Journal Article

·2020 OPEN ACCESS

Vulnerability analyses in forests using AHP in a GIS environment

Ceren Erdin YTU

Eurasian Journal of Forest Science

Abstract

Vulnerability, which is one of the criteria used in the preparation of the World Risk Index, is the measure of the damage and loss that a community or structure can suffer when a hazard occurs. In this research, a region with a high fire hazard was selected, and a model was created to determine the extent to which spatial objects (assets) could be damaged when the expected danger occurs in the selected region, using AHP in a GIS environment. Since GIS-based AHP analysis is based on the comparison of different layers with each other and determining the weight values of the layers, the Terrestrial Measurement, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing techniques, which are used as data sources in the evaluation of spatial data, are also discussed in the study.

Keywords

Analytic hierarchy process Hazard Vulnerability (computing) Geographic information system Computer science Photogrammetry Spatial analysis Environmental resource management Environmental science Remote sensing Geography Engineering Operations research Computer security Ecology

Subject Areas

Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications ·Environmental Engineering ·Physical Sciences
Soil and Land Suitability Analysis ·Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ·Physical Sciences
Fire effects on ecosystems ·Global and Planetary Change ·Physical Sciences

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