摘要

With the development of hardware techniques and the decrease in equipment costs, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been widely applied in various socio-economic fields. However, there have been relatively few studies on low-altitude airspace resources as the operational carrier of UAVs. In this study, from the perspective of geography, the key issues related to the research of low-altitude airspace resources for UAV applications are discussed. Firstly, it is theoretically defined that low-altitude airspace is an important kind of natural resources with natural, social, and economic attributes, which should be included in the national natural resource development and utilization system; Secondly, we review the latest UAV applications based on the low-altitude airspace resources, categorize their constraints to utilize resources from natural and social aspects, and point out that the intervention of geography will speed up the development and utilization process of low-altitude airspace resources. Finally, this paper constructs the low-altitude airspace resource measurement index composed of three categories and nine sub-categories, and proposes four basic principles of low-altitude airspace resource measurement of "non-conflict utilization of resources, safety guarantee, benefit priority, and fairness", and thus forming a theoretical model of low-altitude airspace resource measurement with the three basic elements of national scope (S), true height (H) and time (t). This paper explores and discusses the low-altitude airspace resources from the perspective of geography, which will promote the interdisciplinarity of geography and aviation to some extent and the sustainable utilization of low-altitude airspace resources.

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