A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOREST ENGINEERS' OPINIONS ON FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN TÜRKIYE.

UNVER, S.; KURDOGLU, O.

This study aims to compare the perspectives of academics and forest engineers in the public on the impact of forest road construction on forest ecosystems. Two expert groups were involved in the study, including 163 forest engineers working in public institutions and 121 academics in Türkiye. A survey consisting of 20 statements was given to expert groups and evaluated with a 5-point Likert scale. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were calculated for academics, forest engineers, and all experts as 0.764, 0.693, and 0.718, respectively. As a result of the MANOVA analysis, the awareness of the academics on the environmental impact of roads varies according to age (Wilk' Lambda = .015, p .05). It was found that the awareness of forest engineers working in the sector did not differ according to their demographic characteristics. However, it was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of awareness of the environmental impact of roads among the expert groups (Wilk' Lambda = .706, p 0.05).

ROAD construction; CRONBACH'S alpha; FOREST roads; LIKERT scale; CHI-squared test

Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, 2024, Vol 22, Issue 5, p4259

1589-1623

Academic Journal

10.15666/aeer/2205_42594275