Analysis of factors associated with the amount of forest road reconstruction activity in Turkey: Autoregressive distributed lag modelling approach

Akay, Anıl Orhan; Akgül, Mustafa; Demir, Murat; Acar, H. Hulusi

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117800

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“…The number of ditches depends on the length of each road alternative. Significant financial resources are required for maintenance activities (Akay et al, 2020; Mahanpoor et al, 2019; Picchio et al, 2019). Hence, maintenance cost (

C_{6}

) denotes routine and periodic costs for rehabilitation of each road and makes it available throughout the entire year.…”

Section: The Problem Of Forest Road Building Using Multi‐criteria Dec...mentioning

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Eigenvalue‐UTilité Additive approach for evaluating multi‐criteria decision‐making problem

Rezaeinia

2022

Multi Criteria Decision Anal

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Forest road building is experiencing a period of expansion. It is linked to better resource extraction and transportation and higher ease of access for inhabitants. This paper discusses the problem of evaluating a forest road network in the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran. This includes the requirements that forest managers must consider, such as economic and environmental criteria. In addition, opportunities and risks of forest road building are also considered. A multi-methodology decisionmaking approach is proposed to solve the problem. In light of the results, the proposed approach is reliable and flexible for use in similar cases. Using the proposed approach can structure and facilitate the decision-making process for the managers.

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C_{6}

) denotes routine and periodic costs for rehabilitation of each road and makes it available throughout the entire year.…”

Section: The Problem Of Forest Road Building Using Multi‐criteria Dec...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Eigenvalue‐UTilité Additive approach for evaluating multi‐criteria decision‐making problem

Rezaeinia

2022

Multi Criteria Decision Anal

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“…Thus, the tool can be used to assist them in the definition and application of a sustainable woody biomass exploitation plan. In addition, the end-users could suggest forest road network improvement to satisfy multiple needs related to: (i) wildfire fighting activities (Laschi et al, 2019); (ii) ensure continuity of timber harvesting operations (Akay et al, 2020); (iii) improve the safety and productivity of forest operations, as well as to minimize negative environmental impacts (Marchi et al, 2018); and (iv) to support the maintenance of ecosystem services (Picchio et al, 2018). Forest accessibility mapping is concerned not only with bioenergy and road network planning, but also with the recreational potential of protected areas.…”

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Forest accessibility, Madonie mountains (northern Sicily, Italy): implementing a GIS decision support system

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Valorisation and sustainable exploitation of woody biomass from cultivation interventions might be an important opportunity to track alternative development trails for rural communities in natural protected areas. The governance of Mediterranean protected areas is characterized by overlapping, sometimes conflicting institutions, stakeholders and regulations, causing negative impacts on decision-making processes. We present an open source GIS-based decision support system tool for mapping forest accessibility and optimizing woody biomass extraction. Two models were implemented to support forest managers during the decision-making process in designing and managing wood-energy supply chains. The optimal grid resolution to run the models was determined via a Least Cost Path analysis. The models were executed at different scales, performing satisfactorily when distances between recorded and modelled paths were lower than the grid unit. The higher the scale, the more the percentile of distances lower than the grid unit. The models were validated in Madonie mountains, Sicily, Italy.

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“…A successful forest road network is considered to be one that has the optimal density and spatial variability to serve all the parameters that concern both the protection of the natural environment and servicing human activities (Stückelberger et al 2006a;Tampekis et al 2015). To achieve sustainable management, forest stakeholders are called upon to balance the environmental, economic and social costs and benefits when planning the forest road network (Pelyukh et al 2021;Stuckelberger et al 2007) by having a complete view of the resulting spatial disturbance (Akay et al 2020). The forest road network and forest accessibility should provide access for fire prevention, should support logging activities (Gomes et al 2021) and recreation, and should connect mountain settlements (Kantartzis et al 2021).…”

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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

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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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Analysis of factors associated with the amount of forest road reconstruction activity in Turkey: Autoregressive distributed lag modelling approach

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Eigenvalue‐UTilité Additive approach for evaluating multi‐criteria decision‐making problem

Eigenvalue‐UTilité Additive approach for evaluating multi‐criteria decision‐making problem

Forest accessibility, Madonie mountains (northern Sicily, Italy): implementing a GIS decision support system

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

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