Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Anadolu Orman Araştırmaları Dergisi, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.105-111, 2022 (TRDizin)
Forest
roads provide access to forest resources for conducting several forestry
activities such as production, protection, afforestation, management,
recreation and firefighting. Both drainage structures and pavement should be
completed in order for forest roads to serve safely and for a long time. This study
aimed to determine both cross-sections and types of drainage structures
for newly built forest roads, using Geographic
Information System (GIS) techniques. ArcGIS Pro software was used for
analysis in the study. The total length
of the forest road used in the study area was 7920 m, where a total of 31
drainage structures was planned to be built at stream crossings along the road
route. Considering the cross-sections of drainage areas along the route, it has
been decided to construct a total of 31 drainage structures, including 25
pipes, 5 culverts and 1 bridge. GIS technology produces accurate and fast
results in terms of determining cross-sectional areas in drainage structures on
forest roads. A simple GIS-based approach reduces the stabilization and
drainage problems and construction and maintenance costs in forest road design
compared to traditional land evaluation methods. Thanks to its capacity to
process big data and simple hydrological empirical calculations, GIS has
significant gains in terms of accuracy and time consumption and is included in
the planning forest road designs.