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Landscape aesthetics acts as one of the natural resources, the use of which is aimed at preserving the mental comfort and good rest of people. The appearance of the city is determined by the results of planning and design of the urban area. The article provides an integral evaluation of the aesthetic properties of the urban landscapes. The city of Vidnoye, characterized by high rates of urbanization and visual contrast, was chosen as a model territory. The relevance of the research topic is conditioned by the fact that in recent years there has been a tendency of deterioration of the visual environment in the city due to mass high-rise construction, growth of the automobile park, significant reduction of green areas and environmental pollution. The influence of the aesthetic component of the environment on a person is determined, the existing methods of ecological and aesthetic analysis of the landscape are studied, the visual evaluation of Vidnoye has been done by analyzing its structural components (plot composition) with the subsequent obtaining of overall estimates, as well as with the use of geoinformation methods. In addition, measures to improve the ecological and aesthetic condition are proposed. The article presents a methodology of aesthetic evaluation procedure, provides criteria and identifies evaluation indicators based on the fact that the visual urban environment subtly affects a person, determining the state of his mental health. It is concluded that improving the aesthetic properties of the urban landscape is possible in the case of applying an ecological and urban planning approach in territorial planning, which consists in the incorporation of urban objects and the city as a whole into natural landscapes, in achieving ecological and urban planning balance and creating integrated ecological and urban planning structures.