Krajobraz wiejski w modelowym systemie opracowań planistycznych

The planning system plays an important role in shaping, protecting and cultivating the green structures and the visual quality of our towns and countryside. Development plans and strategies provide the legal framework within which effective control can be operated and the local communes can set out an achievable long-term vision. Author presents the model system of the landscape studies, as complementary to the obligatory plans and studies on each level of the planning system in Poland: from the regional-down to the local scale of decision making. Paper underlines the need of comprehensive plans as well as detailed master plans of landscape management and discusses their role in the green structure development, especially within the rural areas.