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Author: Will Straw

France: Éclairage nocturne à Angoulême : « Nous ne reviendrons pas en arrière », dit le maire – Charente Libre.fr

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 27, 2023
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« Même si certains habitants peuvent y voir un lien, la délinquance évolue de la même manière dans les villes qui restent allumées », indique l’élu. À L’Houmeau, Victor-Hugo, Ma Campagne, La Grand Source: Éclairage nocturne à […]

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Montreal: Dernière chance de célébrer l’été: des bars et restaurants ouverts jusqu’à 6h du matin au Village | TVA Nouvelles

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 27, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Danser et fêter jusqu’au lever du jour: voici ce qu’il sera possible de faire la nuit du 7 au 8 octobre prochain sur la rue Sainte-Catherine Est. Source: Dernière chance de célébrer l’été: des bars […]

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Switzerland: Session du Parlement: Le National ne veut pas éteindre les vitrines la nuit – Le Matin

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2023
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La Chambre du peuple a refusé une motion du Valaisan Christophe Clivaz qui voulait mettre fin au gaspillage énergétique lié à l’éclairage nocturne. Source: Session du Parlement: Le National ne veut pas éteindre les vitrines […]

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El coloquio La noche nos pertenece, un ejercicio de memoria y reflexión sobre la vida nocturna en la Ciudad de México | Prensa INBA – Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes | Artes Visuales

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 26, 2023
  • Uncategorized

– Especialistas, investigadores e historiadores hablarán sobre la transformación de la ciudad y sus habitantes- El encuentro se llevará a cabo en el Museo Nacional de San Carlos el miércoles 27 de septiembreEn el marco […]

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Australia: The spice of nightlife! Lakemba receives Purple Flag status | NSW Government

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 24, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Multicultural Lakemba has become the first area outside the Sydney CBD and Parramatta to join world cities in being recognised as a Purple Flag-accredited safe nightlife zone due to its welcoming, bustling offering. Source: The […]

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Five ways Toronto’s hard-hit live music venues could be saved

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 24, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Reimaging the way live music venues are run could help make Toronto a Music City again. Source: Five ways Toronto’s hard-hit live music venues could be saved

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Five ways Toronto’s hard-hit live music venues could be saved

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 24, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Reimaging the way live music venues are run could help make Toronto a Music City again. Source: Five ways Toronto’s hard-hit live music venues could be saved

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La Métropole de Nice crée une brigade de nuit pour mieux sécuriser bus et tramway – Nice-Matin

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 23, 2023
  • Uncategorized

En été, il tourne de 4h45 à 1h30 du matin. Mais jusqu’ici, le réseau Lignes d’Azur ne disposait pas d’équipes dédiées pour assurer la sécurité des voyageurs la nuit. C’est désormais chose faite. Depuis le […]

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Hong Kong white lion dance falls flat amid bid to reboot nightlife — Radio Free Asia

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 22, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Online comments joke about its resemblance to the ‘filial lion’ used to mourn the dead. Source: Hong Kong white lion dance falls flat amid bid to reboot nightlife — Radio Free Asia

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UK: One year on from landmark Women’s Night time Safety Charter Council looks back on progress made | Manchester City Council

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 22, 2023
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One year on from landmark Women’s Night time Safety Charter Council looks back on progress made – Manchester City Council is reflecting on one year since it launched its Women’s Night Time Safety Charter Source: […]

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  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026
  • Colombia: Bogotá anuncia millonario apoyo cultural para proyectos en Chapinero

    April 25, 2026
  • France: À Harfleur, l’éclairage nocturne a fait son retour après les municipales… mais à quel coût ?

    April 24, 2026
  • France: “On n’a pas de communes qui nous demandent de rallumer” : le pari réussi de l’extinction nocturne dans la Vienne

    April 24, 2026
  • France: Mouy. La ville rallume les lumières la nuit et supprime des bancs en centre-ville – Oise Hebdo

    April 23, 2026
  • Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems | PBS News

    April 22, 2026
  • Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

    April 22, 2026
  • France: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce maire de l’Oise prend des mesures fortes

    April 21, 2026
  • France: Basic Fit H24, épicerie, resto nocturne… La nuit existe-t-elle encore en ville ?

    April 21, 2026
  • Light pollution (1/2): “the extinction of nighttime public lighting has no effect on delinquency, opposition is linked to a feeling of insecurity” – Veritas News

    April 19, 2026
  • Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime | WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather

    April 19, 2026
  • Canada: Concordia study finds park design affects cooling differently by day and night | EurekAlert!

    April 19, 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

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

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the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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