Societal acceptance of urban drones

A scoping literature review

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11637606
AutoresNing Wang (0009-0007-8931-918X, University of Geneva, autor correspondente), Nico Mutzner (0009-0005-6801-0971, University of Zurich), Karl Blanchet (0000-0003-0498-8020, University of Geneva)
Ano2023
Volume75
Páginas102377-102377
Data de publicação2023-10-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTechnology in Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0160-791X • E-ISSN: 1879-3274
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102377
OpenAlexW4387327827
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas78

The use of drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in urban areas has emerged rapidly in the last decade, and continues to expand at an unprecedented pace. Alongside these emergent uses of high-impact technology in both public and private sectors, political debates about the potential risks and challenges have arisen, encompassing diverse perspectives and attitudes about the ethical, legal, social, and regulatory implications of introducing and integrating new technology in society. This scoping review offers an assessment of the societal acceptance factors discussed in the current academic literature. We used a hybrid approach encompassing quantitative landscape mapping and qualitative content analysis of the selected articles to inductively develop a typology of acceptance factors associated with urban use of drones. This review illuminates areas that have been the focus of attention within the current body of knowledge (e.g., visual and noise pollution of drones), sketches the evolution of the relevant discussions over time (e.g., a focus on the safety of the drone technology toward safety of the cargo it carries and security of the data it collects), and points to areas that have received less considerations (e.g., media appropriation and social group influence). It can, thus, help situate the topic of societal acceptance of urban drones in specific contexts, and orient future research on promoting value sensitive innovation in society more broadly

Appropriation · Drone · Geography · Pace · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Typology · Value (mathematics · Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · UAV Applications and Optimization