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Month: August 2021

Spain: L’Eliana mide la luminosidad nocturna para frenar la contaminación ambiental | Las Provincias

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 6, 2021
  • Uncategorized

El consistorio aplicará medidas con criterios sostenibles e instalará un fotómetro para controlar de forma permanente la evolución del brillo del fondo del cielo Source: L’Eliana mide la luminosidad nocturna para frenar la contaminación ambiental […]

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NSW COVID: Is a Sydney lockdown curfew worth trying?

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 4, 2021
  • Uncategorized

A Herald analysis of international experience shows in certain circumstances curfews appear to have worked. Source: NSW COVID: Is a Sydney lockdown curfew worth trying?

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US: Nantucket Lights group strives to preserve view of island’s dark skies

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 3, 2021
  • Uncategorized

As light pollution on Nantucket increases, residents and visitors are uniting to ask people and organizations to help preserve views of the night sky. Source: Nantucket Lights group strives to preserve view of island’s dark […]

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France: Rouen. Fin de l’éclairage nocturne permanent dans certains quartiers

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 3, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Source: Rouen. Fin de l’éclairage nocturne permanent dans certains quartiers

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Bright lights, big cities leave dung beetles’ celestial compass in the toilet

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Dung beetles from a North West game farm have provided the first evidence that city lights leave nocturnal animals in the dark. Source: Bright lights, big cities leave dung beetles’ celestial compass in the toilet

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Inside world of small businesses keeping Lagos night economy alive

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The potential of Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital, as a top night economy hotspot, is hampered by poor infrastructure. Source: Inside world of small businesses keeping Lagos night economy alive

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Montreal needs noise observatory, experts say | Montreal Gazette

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The city missed a chance to study the reduction in noise pollution during the pandemic — and its impact on well-being, researchers say. Source: Montreal needs noise observatory, experts say | Montreal Gazette

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  • Une vie nocturne 2025 réussie à Ottawa, selon le maire de nuit | Radio-Canada

    April 8, 2026
  • Le rythme nocturne d’Hanoi dans le cœur des touristes internationaux.

    April 8, 2026
  • France: Réclamé par les habitants, l’éclairage public nocturne fait son retour dans cette ville de l’Oise

    April 8, 2026
  • La Rue des livres de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, un souffle discret pour la lecture à l’ère numérique

    April 5, 2026
  • France: Les jours de la nuit : Saint-Pierre adapte ses éclairages pour protéger la biodiversité nocturne

    April 4, 2026
  • Spain: Alejandro Zamarro, nuevo presidente de Noche Madrid en un momento de liderazgo internacional del ocio nocturno madrileño – Gaceta del Turismo

    April 3, 2026
  • France: La nouvelle municipalité de Clermont-Ferrand rétablit l’éclairage nocturne dès ce vendredi – La Montagne

    April 3, 2026
  • La oscuridad como herramienta de proyecto

    April 1, 2026
  • France: L’éclairage public rétablit la nuit dans cette ville de Seine-et-Marne, une décision qui divise

    March 31, 2026
  • Chinese cities redefine urban culture in a time of global uncertainty – CGTN

    March 30, 2026
  • Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar | The Seattle Times

    March 30, 2026
  • Night glow of Indian cities reveals link between inequality and crime: IIT study

    March 29, 2026
  • Vie nocturne : Montréal autorise 21 établissements à fermer plus tard | Radio-Canada

    March 29, 2026
  • Vie nocturne – L’administration Martinez Ferrada lance la certification Nuits Montréal pour mieux encadrer et faire rayonner sa vie nocturne

    March 28, 2026
  • Une vingtaine d’établissements seront certifiés «Nuits Montréal»

    March 28, 2026
  • Protecting Night Skies from Light Pollution – Door County Pulse

    March 26, 2026
  • US: Nashville ‘Night Mayor’ on how night life has evolved beyond Broadway

    March 25, 2026
  • L’économie nocturne de Hô Chi Minh-Ville ne se résume pas aux marchés nocturnes ou aux pubs.

    March 25, 2026
  • La clé d’une percée dans l’économie nocturne de Hanoï.

    March 22, 2026
  • ‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content | Women | The Guardian

    March 18, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

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