Visual quality of urban spaces is an important
component in the process of research and development of the
physical structure of the built environment. It establishes a
comfortable and satisfying experience for the community. A good
visual image of urban space will lead to positive perceptions and
meanings stimulating the community to produce a good reaction
to its urban space. The purpose of this study is to extract the most
effective landscape elements that affect the visual quality which
contribute designers to make better decisions for designing urban
spaces. From this point of view the paper aims to identify the
landscape elements and the visual design element that enhance
the visual quality of urban spaces. Then the paper will rank the
most effective landscape elements according to their influence on
the visual design elements from the experts (urban designer and
architects) point of view to reach the main objective of the paper
which is to create a prospected framework for the urban designer
and architects to help them in future decisions in designing
landscape elements that promote the visual quality of urban
spaces.