Mc Carthy, Timothy
(2022)
Accelerating the Potential of Drones for Local Government International Best and Emerging Practice Report.
Project Report.
Smart Dublin, DCC, Dublin.
Abstract
Around the world, cities have started to deploy drones in a variety of missions –saving lives,
reducing costs, delivering better services and generating efficiencies. The technology has
evolved at a breath-taking pace over the past decade with a significant growth in the number
of drones using our airspace. However, public sector and local government drone operations
are at an early stage of their journey, with the next decade expected to bring about dramatic
changes. Key benefits of drones adoption were identified across a number of public sector
services, including:
Public Safety: fire services, such as site mapping, aerial view and support on firebreaks; rescue
missions and flood risk maps.
Health and Environment: delivery of defibrillators, medical supplies and transplant organs,
sanitation of urban areas, pollution control and monitoring critical infrastructure. Drones can make
operations more efficient, save time and lives.
Planning and Development: site inspections at reduced cost assisting planning decisions and
enforcement. In the construction and development of buildings, real time data from drones can
reduce costs and gain efficiencies while reducing risks and improving data quality.
Transport and Logistics: road maintenance monitoring with reduced costs per inspection, traffic
surveillance with more accurate data on congestion and accidents, assisting ports operations, and for
postal and package deliveries.
Energy: monitoring energy storage and transmission systems can result in significant time savings
and a safer operating environment.
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Project Report)
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| Keywords: |
Drone; Governance; Best Practice; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute |
| Item ID: |
16570 |
| Depositing User: |
Tim McCarthy
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| Date Deposited: |
26 Sep 2022 15:27 |
| Publisher: |
Smart Dublin, DCC |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Funders: |
Dublin City Council |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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