A Multi-Dimensional Perceived Risk Assessment Framework for Urban Air Mobility Based on AHP

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10.2991/978-94-6239-758-3_50How to use a DOI?

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Urban Air Mobility; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Perceived Risk; Risk Matrix; Low-Altitude Safety Governance

Abstract

Urban air mobility (UAM) will place automated aircraft, low-altitude corridors, vertiports, data platforms and urban communities in a tightly coupled operating environment. To support proactive low-altitude safety governance, this paper develops a perceived-risk assessment framework combining the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and a risk matrix. A literature-derived indicator system is established from UAM concept-of-operations, public-acceptance, cybersecurity and safety-management studies. Fifteen university experts evaluate six first-level dimensions and 19 second-level indicators. Results show that technical risk (27.89%) and policy risk (27.45%) dominate the overall structure. At the indicator level, policy implementation (20.13%), flight-control system reliability (13.81%), information leakage (8.92%), infrastructure environment (7.45%) and policy formulation (7.32%) are the principal risk drivers. The high weight of policy implementation is explained by the gap between rule formulation and enforceable low-altitude operations, as shown by FAA, EASA and Chinese UAV regulatory practices. The framework contributes a differentiated combination of multi-dimensional perceived risk, AHP quantification and low-altitude scenario application for UAM governance.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chengxiao Li
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/08
TI  - A Multi-Dimensional Perceived Risk Assessment Framework for Urban Air Mobility Based on AHP
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 7th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 515
EP  - 525
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-758-3_50
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-758-3_50
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