The Commercial Use of Drones in U.S. National Parks

DOI

10.2991/itmr.2017.6.4.4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

civil drones, national parks, concessions, concerns, commercial use.

Abstract

Motivated by current reports showing potential socioeconomic benefits, this research investigated the use of civil drones in national parks and discussed the implications of this use, taking the United States as an example. Relying on literature about concessions in national parks, we have discussed several historical, conceptual, and legal aspects of concessions. In addition, the paper discusses the concerns of several stakeholders including the parks’ management and visitors about privacy and safety. Research findings show that establishing various concession ideas in national parks is profitable and will contribute to increasing the revenues of tourism sector as well as to job creation. The research also shows that the ideas are relatively safe, and should not raise any concerns about using drones in national parks, especially when our recommendations are followed. Research limitations and future research recommendations are discussed at the end of paper.

Copyright

© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Johnny Elie Chamata
AU  - Lisa Marie King
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/06/30
TI  - The Commercial Use of Drones in U.S. National Parks
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 158
EP  - 164
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SN  - 1835-5269
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itmr.2017.6.4.4
DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2017.6.4.4
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