This title provides information on this standardised system for surveying, classifying and mapping wildlife habitats including urban areas. This item is due to return to print in May 2010. There are minor amendments but it is not a revised edition. JNCC have informed us 'that the new edition brings customers fully up-to-date with the Phase 1 technique and associated materials, but no changes have been made to the classification itself, including the alpha-numeric coding scheme, habitat descriptions and colour mapping scheme'. Appendix 8 of the handbook has been superseded by an improved and substantially expanded online product. Details of the correspondences between Phase 1 types and other mainstream classification systems are contained in an interactive spreadsheet, which can be downloaded from website. Also available from this web page is an electronic Phase 1 colour palette style file that can be applied to ArcGIS shapefiles.