Construction of New Forest Roads in Malaysia Using a GIS-Based Decision Support System
This paper describes how a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based Decision Support System (DSS) was applied in selecting the most compatible block or compartment to construct a new forest road for a sustainable timber harvesting purposes. The study area was located in Gunong Stong Permanent F...
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| Language: | English English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7612/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7612/1/Construction%20of%20New%20Forest%20Roads%20in%20Malaysia%20Using%20a%20GIS.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper describes how a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based Decision Support System (DSS) was applied
in selecting the most compatible block or compartment to construct a new forest road for a sustainable timber
harvesting purposes. The study area was located in Gunong Stong Permanent Forest Reserve, Kelantan, Malaysia
between latitude 5o00’ N and 5o25’ N and longitude 101o20’ E and 102o05’ E. Four criteria have been considered in this
paper which is timber volume (m3), slope (degree), ground condition and distance from the primary and secondary
forest road that previously exists (m). ArcView and ArcMap softwares were used to evaluate all the criteria using
remote sensing and field data. Results indicated that the best block that fulfill all the criteria chosen for the new forest
road construction is Block Nos. 9 and 11. |
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