Economic Institutions are the sole cause of economic growth in the longrun, discuss.

Essay Question: Economic Institutions are the sole cause of economic growth in the longrun, discuss. • The essay question must be discussed within the context of two or more developing countries. If possible use Guatemala, Iraq and/or Pakistan. • The three fundamental causes of growth must be discussed 1. Geography 2. Institution (Political + Economic) and 3. Culture. You must talk about all three fundamental causes but do not completely omit one of the three. • Must link the three fundamental causes (1. Geography 2. Institution (Political + Economic) and 3. Culture) • Make sure facts are about the fundamental cause and not the proximal causes of growth • Show earlier on that the question is about fundamental causes of growth • You must forge an opinion and argue the case accordingly – supporting opinions with research papers • Don’t talk too much about politics • Must discuss what’s been discussed in the lecture material (attached below) and research papers (listed below), as well as other papers (from your research) • Word limit: 2500, without references Research papers that must be included in the essay • ‘The Macrogenoeconomics of Comparative Development’ (Ashraf and Galor) https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jel.20161314 • ‘Institutions, Human Capital, and Development’ (Acemoglu et al) https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev- economics-080213-041119 • ‘The Global Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History and the role of trade’ (Henderson et al) https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/133/1/357/4110418?l ogin=true *Additional to this, lecture material (attached) and 15 other sources must be included in the research. Refer to research by Stelios Michalopoulos, Felipe Valencia Caicedo & David Weil

Develop, implement and evaluate a marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives.

1. Module Overview

The module is designed to enable students develop an appreciation of the role of marketing and the management of marketing functions in the modern organisation. It will focus on what being “market oriented” means, in practice, to contemporary organisations. The module helps you understand the challenges of marketing management such as: analysing marketing environments; evaluating strategic alternatives and designing and implementing marketing programmes involving decisions about products/services, pricing, distribution and promotion. We will explore the concept of strategic marketing planning, tactical marketing decisions and discuss key challenges in external environment face by the marketer.

2. Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this learning, and this module, you will be able to:

1. Critique key theories, concepts and models in marketing and its role in the achievement of organisational objectives.

2. Critically evaluate organisational current markets and/or sectors within which it operates.

3. Develop, implement and evaluate a marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives.

3 Sensitivity: Internal

3. Summative and Formative Assessment

Formative Activities and Assessment

Formative activities and assessments are opportunities for you to apply, practice and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have encountered. These may take the form of individual tasks, such as reading some text or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it, responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum, considering a case study, or participating in a live online classroom session. The main aim of formative activities is for you to receive feedback on your contribution or performance that will help you prepare for and complete your final module assessment.

You are given ONE opportunity to submit a summary of your ideas (or an outline) for Coursework 2 (up to 500 words) through Turnitin. Please check with your module tutors for details.

Summative Assessment

Summative assessments are the pieces of coursework that you complete which contribute towards your final grade in this module. You should take the feedback that you receive from the completion of coursework in this module and use it to help you improve your performance in future assessments.

Summative assessment in this module is two pieces of submitted coursework. You will be expected to submit your summative assignments via the submission points in the Assessment folder of your module.

Your assessments will be marked under the Anonymous Marking Policy. It is the responsibility of students to respect and enable anonymity in the assessment process. You must submit your work using your student number to identify yourself, not your name. You must not use your name in the text of the work at any point. When you submit your work via Turnitin, you must submit your student number within the assignment document and in the Submission title field on Turnitin.4 Sensitivity: Internal

4. Summative Assessment

COURSEWORK 1 Assessment Type:

Individual Report

Assessment weighting:

40%

Word count:

2000 Words

Submission Method:

Turnitin

Submission Dates:

Provisional Grade and Feedback Release Date:

Develop the implementation plan with the focus on communication mix for the successful implementation of the marketing plan.

Assessment guidance

For the organisation you used in CW1 you will develop a Marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives. The Marketing plan should make use of various strategy models and discuss the implementation and evaluation of marketing frameworks and tools. In your Marketing plan you should show that it:

Supports the organisational objectives.

Demonstrates understanding of the stakeholder needs

Is in line with the marketing objective(s)

Shows consideration of external and internal environment – identified in CW1.

Section 1: Introduction, Audit & Objectives

Introduce the organisation, products/services and main market(s) using the CW1 information. Outline the scope of the report. Discuss the SMART marketing objectives for the organisation to demonstrate how these objectives will sustain/improve the success of the organisation and how they meet the stakeholders’ expectations.

Section 2: Strategies for Growth

Application of the strategic models (e.g. BCG matrix, the Ansoff Matrix / Porter’s Generic Strategies etc.) will enable you to identify areas of risk and growth within the organisation and possible strategic directions. 7 Sensitivity: Internal

Section 3: The Marketing Mix

This is your opportunity to explore the 4Ps, or 7Ps, as you currently see them. You can suggest changes to any or all of the components, if these would help to achieve the objectives you have set in Section 1. Remember that the marketing objectives should be in line with the chosen marketing strategy, so refer to the targeting of the company, as well as its positioning, to support your arguments.

Section 4: Communications and marketing tactics

Explore the communications mix and how this is already used and make suggestions for future marketing planning. You will discuss the importance of marketing analysis and make recommendations for further communications.

Section 5: Implementation and evaluation

  • • Develop the implementation plan with the focus on communication mix for the successful implementation of the marketing plan.
  • • Develop an evaluation to measure the successful implementation of marketing plan framework based on the identification of KPIs and methods.

The report needs to be well-presented and well-structured, with good vocabulary and grammar. Citing sources of concepts/theories/models is essential. When you first introduce them, you should also briefly explain their purpose and meaning – this can be done via the citation of an academic source (a book or a journal article, or a report). All citations should feature at the end of your work as a List of references.

What is the sociological imagination? What does it mean to you?

Description

(Please write in three full pages) Sociology 101 (Introduction to Sociology 2e) Module 10 and 11 https://cbc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6c1d3fe7‑1761‑4176‑bb9b‑ae9700ffc8e8 This is My Assignment (Use TWO FULL pages for this assignment. Also, I will pay extra if you will use the 3rd page) Unlimited Attempts Allowed Details Answer the following questions in at least one complete page (meaning if you start one third of the way down the first page it must go at least that far onto the second page) and make a strong argument that you achieved mastery of these concepts: 1. What is the sociological imagination? What does it mean to you? How can it help you throughout the course of your life? What is the six word definition I like to use that starts with ‘The intersection of _______ ___ ________ ? 2. Then tell me about two other concepts – or theorists – or theories you learned in this class. Tell me the implications for each and show that you can apply them to the real world. If you can submit this before June 10th at 11:59 pm you will receive 5 extra credit points. ** If this assignment seems overwhelming, and you do not feel like you can manage expressing your knowledge of the material by writing, you can also create a powerpoint presentation, video, Prezi or some other creative medium to communicate that you have mastered the material. Please contact me so we can talk about it!

Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change.

3. Discussion (4000 words)

1. Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change. In discussing your strategy, you need to evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings in your field of practice.

2. Critically discuss your proposed delivery plan of change / improvement / innovation to improve patient safety/outcomes. You need to clearly evaluate the involvement of all stakeholders in developing the plans for delivering change and innovation that focus on better outcomes for people who use services in your field of practice.

3. Systematically appraise collaborative approaches to identifying risks and challenges, problem solving and decision-making in planning and implementing your proposed change in challenging, complex and dynamic health and social care systems such as the NHS. You need to clearly identify potential barriers and how these will be managed using evidence -based approaches.

4. Discuss how you will evaluate and measure the success of your delivery/implementation plan/service development/innovation/improvement and what further action plan might be required.

5. Critically reflect on how you have developed your ability to lead change since year 1. You need to reflect on how your learning has prepared you to be able to lead, manage, and improve services in order to improve patient / service user outcomes and or safety in your field of practice.Page 4 of 4

4. Conclusion (500 words)

1. Summary: Write a short concluding statement, which summarises the key learning points that have emerged from the discussion.

2. Recommendations. Make recommendations on what needs to be done in light of your findings and conclusions.

5. References. Appropriate referencing is an important element of academic writing. Ensure that you have used the most up-to-date UWL referencing guide available from the library. Please be aware that the referencing guide is regularly updated.

6. Appendices. You are required to include your poster as an appendix (Session 11). Any other diagrams /charts should also be included in the appendix. Remember that appendices need to be fully referenced and need to be cited in the main body of your work. Appendices are not marked, but supplement the information discussed in the main body of the essay.

Explain why your chosen statistical tests are appropriate for testing the null hypothesis

Description

Probability, Distributions, Hypothesis Testing, and Measures This is a three-part assignment that will be submitted as one document. You will need a title and reference page for this assignment. You do not need to include the introduction or conclusion sections. Part I. Based on what you have learned about probability and distributions, hypothesis testing, and measures of association, answer the following: What statistical tests will you use to test your null hypothesis (H0)? Explain why your chosen statistical tests are appropriate for testing the null hypothesis (H0)? How will you determine correlations between variables? Part II. Go to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Table A-1: Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age. Table A-1 presents the employment status of the civilian population by sex and age and is updated monthly. For this assignment, select the data from the latest available month under the Seasonally Adjusted header column, men, 20 years and over employed and unemployed, and women, 20 years and over, employed and unemployed. Using any software of your choice and data from Table A-1, develop the following tables and figures, and conduct the following statistical tests. Create a contingency table and calculate the frequencies. Create an expected frequencies table. Calculate the Chi-Square statistic. Calculate the t-Statistic. Develop a standard scatter plot for the variables. Determine if your data level is nominal, ordinal, or continuous. Then calculate the Phi coefficient for nominal level data, Gamma for ordinal level data, or Pearson’s r for continuous level data. Export the tables and figure(s) into a Word document. Tables and figures are required to follow APA Style. Part III. As in previous units, revisions to the hypothesis and research questions may be necessary. If you feel revisions are needed, go ahead and make them. If no revisions are needed, justify your decision. Keep in mind you will be developing a quantitative research proposal. Your final submitted document must be at least three pages long. The title and reference pages do not  apply to the page count. You may use the textbook and at least two peer-reviewed scholarly articles. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm

Evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings

LOs

1. Evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings

2. Critically analyse and evaluate methods of service evaluation and service improvement to propose and plan for organisational change and service improvement

3. Systematically appraise and apply collaborative approaches to risk identification, problem solving and decision-making in planning and implementing innovations in challenging, complex and dynamic health and social care systems.

4. Appraise current healthcare challenges and evaluate the involvement of all stakeholders in developing plans for delivering change and innovation that focus on better outcomes for people who use services.

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Assignment Guidelines

This assignment is a dissertation which discusses how a particular service can be led/managed, improved/ changed/innovate/developed in order to improve patient / service user safety or/ and outcomes.

The first step in any change/improvement/innovation is to assess the current state of the service. This would help you in identifying the service gap and rationale for service change/improvement/innovation/development. You will then need to set out a plan, discuss/ explore how that plan might be implemented and critically evaluate your led/managed proposed service change /improvement / development/innovation.

You will need to decide on your chosen strategy for change which will be based on theories related to change management / leadership / management, project management, evidence- based practice research, current health care policies, clinical guidelines, reports, findings and recommendations. You will need to set your work against the background of the NHS, NHS policies and evidence- based practice.

Dissertation Structure Guidance

1. Introduction (500 words).

The introduction needs to clearly explain what the assignment is about. This section needs to explain in your own words what is required in the assignment brief given above. Your introduction also needs to outline how the essay is structured and articulate why your topic is of significance/importance in relation to patient safety or/and outcomes. You can use references to support your work. Page 3 of 4

2. Context and Background (1000 words)

1. Appraise current healthcare challenges in England or in the UK. You will need to clearly identify gap in service in your field of nursing practice.

2. You will need to discuss the NHS and or other organisational policies, internal and external drivers for change, for example, reports, clinical guidelines, recommendations supporting change, innovation and improvement in your field of practice.

3. Briefly discuss the change, innovation /improvement in service that is being proposed. You need to clearly articulate how patients or/and service users will benefit from the proposed change.

explore how a service could be led/ managed/ improved or change in order to improve patient safety or/and outcomes.

Summative:

For this assignment you are required to explore how a service could be led/ managed/ improved or change in order to improve patient safety or/and outcomes. You will need to identify a particular service and have clear reasons for this service needing change/improvement /development /innovation. The first step in any change is to assess the current state of the service (service gap/need) then set out a plan, explore how that plan will be implemented, and critically evaluate the change /improvement / led or managed service.

You will need to decide on your chosen strategy for change which will be based on theories related to change management / leadership / management, project management, evidence- based practice, research, current health care policies, clinical guidelines, reports, findings and recommendations. You will need to set your work against the background of the NHS, NHS policies and evidence- based practice.

6000 words- Dissertation

Discuss unitarist and pluralist approaches to employee relations and the implications these have on the employment relationship

 

 

 

 

Contemporary developments in employment relations (DER) assessment brief

 

This assessment is made up of three parts, assessment activity 1, assessment activity 2 and assessment activity 3.

 

CIPD learning outcomes and assessment criteria

 

The following table sets out the CIPD learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria:

 

Learning outcomes

The learner will:

Assessment criteria

The learner can:

1      Understand the nature and context of employment relations.

 

1.1      Analyse the indeterminate nature of employment relations.
1.2      Compare and contrast unitarist and pluralist approaches to employment relations.
1.3      Assess a range of factors which impact on employment relations.
2      Know about employment relations legislation. 2.1      Describe and critique the essential features of the contract of employment.
2.2      Identify and analyse the main sources of UK and EU employment relations law-making.
2.3      Explain the main developments in individual employment law.
2.4      Assess and advise on the purpose and scope of statutory trade union recognition.
3      Understand contemporary developments in employee involvement and participation. 3.1      Explain the differences in employee involvement, participation and partnership.
3.2      Compare and contrast union and non-union forms of employee representation.
3.3      Assess the link between employee voice and organisation performance.
4      Know about different forms of conflict behaviour and dispute resolution.

 

4.1      Distinguish between conflict and misbehaviour, and between official and unofficial industrial action.
4.2      Assess contemporary trends in the type of conflict and industrial sanctions.
4.3      Explain what is required to advise, coach and guide line managers in the skills for effective grievance- and dispute-handling procedures.
4.4      Distinguish between third-party conciliation, mediation and arbitration.

 

 

 

Assessment activity 1

 

Employment dispute case study

 

Writing this case study review will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 1.1, 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4. Your word count for the case study review is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 1 on the document DER assessment activity 1 template.

 

Your case study review should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

 

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

 

 

Research a recent employment dispute which resulted in strike action (e.g. Junior Doctors, Southern Rail, London Underground, Post Office) and create a case study review which includes:

 

Context

  • A description of how the dispute came about, the parties involved, what action was taken by both sides and the nature of the dispute. Explain who has been affected by the industrial action and state the outcome of the dispute (if there has been one) (1.1) (1.3)

 

Analysis

  • An explanation of what makes industrial action ‘official’ and comment on the official nature (or not) of your case study (4.1)
  • A definition of ‘conflict’ and ‘misbehaviour’ in the context of workplace disputes and identify examples of both in your case study (4.1)
  • An assessment of how the conflict and actions taken by the parties involved in your chosen case study differs to high profile industrial disputes of the 1970’s and 1980’s (4.2)

 

Advice, guidance and further support

  • A discussion of how you, as a HR professional, would advise and guide managers to effectively manage and resolve disputes (4.3)
  • An explanation of the roles of external conciliation, mediation and arbitration services (4.4)

 

 

  • Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 1 template’ to submit your report.
  • Remember references to back up your findings and recommendations are expected.
  • There are a lot of elements to include in this assessment, so be sure to check you have provided evidence for all the assessment criteria before you finalise your work.

 

 

 

Assessment activity 2

 

Employment relations legislation

 

Writing this briefing paper will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4. Your word count for the briefing paper is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 2 on the document DER assessment activity 2 template.

 

Your briefing paper should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

 

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

 

 

You are required to prepare a briefing paper for newly appointed managers in Globex that provides the key information they need to know about employment relations legislation:

 

  • Briefly introduce why line managers need to understand employment relations legislation
  • Explain the main legal requirements around the contract of employment including what the minimum requirements are, what employers may choose to include and wider influences on contractual working arrangements. (2.1)
  • Identifies and explain at least two sources (one of which should be the EU) of where UK employment relations legislation originates from (2.2)
  • Review two recent developments in individual employment rights and comment on their impact on employers and employees (2.3)
  • Explain the statutory trade union recognition and derecognition processes and consider why an employer may or may not want to recognise a trade union (2.4)

 

 

  • You can base your response around your own organisation or one you know well if you prefer.
  • Remember to pitch your note to line managers in terms they will understand.
  • Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 2 template’ to submit your report. You can adapt the template to include your organisation’s logo/house style etc. but you should keep to the format as this will help ensure you include all the key elements.
  • Remember references to back up your findings are expected so here you will need to cite statute, regulations and case law along with robust sources of your wider reading.
  • uk, Acas and Citizens Advice are all useful websites for simple employment law guidance

 

 

Assessment activity 3

 

Employee voice

 

Writing this report will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 1.2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. Your word count for the report is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 3 on the document DER assessment activity 3 template.

 

Your report should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

 

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

 

 

As part of the employee engagement programme within Globe-X, Philip Benn has been hearing anecdotes about the value of ‘employee voice’ and would like to understand whether there is any substance to the claims. Assess whether investing in employee involvement and participation initiatives will strengthen the employment relationship between Globe-X and its employees.

 

Write a report to Philip in which you:

 

  • Discuss unitarist and pluralist approaches to employee relations and the implications these have on the employment relationship (1.2)
  • Explain what is meant by employee involvement, participation and partnership along with an example of each (3.1)
  • Compare and contrast union and non-union forms of employee representation and how these have evolved (3.2)
  • Assess evidence linking employee voice and organisational performance referring to research and examples of organisational practice (3.3)

 

 

  • You can base your response around your own organisation or one you know well if you prefer.
  • Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 3 template’ to submit your report. You can adapt the template to include your organisation’s logo/house style etc. but you should keep to the format as this will help ensure you include all the key elements.
  • Remember references to back up your findings and recommendations are expected.
  • Refer to the programme text book for some useful supporting evidence for employee voice.

 

How can technological innovations be optimised for bushfire detection and control?

Introduction

1.1 Background

The study regards exploring the potential of using drones/RPAs as technological pathways to the early detection and prevention of bushfires. The problem of bushfires is associated with forest burns, and their effects are disastrous to the living organisms that inhabit the ecosystem (Hossain et al., 2020). Vardoulakis et al. (2020) contend that bushfires have usually characterised Australia’s natural environment. Still, their risks continue to increase over time because of the early commencement of fire seasons, their delayed end seasons, and their influence on climatic extremities. The bushfires are associated with extremely hot, dry, and windy conditions that render the fires move fast and become uncontrollable (Di Virgilio et al., 2019). Thus, bushfires are associated with climate change as part of their adverse effects (Harris and Lucas, 2019). For instance, the 2019-2020 bushfires witnessed in Victoria, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, and New South Wales led to about 33 fatalities, heightened property damage, and flora and fauna destruction (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). The bushfires also exposed many people to extremities of air pollution (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). Smoke from bushfires and that which emanates from prescribed burns has complex particles and gases in them, which, once they are chemically transformed into the atmosphere, can be propelled by the wind to travel over a long distance (Vardoulakis et al. 2020). This aspect, therefore, contextualises bushfires as a cause of public health deterioration because of their adverse effects on air pollution.

Forest fires have emerged as part of international concerns because of the detrimental effects on the environment, thus impacting the imperatives of life for people and animals. According to Corcoran et al. (2021), there has been a consistent rising trend of forest fires and devastating economic and ecological impacts. Barmpoutis et al. (2020) assert that bushfires are linked to alterations in climatic patterns, hence the need to adopt novel pathways to facilitate their early detection and mitigation. Hughes (2021) argues that the effect of bushfires can be attested by the increase in the deviation of annual temperatures of 1.5℃ as of 2018 compared to the -0.5℃ recorded in 1910. Nithyavathy et al. (2021) found that Nigeria’s economy has lost about $4.4 billion in contemporary contexts due to bushfires, implying the need for urgency in addressing this challenge. Consequently, the use of technological pathways such as drones and RPAs in detecting bushfires has been argued as advantageous due to its features of video coverage or pictorials’ real-time transmission (Witwer, 2020). These characteristics are integral in helping to precisely model and predict the episodic happenings of bushfires.

There are various areas where the use of RPAs and drones can help detect bushfires earlier and help escalate the deployment of mitigation schemes. For instance, Kyuchukova et al. (2019) suggest that drones can be integral in providing detection and monitoring of bushfires since they produce big data that can be used to foster progress through continuous improvements. Tehseen et al. (2022) explain that drones are regarded as flying robots; hence, they can control the bushfires at early stages efficiently. In this regard, if the drones’ sensors detect anything that shows fire, then the information is relayed to the control room, whereby the controller will redirect the signals to the drone to help in visualising the forest area where the fire had been detected (Tehseen et al. 2022). Moreover, in the case of fire, the drones deployed for monitoring will identify the fire’s intensity and relay back information to the control room for timely decision-making on combating the fire before spreading (Kinaneva et al., 2019).

Fuquan et al. (2019) argue that there is a need for higher spatiotemporal imagery to facilitate the efficient monitoring as well as deployment of drones to offer high-resolution as well as images that are relayed in real-time, thus providing accurate mapping of the fire incident coupled with tracking, which is integral in making relevant decisions. Alkhatib (2014) indicates that optical sensors, digital cameras, sensor networks, and satellite systems constitute the widely adopted methodologies for detecting forest fires and offering their monitoring. Moreover, based on Fuquan et al. (2019), information gathered when such methods are deployed for fire monitoring and detection enables the creation of automation of warning systems for bushfires via advancing image and video processing. Bao et al. (2015) reveal that the utilisation of multi-objective algorithmic control that has visual analysis capabilities can help deescalate the detection expenses while simultaneously increasing the coverage area of fire detection. These methods provide novel ways of using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to detect and map fire outbreak areas, facilitating faster control.

Gulcl et al. (2016) contend that the conventional watchtower method in detecting bushfires is constrained by inherent limitations that include its linkage to unfavourable weather conditions, thus making it inappropriate for detecting such fires over extended distances. Akay and Erdogan (2017) suggest that to prevent the inherent constraints of the conventional watchtower method, geographical information systems (GIS) and novel technologies can be applied to scale up the bushfire hotspots coverage. Gulcl et al. (2016) suggest that utilising Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can help achieve brushfires’ autonomous scanning. On the contrary, Kucuk et al. (2017) assert that efficiency in managing bushfires requires devices that have capabilities of relaying visibility data and detecting smoke coupled with other variables that indicate forest fires. Zhang et al. (2020) contend that the deployment of sensors that offer optical capabilities for terrestrial areas can alleviate the issues of visibility; however, the authors note that there are limitations on the field of view. This perspective is reiterated by Barmpoutis et al. (2020), whose study indicated that the use of surveillance algorithms could help detect such bushfires both during the day and at night. Alkhatib (2014) and Zhang et al. (2020) state that deploying many cameras can help improve brushfire detection. These assertions indicate the various technological pathways that can be utilised to scale up the identification and control of forest fires. In this study, the use of drones/RPAs to improve the detection and management of bushfires is examined.

1.2 Research Rationale

The rationale of this study is to examine how drones/RPAs can be used to facilitate the early detection and control of bushfires. Early detection of bushfires is integral to ameliorating the adverse effects of air pollution and climate change (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). Previous scholarship has disclosed that various technological solutions can be integrated into the detection, control, and mitigation of bushfires (Yuchukova et al., 2019; Yuan, 2015). However, the attention drawn to drones/RPAs does not provide a nuanced understanding of their capabilities and efficient application to improve detection outcomes (Tehseen et al., 2022). Therefore, this study is essential in providing in-depth insights into how drones/RPAs can be deployed to foster real-time detection of bushfires and transmission of relevant data to the control room, thus helping avert the losses associated with such fires in Australia.

1.3 Research Aims and Objectives

This inquiry aims to explore the use of innovative technologies and artificial intelligence to facilitate the aversion of bushfires in Australia through timely detection and deployment of control and mitigation strategies. The study’s specific objectives include:

  1. To compare the various types of drones that can be deployed for bushfire detection and their effectiveness
  2. To explore the efficiency outcomes of using drones/RPAs in bushfire detection and control
  3. To examine how drones/RPAs can obtain optimal results in real-time transmission of bushfire information to the control room.

Research Question

  1. How can technological innovations be optimised for bushfire detection and control?