Visual landscape quality assessment studies were
commenced by Bureau of land management in United
States of America in 1960s (Ryan, 2005; Kennedy et al.,
1988). The studies conducted can be divided into two;
the user assessments and expert-based assessments
(Tveit et al., 2006; Daniels and Vining, 1983). Visual
landscape quality assessments are conducted not only
by landscape architects but also various experts such as
sociologists, computer scientists and psychologists
(Ryan, 2005).