Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE
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 propos...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-8af6c046e3b2446f9496f682d21b94062023-12-22T14:09:40ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072023-12-011412241010.3390/f14122410Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCEChen Long0Yan Pang1Zhongwei Wang2College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaAn 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/12/2410multi-criteria evaluationsustainable forest managementaccessibilityAHP |
| spellingShingle | Chen Long Yan Pang Zhongwei Wang Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE Forests multi-criteria evaluation sustainable forest management accessibility AHP |
| title | Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE |
| title_full | Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE |
| title_fullStr | Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE |
| title_short | Study of the Sustainability of a Forest Road Network Using GIS-MCE |
| title_sort | study of the sustainability of a forest road network using gis mce |
| topic | multi-criteria evaluation sustainable forest management accessibility AHP |
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