GIS-Approach to Estimate Ground Transport Accessibility of Forest Resources (Case Study: Novosibirsk Region, Siberian Federal District, Russia)

Podolskaia, Ekaterina; Ershov, D.V.; Kovganko, Konstantin

doi:10.4236/jgis.2020.125027

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“…The absence of roads leads to a response failure and fire propagation over larger areas (Arienti et al 2011;Boldanova, Bogomolova & Davydova 2017). While in the Soviet times the problem of access was solved by the world's largest aerial firefighting system (Pyne 2012), currently the lack of funding increases the reliance on ground transportation for fire extinguishing (Podolskaia, Ershov & Kovganko, 2020). It means that fires in the areas inaccessible by ground transportation are suppressed only if they are in the vicinity of villages and infrastructure.…”

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Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest

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The paper is aimed at assessing the associations between the road networks geography and dynamics of wildfire events in the East Siberian boreal forest. We examined the relationship between the function of roads, their use, and management and the wildfire ignition, propagation and termination during the catastrophic fire season of 2016 in the Irkutsk Region of Russia. Document analysis and interviews were utilized to identify main forest users and road infrastructure functional types and examine wildfire management practices. We combined community observations and satellite remotely sensed data to assess relationships between the location, extent and timing of wildfires and different types of roads as fire sources, barriers, and suppression access points. Our study confirms a strong spatial relationship between the wildfire ignition points and roads differentiated by their types with the highest probability of fire ignition near forestry roads and the lowest near subsistence roads. Roads also play an important role in wildfire suppression working as both physical barriers and access points for firefighters. Our research illustrates the importance of local and Indigenous observations along the roads for monitoring and understanding wildfires, including ‘zombie fires’. It also has practical implications for fire management collectively developed by authorities and local communities.

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Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest

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“…The topic of ground transport accessibility of forest fires and forest resources (which have their own specific features like urgency of being at the place of the forest fire) is presented in the series of papers (Podolskaia et al, 2019(Podolskaia et al, , 2020a(Podolskaia et al, , 2020b. To continue it we have turned to the investigation of GIS Open Source applications searching for the tools to obtain additional characteristics of access routes.…”

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“…Methodology of papers (Podolskaia et al, 2019(Podolskaia et al, , 2020a and QGIS-tools we have mentioned in the paper are currently used to elaborate the ecological and economical aspects of transport accessibility in the forests. In addition to the three parameters (time, average speed and length), the volume of carbon dioxide emission along the access route will be a comprehensive environmental assessment of heavy vehicle's move.…”

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Open Geodata and Open-Source Gis in the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Cepf Ras)

Podolskaia

2021

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. Open data and Open-source tools are widely and globally used in the activities of research institutions. Particularity of scientific projects at the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEPF RAS) includes ecology and productivity of forests in Russia. In order to emphasize and to develop the ecosystem functions, resources and environmental potential of Russian forests the Center uses geoinformational and remote sensing methods and tools. Logistically complex and economically costly ground access to the forest fires and forest resources is the specific feature of Russian forest domain. Open Data and Open Source tools have an essential methodological, technological meaning, as well as a potential for the forestry challenges in the country. We present an Open GeoData and Open Source GIS’s experience of ongoing activities devoted to the transport modelling (transport accessibility in the forests and emission of carbon dioxide). An “Open”-research direction extends the activities of the “Transportation Task” group by implementing OSM and QGIS with its plugins. CEPF popularizes Open data and Open Source in their geo-applications by giving lectures and publishing papers in the “Forest Science Issues” interdisciplinary journal.

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“…Forest roads standards play an important role in the forest management, there is an example for the accessing of forest fires in Turkey (Akay et al, 2021) in our collaborative projects. From the methodological point of view we have moved from the accessibility analysis of forest fires (Podolskaia et al, 2019;Podolskaia et al, 2020b) to the analysis of forest resources' spatial location (Podolskaia et al, 2020c). By analyzing actual forest resources' accessibility, which takes into account types and conditions of roads, time and traffic speed, length of ground routes, as well as location of fire stations and settlements we propose some forest management solutions or scenarios at the regional scale of Russia.…”

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Analysis of infrastructural forest data with GIS-tools

Podolskaia

2021

Abstr. Int. Cartogr. Assoc.

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GIS-Approach to Estimate Ground Transport Accessibility of Forest Resources (Case Study: Novosibirsk Region, Siberian Federal District, Russia)

Abstract: Journal of Geographic Information System mixed forests. The number of inaccessible pixels has been increased by more than two times in barriers scenario. Technology can be used for different thematic data sources and domains like ecology or economy.

Cited by 6 publications

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Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest

Combining community observations and remote sensing to examine the effects of roads on wildfires in the East Siberian boreal forest

Open Geodata and Open-Source Gis in the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Cepf Ras)

Analysis of infrastructural forest data with GIS-tools

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