Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to develop a methodology to determine the quality level and conceptual framework for forest roads, to describe the components of road quality, to create the criteria and indicators sets that are effective on decision making on the quality of the forest road and how to decide if a road segment and network is quality or not by putting all these in a assessment list. The main criteria that were used in the assessment of road quality which were the criteria of sustainable forest management were economical, ecological, social-institutional and technical criteria that were added in this study. Economic main criterion has 2 sub-criteria, 5 indicators and 24 factors/variables; ecology main criteria has 4 sub-criteria, 13 indicators and 50 factors, social main criteria has 3 sub-criteria, 8 indicators and 17 factors, and technical main criteria has 3 sub-criteria, 6 indicators and 34 factor those depends on it. It is possible to determine the quality degree of a forest road and forest road network by using the enhanced forest road quality assessment method. In this way, this study's results can be used for choosing the standard routes, determining the priority of road maintenance, supposing the potential risks and for developing a quality coefficient to estimate the transportation costs. Keywords: Forest road quality, Road quality analysis, Quality assessment, Forest road, GIS
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