EVALUATION OF HUMAN NATURAL CONDITIONS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A TRUCK HAUL ROAD
Authors: Zelikov Vladimir , Tikhomirov Petr , Nikitin Vladimir , Skrypnikov Aleksey , Samcov Vadim , Burdakov Maksim 
Published: May 2020

At the present stage of development of our country with the widespread use of innovative methods, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment in order to solve complex problems. The presented article contains evidence of the need for a comprehensive assessment of the natural and man-made conditions for the construction of logging road. The developed methodology for integrated assessment can significantly simplify the process of choosing a rational location of the route and eliminate the intuitive approach to solving this problem. When conducting a comprehensive assessment, the route of the designed logging road is plotted on the cartographic diagrams, and the environmental conditions and human economic activities in the survey area are assessed. The proposed technique allows you to easily and consistently analyze the features of natural and technogenic conditions in the area of logging road construction. An analysis of the main components of the landscapes enables to draw conclusions about the conditions of humidification, the height of the snow cover, the number of days in a year with snowstorms, the relief of the area where the forest road was laid, physical and geological phenomena, characteristics of soil conditions, characteristics of population density, the location of unique natural complexes and the total complexity of road construction conditions. The complexity indicator for the logging road construction reflects the degree of influence of natural conditions, human economic activity and the value of the territories. The methodology presented in the article helps to determine the rational location of the forest road route by assessing the impact of natural conditions and human economic activity on local territories - micro-landscapes, each of which is a natural complex with varying complexity of road construction conditions and land value. The proposed comprehensive assessment enables to compare microlandscapes by the complexity of road construction and find the areas most favorable for logging road construction. A forest road constructed within micro-landscapes with a minimum complexity will meet economic and environmental requirements. The minimum value of the final indicator characterizes the micro landscape with the most favorable conditions for logging road construction. The maximum value of the final complexity indicator characterizes micro-landscapes with the most unfavorable conditions for the construction of a logging road. When choosing the option of laying the route of a forest road, a comparison is proposed to be made according to the weighted average indicator of the complexity of road construction, the average weighted indicator of the value of occupied land and the average weighted total indicator of the complexity of road construction. Indicators of the complexity of logging road construction make it possible to determine the cost of construction by the main types of costs for every road landscape.