U članku se opisuje kako planeri, pejsažni arhitekti i srodni stručnjaci mogu pomoći pri učinkovitijem oblikovanju prostora tako da važna mjesna obilježja (koja propisi malo kad štite) pretvore u središta oko kojih se planira oblikovanje. Dalekovidnim planiranjem (za koje se rabi naziv vizioniranje) moguće je osigurati povezivanje većih površina zaštićenih otvorenih prostora u mrežu očuvanog zemljišta koja se prostire određenim područjem.This paper describes practical ways that planners, landscape architects, and related professionals can help communities shape their new development patterns more effectively, so that features that are noteworthy or significant at the local or neighborhood level (but which are rarely protected under current codes) will become the central organizing elements around which each development is designed. With farsighted planning (trendily referred to as "visioning"), local officials can help to ensure that most of the open space thus protected will ultimately form an interconnected network of conservation lands running throughout their communities
