By using Scenic Beauty Estimation(SBE)method,GIS analysis technology and comprehensive evaluation method,this study evaluates the landscape quality of the typical landscape in Koktokay Global Geopark,and compares the evaluation results.The results show that:1)SBE method is a psychophysical model to measure the aesthetic judgment of the landscape,and the subjective aesthetic judgment of tourists,which can reflect the aesthetic degree of the scenery.The GIS method quantifies the landscape feature data objectively and reflects the landscape feature from the macro scale.Therefore,the former will have certain errors when evaluating the landscape that is completely composed of geological phenomena with small volume,small fluctuation and long distance,while the latter is more suitable for evaluating the landscape of large scale and wide range.2)The comprehensive evaluation method combined with both subjective and objective factors is more comprehensive and inductive,which can better reduce the deviation of visual landscape quality evaluation results by a single method.3)Different landscape types have their own advantages when using SBE or GIS evaluation methods.The comprehensive evaluation method is more favorable for landscape evaluation of tourist scenic spots with diverse landscape types,rich causes and complex structure.In the actual application process,we can select the method that conforms to the landscape type evaluation according to the evaluation objective,to give full play to its maximum effectiveness and improve the scientific nature of landscape visual quality evaluation.
global geoparkscenic beauty estimation method(SBE)GISvisual landscape