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Evaluating the Effects of Improving Forest Road Standards on Economic Value of Forest Products

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021
Forest roads are the key infrastructures that provide access to forest areas for sustainable management, protection, and utilization of forest resources.
Abdullah E. Akay   +4 more
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Challenges in Forest Road Maintenance in North America

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021
Maintenance is a key component of managing a forest road network. Forest road networks in North America are managed to provide economic access to forest resources while minimizing the environmental impacts of those roads.
Elizabeth M. Dodson
doaj   +2 more sources

Characteristics of forest road cut slopes affecting the movement of mammals in South Korea

open access: yesForest Science and Technology, 2021
Existing forest roads that are the base infrastructure foundation for forest management have been built with a focus on structural stability rather than ecological impact.
Eungjin Jeong   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Forest Roads Mapped Using LiDAR in Steep Forested Terrain

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2010
LiDAR-derived digital elevation models can reveal road networks located beneath dense forest canopy. This study tests the accuracy of forest road characteristics mapped using LiDAR in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CA. The position, gradient, and total length
Russell A. White   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessing Forest Road Network Suitability in Relation to the Spatial Occurrence of Wildfires in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

open access: yesFire
Identifying the relationship between forest roads and wildfires in forest ecosystems is a crucial priority to integrate suppression and prevention within wildfire management.
Mohsen Mostafa   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Determination of the optimal density of the forest road network

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2019
The forest road network is invariably linked to forestry and logging, as it transports logging products and products needed for forestry activities. Constructing and maintaining it in good condition are essential. In view of the economic situation in the
Tihomir Krumov
doaj   +2 more sources

Pothole detection in the woods: a deep learning approach for forest road surface monitoring with dashcams

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forest Engineering, 2023
Sustainable forest management systems require operational measures to preserve the functional design of forest roads. Frequent road data collection and analysis are essential to support target-oriented and efficient maintenance planning and operations ...
Mostafa Hoseini   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modelling forest road trafficability with satellite-based soil moisture variables

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forest Engineering, 2023
Recent decades have seen increased temperatures and precipitation in the Nordic countries with long-term projections for reduced frost duration and depth.
D. Fjeld   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Possibilities of Using UAV for Estimating Earthwork Volumes during Process of Repairing a Small-Scale Forest Road, Case Study from Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

open access: yesForests, 2023
Although forest road networks are an important infrastructure for forestry, recreation, and sustainable forest management, they have a considerable effect on the environment.
Hisashi Hasegawa   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Gypsum and rice husk ash for sustainable stabilization of forest road subgrade

open access: yesQuarterly journal of engineering geology and hydrogeology, 2023
Forest roads are crucial for economic development and resource accessibility, especially in regions with extensive wood demand driven by construction growth.
Ebrahim Sharifi Teshnizi   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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