First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part 1 Principles of terrain evaluation: what is terrain evaluation?; terrain classification; landscape classification and evaluation systems; parametric and physiographic systems of terrain evaluation; the terrain heirarchy. Part 2 Terrain data requirements: the geomorphological framework; terrain processes affecting land uses; vegetation in terrain evaluation. Part 3 Collection and analysis of terrain data: project planning; remote sensing - principles; remote sensing - applications; landscape sampling and statistical analysis; field techniques; geographical information systems and data processing - principles; geographical information systems and data processing - methods. Part 4 Display, reporting, and mapping terrain data: geomorphological and terrain mapping; computer cartography. Part 5 Applications of terrain evaluation: terrain analysis in meteorology and climatology; terrain factors in hydrology; terrain evaluation in geological and mineral survey; terrain evaluation in soil survey; terrain evaluation in archaeology; agriculture, range and forestry - land suitability and land use evaluation; terrain evaluation in civil engineering; systems for military purposes; terrain in landscape resource evaluation; the future. Appendices: example of a method of sampling the terrain of a large area - the hot deserts of the world; field measurements of hydraulic conductivity and infiltration rate.