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Landscape heterogeneity generates significant influences on economic activity. Present-day publications in landscape planning more and more focus on participatory approach and communication process. In contrast, we focus on nature-based criteria aimed at proper adaptation of planning decisions to natural landscape pattern. The paper proposes the algorithm aimed at considering geographical context, matter flows, and dynamic processes in projecting ecological network and perfect sites for various land use types as well as for choosing appropriate technologies. We use the example of a river basin in the taiga zone of European Russia, partially used for forestry and traditional agriculture. Landscape map, space images, geochemical data were used to provide rationales for the necessary emergent effects resulting from proper proportions, neighborhoods, buffers, and shapes for lands use units. The proposed spatial arrangement of land use types and technologies ensures coordination of socio-economic and ecological interests and preserves zonal background conditions, including runoff, soils, migration routes, and biodiversity. The allocation of arable lands and cutovers is aimed at minimizing undesirable matter flows that could cause qualitative changes in geochemical environment.