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Australia: Sydney nightlife must sober up to appeal

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 5, 2023
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Sydney’s nightlife excludes too many people because of a lack of options that do not involve food and alcohol. Source: Sydney nightlife must sober up to appeal

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Australia: Nighttime economy: Why 90 per cent of women in Sydney don’t feel safe at night

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 5, 2023
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NSW minister Natalie Ward said she did not understand Sydney’s lack of 24-hour transport at a forum discussing ways to bolster the participation of women in the night-time economy. Source: Nighttime economy: Why 90 per […]

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China: L’économie nocturne illumine les nuits de Chengdu

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 4, 2023
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Source: L’économie nocturne illumine les nuits de Chengdu

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Boston: Her assignment: Set night life in the city on an upbeat trajectory | Dorchester Reporter

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 4, 2023
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Thousands of people spent a summer evening in Fields Corner last year flowing through a Dorchester Avenue scene filled with vendors who were selling grilled meat and seafood as part of a “night market” in […]

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Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year – Big Think

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 4, 2023
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Today, most people live in cities or suburbs that needlessly shine light into the sky at night, dramatically reducing the visibility of stars. Source: Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year – Big Think

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Spain: “Ensayo sobre la noche”, un fotolibro que documenta el mundo de la noche, las drogas y la exclusión urbana – Infobae

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 4, 2023
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Nacho Alonso hace de este título una muestra de aquello que fue testigo a lo largo de su vida citadina, una galería sin pretensiones y bajo la técnica análoga como protesta ante lo digital. Source: […]

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Pourquoi une véritable planification écologique de l’éclairage nocturne est nécessaire

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 4, 2023
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L’éclairage nocturne est au centre des débats, dans le cadre de la sobriété énergétique, mais est également un enjeu pour la biodiversité, comme l’explique Romain Sordello, ingénieur-expert biodiversité pour le muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Source: […]

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Data tool aims to help London councils tackle rough sleeping – Cities Today

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 3, 2023
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The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) is developing a data tool to support London councils in the goal to make rough sleeping rare, brief and non-recurrent. Source: Data tool aims to help London councils […]

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India: LG nod to draft MPD-2041; DDA envisions night-time economy, green growth, heritage, Yamuna rejuvenation – ThePrint – PTIFeed

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2023
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) Lt Governor V K Saxena on Tuesday approved the draft Master Plan for Delhi-2041 (MPD) and said its thrust is on inclusive development, sustainablity and innovative interventions such as transit-oriented […]

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Night shift workers reveal why they work nights | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41 Yakima

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2023
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By Rob Knight via SWNS Night shift workers have revealed why they would never work during daylight hours – including making more money, avoiding traffic and not having to attend dull meetings. A poll of […]

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Media Links

  • 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/

urbanculturalstudies

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

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