Production of optimum forest roads and comparison of these routes with current forest roads: a case study in Maçka, Turkey

Yildirim, Faruk; Kadı, Fatih

doi:10.1080/10106049.2020.1818852

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“…Sustainable forest management is an approach aimed at protecting and maintaining forest ecosystems. The core principles of management include ecological balance and diversity, economic sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental protection [1][2][3]. A sustainable forest road network achieves the cooperation of social, economic, and environmental dimensions.…”

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Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE

Long,

Pang,

Wang

2023

Forests

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An environmentally friendly and economically efficient forest road network is the key to sustainable forest management, and it is essential to evaluate the sustainability of an established forest road network and to optimize the forest road network based on sustainability criteria. This study proposes a sustainability evaluation method for forest road networks. The evaluation index system was constructed by selecting 12 indices from the social, economic, and ecological dimensions. To improve the credibility of the weighting of the evaluation indicators, the evaluation indicators were assigned subjective and objective weights by the analytic hierarchy process and the entropy weight method, respectively, and the game theory idea was used to comprehensively assign the weights. The study area was chosen to be the Taohuajiang State-Owned Forest Farm, which is a national forest park and is also an ecological public welfare forest. The development of the forest road network in the social, economic, and environmental dimensions was calculated by adopting the evaluation method proposed in this study, and the sustainability of the forest road network in each subdivision of the study area was determined, to provide a detailed theoretical basis for the management to carry out the upgrading of the sustainability of the forest road network. The results derived from the evaluation methodology show that the sustainable development of the forest road network in the study area is “excellent”. At the same time, the level of sustainability of the forest road network in different areas of the study area was also evaluated. Finally, this paper puts forward policy recommendations for optimizing the sustainable development of forest road networks. The original sustainability evaluation method in this paper provides a scientific tool for assessing the degree of sustainable development of forest road networks, which contributes to optimizing the forest road networks.

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Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE

Long,

Pang,

Wang

2023

Forests

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“…This necessity to balance the socio-economic benefits with the environmental cost of the disturbance caused by forest roads has led many researchers to develop methods which examine the environmental impact of forest roads in order to achieve sustainable management (Aguiar et al 2021;Dangerfield et al 2021;Jung et al 2013;Tampekis et al 2018;Yildirim and Kadi 2020;Olander et al 1998;Sekulic et al 2021). An integrated approach to the environmental impact of forest roads is also important for developing decision support systems (DSSs) for the construction of new forest roads (Jaafari et al 2015).…”

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Effects of forest roads and an assessment of their disturbance of the natural enviroment based on GIS spatial multi-criteria analysis: case study of the University Forest of Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki, Greece

Kolkos

Stergiadou

Kantartzis

et al. 2023

Euro-Mediterr J Environ Integr

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The forest road network contributes to all aspects of the management and protection of natural ecosystems, such as fire protection and access to settlements, infrastructure and forest recreation. This has led to a constant demand for new roads and increased road density in forest areas. However, due to the environmental impact of such roads, a tool that takes into account all the parameters that they affect and evaluates the spatial distribution of forest-road-induced disturbance is needed. The present research highlights a multi-criteria evaluation (MCE), based on a spatial approach that utilizes geographical information systems (GIS), for estimating both the impact of the forest road network and the absorptiveness of the natural environment for that impact. The University Forest of Taxiarchis, Greece, was selected as it combines both timber production and recreation characteristics. Primary data were collected through the management plan for the area and the road network was categorized. A variety of factors regarding forestry, wood extraction methods and production, and social and topographical criteria were examined and scored based on their weighting factors. The results regarding the impact and the absorptiveness were analyzed in order to assess the spatial disturbance. The analysis showed that the spatial environmental impact of the forest roads is crucial and that MCE methods should be applied in environmental impact assessment (EIA) in order to support decision-making systems (DMS) for new road construction and to enhance environmental integration.

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Enhancing landslide inventory mapping through Multi-SAR image analysis: a comprehensive examination of current landslide zones

Kadi,

Saralioglu

2024

Acta Geod Geophys

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Production of optimum forest roads and comparison of these routes with current forest roads: a case study in Maçka, Turkey

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE

Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE

Effects of forest roads and an assessment of their disturbance of the natural enviroment based on GIS spatial multi-criteria analysis: case study of the University Forest of Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki, Greece

Enhancing landslide inventory mapping through Multi-SAR image analysis: a comprehensive examination of current landslide zones

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