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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 436, 2023
4th International Conference on Environmental Design (ICED2023)
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Article Number | 09005 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Natural Environment | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202343609005 | |
Published online | 11 October 2023 |
Hierarchy of Hiking Trails using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to highlight the natural environment
1 Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou St., 68200 Orestiada, Greece
2 Department of Production Engineering and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, Vas. Sofias 12, 671 00 Xanthi, Greece
* Corresponding author: cntaouti@fmenr.duth.gr
Hiking on trails is an activity to improve the quality of human life, a strategy for the development of the tourist activity and highlighting the natural wealth of region. The present study deals with the hiking trails of the Municipality of Samothrace (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece). In this study, the trails were classified based on criteria with the contribution of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, which determined the weights of the criteria. Seven criteria (Starting Elevation, Summit Elevation, Slope, Degree of Difficulty, Length, Hiking Time, and Starting Point Distance from the City) which are considered important for the selection of a hiking trail by hikers were compared pairwise and based on the results the hiking trails classified. The Analytical Hierarchy Process can help and guide both managers and people who make decisions about the sustainable use and protection of the natural environment, and hikers who consider the criteria for trail selection. In this way, priorities can be set for the maintenance of existing trails and the design of new ones.
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