RATIONAL EVALUATION OF TRANSPORTATION ROAD NETWORK IN A TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN FOREST

As a consequence, both direct and indirect, of one-dimensional economic development activities that destroyed the environment, over the past few years the notion that development should occur in harmony with the natural and cultural environment has grown in importance. The aim of this paper is to investigate the compatibility of construction works with the environment based on the measurable criteria of intensity and absorbency and to take advantage of modern environment-friendly technologies. The digital maps and the spatial analysis allowed for the efficient and reliable evaluation of these criteria. The results proves that this method provides a means to evaluate the compatibility of the existing infrastructural works with the natural environment, and offers the possibility to choose the most compatible solutions for the environment in future.