Since the question of landscape experience is being discussed here, I thought I might point out that, as far as I know, the first systematic attempt in this topic seems to be that of Jay Appleton about 30 years ago.

     The ideas were developed in a book of his carrying the ambitious title of The Experience of Landscape (Wiley, London, 1975). ( ambitious: a friend of mine once said with sarcasm that the title was the best part of the book). A number of landscape questions were discussed there through Appleton's theory of "Prospect and Refuge" which was in line with many concepts of socio-biology which were then very much in fashion. As such its main impact seems to have been in socio-biological approaches to "tastes or preferences in landscapes" that seem to propose that our tastes in landscapes have changed little since the times when we were hunter-gatherers. It seems also, according to some reviews, that the book made some impact on theoretical aspects of Landscape Architecture.

      For those interested in such an approach to experiencing landscapes ( which IMO is more about landscape perception than `experience) I'd recommend to read it together with Appleton's " Prospect and Refuges Revisited" an article in the book "Environmental Aesthetics" which appears in the What To Read section of this forum. In said article Appleton discusses a number of aspects of his book from a less dogmatic perspective and, I must admit, a marked intellectual honesty.