Department of Forestry & Natural Environment Management
Forest Road Engineering and Management
Course Content
Forest road engineering and management including the location, surveying, design, cost
estimation, and construction practices for forest roads. Lecture on principles, and
laboratory field practice in locating, surveying, designing, and cost estimating.
Furthermore, give emphasis on structural design of culverts, aggregate testing and
evaluation, environmental assessment of forest road systems, road maintenance cycles and
management.
Learning Results
OBJECTIVES To provide a geographically diverse source of expertise for forest road engineering, and through research and extension to help develop solutions that satisfy operational demands and that satisfy societal and environmental expectations.
The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI) of Central Greece.
