Planning and Evaluating of Forest Roads Network with Respect to Environmental Aspects via GIS Application (Case Study: Shafaroud Forest, Northern Iran )

Naghdi, Ramin; Babapour, Razieh

doi:10.1109/icecs.2009.58

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“…Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is a math-based GIS-compatible and multidisciplinary decision method utilized in various fields and also in the planning of routes, construction, and maintenance of roads and railways and subways [48][49][50][51][52]. At the same time, AHP is also preferred and used in forestry studies [53][54][55][56][57][58]. In the AHP method, analysis can be subjective inasmuch as the factors are limited through user-specified constraints [46].…”

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Utilizing a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Modified Analytical Hierarchical Analysis for Forest Road Network Planning in Afforested Lands

Buğday¹,

Özel²

2019

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Afforestation activity needs serious feasibility in as much as it is a work of establishing a new facility. Moreover, the process of selecting the land to be afforested; determining site conditions; selecting suitable tree species, provenance, and clones; the planting or sowing techniques; and planning of the environmental transport network are all costly. Determining suitable areas for environmental road network installation, which has an important place in afforestation areas, is discussed in this study. In this context, characteristics of an afforestated area have been evaluated by virtue of the fuzzy inference system (FIS) and modified analytical hierarchical analysis (M-AHP) methods on a sample area established as an afforestation area. The main objective of this study is planning in a way that is sensitive to nature and strives for ecological balance on environmental forest road networks for forested and afforested areas by utilizing multiple decision support methods with a view to realizing maintenance on afforestation areas in short-and long-term processes. A total of eight factors were determined in the study. The best twelve models, obtained as a result of analyses carried out with these factors, are presented. The success of the models was evaluated with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and the best model was obtained by M-AHP, which was Model 4 M-AHP with 71.2% area under curve (AUC) value. We observed that the model obtained through the M-AHP method is more successful in on-site road network planning during the phase of creating the afforestation projects.

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Utilizing a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Modified Analytical Hierarchical Analysis for Forest Road Network Planning in Afforested Lands

Buğday¹,

Özel²

2019

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…In the current study, geographical position of skidding constraints was the important information layer for analyzing road performance. Naghdi & Babapour (2009) stated that the slope, soil texture, bed rock and hydrographic layers were most important layers that determine skidding constraints and possibility of road construction. Their results are similar to those of the current study.…”

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Technical assessment of forest road network using Backmund and surface distribution algorithm in a hardwood forest of Hyrcanian zone

Parsakhoo

2016

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Aim of study: Corrected Backmund and Surface Distribution Algorithms (SDA) for analysis of forest road network are introduced and presented in this study. Research was carried out to compare road network performance between two districts in a hardwood forest.Area of study: Shast Kalateh forests, Iran. Materials and methods:In uncorrected Backmund algorithm, skidding distance was determined by calculating road density and spacing and then it was designed as Potential Area for Skidding Operations (PASO) in ArcGIS software. To correct this procedure, the skidding constraint areas were taken using GPS and then removed from PASO. In SDA, shortest perpendicular distance from geometrical center of timber compartments to road was measured at both districts.Main results: In corrected Backmund, forest openness in district I and II were 70.3% and 69.5%, respectively. Therefore, there was little difference in forest openness in the districts based on the uncorrected Backmund. In SDA, the mean distance from geometrical center of timber compartments to the roads of districts I and II were 199.45 and 149.31 meters, respectively. Forest road network distribution in district II was better than that of district I relating to SDA.

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“…It is difficult to incorporate technical and environmental concerns into manual road planning. Geographical Information System (GIS) capabilities have recently enabled concurrent information management based on important factors in road planning seeking rapid assessment of roads [1][2][3][4]. One of the most important factors in forest road network planning is the cost of road construction and maintenance during the initial route location in the field.…”

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“…The manual performance of such analysis was not only difficult but also time consuming. Unlike manual forest road planning, AHP allows us to use the ideas of various experts, calculate incompatibility coefficients based on quantitative and qualitative criteria [3]. The AHP method, with the appropriate features and weights, is frequently the best choice in obtaining accurate results.…”

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GIS Based Planning of Forest Road Alignment in Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India

Veeramani

Anoop²,

Babu³

et al. 2022

JGEESI

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In hilly places, constructing and building forest roads requires a variety of economic and environmental criteria. To develop a solution that minimize construction, maintenance, and adverse environmental effects, road management must take into account as many alternative alignment options as they can. The idea of this research was to plan the network of forest roads in the Periyar Tiger Reserve's mountainous region using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). These techniques were applied using the study area's slope, aspect, Elevation, NDVI, drainage and susceptibility to landslides datasets. In addition, the road network created using the GIS-MCDA approach was contrasted with the existing road networks. The key elements that affect the road network in the research area were found, and the necessary maps were produced and categorized. The maps were graded using MCDA to determine the weight of both useful aspects as the next step in determining the significance and role of the aforementioned elements in the cost of road building. Second, using the Arc GIS 10.4 weighted overlay analysis tool, a forest potential map for road building was created by overlaying the weighted maps of the influencing elements. Thirdly, the competence of a map was divided into Six categories: very high, high, moderate, low, very low and Restricted roading Suitability. Finally, using a weighted overlay method to combine the road network and road planning potential map, the existing road network was analyzed. The findings of this study indicated that the majority of existing roads were located in high and moderate road Suitability. A small percentage was located in low road Suitability, which can be taken into account for alignment. These results suggested that the design of forest road planning in hilly areas can be more precisely accomplished using the multi-criteria evaluation method. Similar method as used in this study can be applied to other forested sites.

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Planning and Evaluating of Forest Roads Network with Respect to Environmental Aspects via GIS Application (Case Study: Shafaroud Forest, Northern Iran )

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Utilizing a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Modified Analytical Hierarchical Analysis for Forest Road Network Planning in Afforested Lands

Utilizing a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) and Modified Analytical Hierarchical Analysis for Forest Road Network Planning in Afforested Lands

Technical assessment of forest road network using Backmund and surface distribution algorithm in a hardwood forest of Hyrcanian zone

GIS Based Planning of Forest Road Alignment in Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India

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