Qualitative evaluation and optimization of forest road network to minimize total costs and environmental impacts

摘要: Abstract: An efficient and low-cost transportation network is necessary for sustainable management. Roading log skidding are the most expensive destructive operations in forest environment, unless carefully planned evaluated. A has to be assessed optimized minimize total cost of road construction its environmental impact. The aim this study was determining optimum density, evaluating quantity quality existing network. In order determine cost, maintenance costs, harvesting volume each compartment were considered. Then distance calculated with regard density correction factors. relative openness efficiency coefficient determined distance, using ArcGIS. results showed that 21.5 m ha-1, 90% 32%, respectively. As a result, when evaluated, more than openness, per se cannot considered as an appropriate indicator.