Smith, A, Dickinson, JE, Marsden, G orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-2793 et al. (3 more authors) (2022) Public acceptance of the use of drones for logistics: The state of play and moving towards more informed debate. Technology in Society, 68. 101883. ISSN 0160-791X
Abstract
Policy makers are keen to understand public and stakeholder concerns in relation to the greater deployment of drones within transport systems and studies have sought to quantify public acceptance of drones with common themes including worries relating to privacy and safety and a lack of engagement with the technology amongst some demographic groups. This paper critically examines the research on public acceptance of drones finding the conflation of a diverse range of drone applications has led to ambiguity in the prevailing concerns and that the absence of clear parameters for drone use in local transport environments limits scope to develop informed opinion. We find that studies which build familiarity and understanding of practical drone use demonstrate the potential for more positive and informed outcomes than do more generic surveys on attitudes. The paper raises questions about the role of public acceptance research and its use in policy and calls for studies that build understanding of drones within transport environments so that stakeholders can engage in more informed debates to shape future transport provision.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Drone; Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs); Public acceptance; Knowledge; Attitudes; Perceptions |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Sustainable Transport Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2022 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 24 May 2022 15:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.101883 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187247 |