IRF World Congress 2024, İstanbul, Türkiye, 15 - 18 Ekim 2024, ss.1-13
Determining
road routes is a complex process that requires analyzing many variables
simultaneously. It is also one of the crucial steps in project sustainability.
This process directly affects all activities related to the project, such as
construction, maintenance, and repair, from the beginning to the end of the
project. The environmental damage to roads built over long distances is
relatively high. For this reason, it is necessary to determine the route for
the road to be constructed with optimization. On the other hand, evaluating the
existing roads while determining the route and drawing new routes when
necessary will minimize environmental damage. In this way, it is aimed at
opening new roads with short lengths and determining the most environmentally
and economically efficient route if access through roads with narrow widths is
too long and costly. The model developed as a solution proposal for this
spatial problem allows environmental sensitivities to be included in the
process through existing roads and undefined surfaces where roads do not exist.
Our model is based on the principle of hybrid data model analysis, which
includes raster-based network analysis. In addition, determining the
environmental factors affecting the route for new roads, determining the
weights of these factors and associating these weights with spatial data, and
using spatial multi-criteria decision-making methods (S-MCDM) and Geographic
Information System (GIS) technologies in this context are among the process
steps of the proposed model. It is envisaged that the most suitable route will
be determined as a result of the execution of these process steps together.