Multi-criteria forest road network planning in fire-prone environment: a case study in Serbia

This paper presents a multi-criteria selection of the best forest road network with the aim of achieving effective preventive and timely repressive protection against forest fires. The research was carried out in national park (NP) "Tara" at a site which is under constant threat of fire. F...

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Published in:Journal of environmental planning and management 2016-05, Vol.59 (5), p.911-926
Main Authors: Stefanovic, Bogdan, Stojnic, Dusan, Danilovic, Milorad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
"Tara" National Park
Autumn
Case studies
Constants
Construction
Construction costs
Criteria
Entropy
entropy weight coefficients method
Fire
Fire prevention
Fires
Forest & brush fires
Forest fires
Forests
Location
Management
multi-criteria decision-making
Multiple criterion
National parks
Natural environment
Network analysis
network of forest roads
Planning
Road maintenance
Roads
Roads & highways
Serbia
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Summary:This paper presents a multi-criteria selection of the best forest road network with the aim of achieving effective preventive and timely repressive protection against forest fires. The research was carried out in national park (NP) "Tara" at a site which is under constant threat of fire. Four variants of the forest road network were designed and analyzed against seven criteria, and the best variant was selected using entropy weight coefficients (EWC) method. The importance of these seven criteria was studied by the management of the NP "Tara." The greatest importance was given to the criteria relating to the cost of construction and maintenance of permanent and temporary roads (47% of the total value of all criteria). The EWC method did not select the variant based on the lowest costs of construction and maintenance as the best option, but the variant whose location was the most suitable for effective defense against forest fires.
ISSN:0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2015.1045971