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Author: Will Straw

Tokyo wants overseas tourists to spend more money at night | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Municipal governments of Tokyo’s central wards are taking a variety of measures to encourage foreign visitors to keep the yen flowing after the sun sets. Source: Tokyo wants overseas tourists to spend more money at night | The Asahi […]

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Living Cities: Who killed Dublin’s club scene? – POLITICO

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

A conversation on what makes a livable city. By AITOR HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES With HUGO MURPHY, LEONIE CATER and GIOVANNA COI Send tips here | Tweet @aitorehm | View in your browser Happy Thursday, city … Source: […]

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France: Patrouilles et interventions : Les coulisses fascinantes de la brigade de nuit à Beauvais

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

À Beauvais, deux brigades de nuit veillent 7J/7. Patrouilles, contrôles et interventions assurent la tranquillité et la sécurité des habitants. Source: Patrouilles et interventions : Les coulisses fascinantes de la brigade de nuit à Beauvais

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Marseille, France: Le tribunal administratif rejette le recours des épiciers de nuit sur la fermeture nocturne – Marsactu

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Uncategorized

L’arrêté de la préfecture de police doit prendre effet le 21 mars pour une durée d’un mois dans le centre-ville de Marseille. Source: Le tribunal administratif rejette le recours des épiciers de nuit sur la […]

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Thailand: This city’s getting the night time economy right, and no, it’s not Sydney – Central News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 12, 2025
  • Uncategorized

By Ike Morris, Caitlin Maloney and Sarah Goff-Tunks There is a buzz about the city of Chiang Mai, with its proliferation of live music venues and night markets, that other major cities around the world […]

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The 15-minute city at night: towards a holistic urban vision – Cooperative City

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 12, 2025
  • Uncategorized

How can cities function seamlessly both day and night? What happens when the 15-minute city concept meets the night-time economy? Can decentralising nightlife create safer, more accessible, and sustainable urban environments? In this article, Simone […]

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Night Time Economy Summit delivers boost for Birmingham | UK Cities & Partners

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 11, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Birmingham’s night-time economy (NTE) has received a major boost after two thousand NTE  professionals including global leaders visited the city for a two-day summit hosted at Hockley Social Club. Organised by the Night Time Industries […]

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«Si cet arrêté passe, on ferme, c’est mathématique» : à Marseille, des épiceries attaquent une mesure de fermeture nocturne – Libération

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 11, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Une dizaine de gérants de supérettes marseillaises ont déposé une requête en référé-suspension après l’émission par la préfecture de police, le 24 février, d’un arrêté leur imposant fermeture de 22 heures à 6 heures. Source: […]

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Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna – Vicious Magazine

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 10, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna para saber qué tipo de cultura de ocio desean tener sus residentes. Source: Ámsterdam lanza una nueva encuesta sobre su vida nocturna – Vicious Magazine

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Chile: Noche en la ciudad: prohibido bailar

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 7, 2025
  • Uncategorized

El panorama nocturno ha cambiado, no solo como consecuencia de la pandemia, por la actual situación económica o el aumento de la delincuencia, pero rendirnos ante estas circunstancias y “soltar” la noche y las calles […]

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Media Links

  • 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
  • France – Nuitchâtel : une association mobilisée contre la pollution lumineuse – La Télé

    April 19, 2026
  • Switzerland – Yverdon: des médiateurs nocturnes veillent depuis dix ans

    April 17, 2026
  • France – Bordeaux : le retour de l’éclairage nocturne dans toutes les rues dès ce jeudi 16 avril

    April 17, 2026
  • Barcelona Doubles Tourist-Accommodation Tax, Pushing Nightly Levy to €12–14

    April 15, 2026
  • Spain: Prohibir la venta de alcohol nocturna en las licorerías 24 horas: la propuesta de la FRAVM al Gobierno de Ayuso en la LIDER | Somos Madrid

    April 14, 2026
  • La cultura de la luz

    April 14, 2026
  • ‘It’s not just about the stars:’ International Dark Sky Week in San Diego is a celebration of the night sky – San Diego Union-Tribune

    April 13, 2026
  • France: Comment l’éclairage public est devenu une question politique : pourquoi ces villes rallument la nuit ? – L’Écho Républicain

    April 12, 2026
  • France: Metz. Charte, dialogue… Quelle méthode pour encadrer la vie nocturne ?

    April 11, 2026
  • Ireland: Pilot grant scheme launched to boost night time economy – Donegal Daily

    April 10, 2026
  • Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

    April 10, 2026
  • Ants on show at nocturnal City Nature Challenge : Newsline

    April 10, 2026
  • Scientists Want to Light Our Cities With Plants to Glow in the Dark

    April 10, 2026
  • The world is getting brighter at night but some places are going dark | ScienceDaily

    April 10, 2026
  • Montreal: Vie nocturne : le Plateau-Mont-Royal dévoile son nouveau règlement sur le bruit | Radio-Canada

    April 9, 2026
  • 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

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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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