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Assessment of the forest landscape along selected motor vehicle routes Cover

Assessment of the forest landscape along selected motor vehicle routes

Open Access
|Apr 2016

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research that aims to analyse and evaluate the attractiveness of the forest landscape in the vicinity of selected motor vehicle routes that differ in terms of technical parameters, such as motorways, regional roads and local (municipal) roads. The diversity of landscape units was used as the measure of landscape attractiveness. Landscape diversity analysis allows to establish the details related to specific parts of the road and the options for configuring the road environment. These options relate to the way the forest is managed and mainly involve aspects of infrastructure and cultivation. They include activities such as afforestation work and rebuilding the species composition of forest stands. According to the research, the lower the technical class of a road, the greater is the need to take action to adapt the structural-tree stand system to meet the safety requirements of road users.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2016-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 43 - 51
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2016
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2016
Published on: Apr 30, 2016
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Emilia Janeczko, Krzysztof Janeczko, Tadeusz Moskalik, Małgorzata Woźnicka, published by Forest Research Institute
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