use of other technologies in context The development of GIS technology such as those developed by ESRI, have great import to the practice of Landscape planning. Use of assisting technology allows for the conditions and factors existing in a landscape to be easily aggregated and analyzed. Through the use of GIS technology you are able to answer many of the questions about a landscape that is in question. such as, "how functional is this landscape?" or "to what extent do the factors outside of the site affect the planning that needs to be done?" The use of technology that is developing with greater and greater accuracy has the ability to make sustainable developments easier and more common across the globe. See also Footnotes Landscape planning education in America: retrospect and prospect Ecological design and planning George F. Thompson and Frederick R. Steiner, (Wiley, 1997) Landscape planning : an introduction to theory and practice Hackett, Brian (Oriel, 1971) Landscape planning and environmental impact design Tom Turner (2nd ed UCL Press, 1998) Design with nature Ian L. McHarg ( Wiley, 1992) The living landscape: an ecological approach to landscape planning Steiner, Frederick R. (McGraw-Hill College, 1991) References External links European Landscape Convention (official statement by the Council of Europe). Landscape Landscape