Designing an optimal forest road network by consideration of environmental impacts in GIS

Designing an optimal forest road network by consideration of environmental impacts in GIS

Planning of forest road network is the most important issue for sustainable management of northern forests in Iran. This study represented a technical method of forest road planning by using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) in Vatan forestry plan of Golestan province, Iran. The aim of this stud...

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Main Authors:	Seyed Ataollah Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Mazrae, Majid Lotfalian, Aidin Parsakhoo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2012-03-01
Series:	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
Subjects:	road network skid trail optimization technique geographic information system Vatan forest Iran
Online Access:	https://www.mla.vgtu.lt/index.php/JEELM/article/view/1952

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