Inhaltsangabe1 Introduction: Landscape balance and landscape assessment.- 2 History of landscape assessment.- 3 Databases, data organization and data processing.- 4 Researching state and dynamics in landscape using remote sensing.- 5 The analysis of spatio-temporal dynamics of landscape structures.- 6 Scales and spatio-temporal dimensions in landscape research.- 7 Landscape balance.- 8 Landscape assessment.- 9 Landscape function assessment and regional planning: Creating knowledge bases for sustainable landscape development.- 10 Decision support for land use changes - A combination of methods for policy advising and planning.