Affiliation:
1. Silesian University of Technology
Abstract
In every sphere of human life, its proper quality is important. Therefore, quality of life is of interest to various fields of knowledge, including philosophy, psychology, sociology, medicine, etc. The quality of life also is important for engineers who have an impact on the technosphere, i.e., technical means whose features (construction, operational, condition and ergonomic), determine the quality of human life � user or operator of the given technical mean. Shaping these features at the stages of the life cycle (which are design, construction, production, and exploitation) has an impact on management in areas inhabited by people, including cities, shaping their standard of living. Therefore, there is an urgent need to assess the characteristics of various technical means that function in cities and determine their impact on the quality of life of residents. An opportunity in this respect may be the implementation of the concept of social assessment of technology (Technology Assessment), which assumes the use of methods and techniques that are the result of the work of specialists-representatives of various fields of knowledge, including those representing technical and social sciences. Drones, which are used for various purposes, are among the innovative technical means used more and more often in cities. Their purchase for the needs of various applications must be preceded by an analysis based on technical, economic, environmental, but also social criteria. The article proposes the concept of a method for assessing the quality of life of a resident of a city where drones are used and/or operated. This assessment will be carried out using the original quality of life assessment model, which allows the calculation of the value of the original quality of life measure based on data from surveys.
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