Multi-criteria forest road network planning in fire-prone environment: a case study in Serbia |
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| Authors: | Bogdan Stefanovi? Du?an Stojni? Milorad Danilovi? |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Forest Roads, State Enterprise “Serbia-forests”, New Belgrade, Serbia;2. Department of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;3. Department of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | network of forest roads forest fires multi-criteria decision-making entropy weight coefficients method “Tara” National Park Serbia |
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