摘要：AbstractA product of spatial planning not only describe the structure of general layout of the area, but also must reflect character of the environment, space, culture and tradition with a variety of uniqueness and diversity. This suggests the importance of identifying, classifying, and evaluating process of landscape quality. This paper presents the results of research using the visibility analysis in rural areas Bumiaji, Batu, where the characteristics of the rural mountains feared to be changed, threat natural environment or rural area, and then disrupt rural community activities. The study was conducted on 33 observation viewpoints along the village main road. Visibility analysis using the view shed analysis tools in ArcGIS demonstrate the opportunities to combine methods of visual and spatial analysis that were used to obtain the ecological and aesthetic quality scores. Results of analysis can help stakeholders to understand the relationship between aesthetic and ecological quality in rural spatial planning.
