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IIT study shows uneven night lights mirror economic gaps and higher crime – India Today

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 20, 2025
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IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur researchers have shown that night-time light patterns from satellites can reveal economic inequality in Indian cities, and cities with higher inequality see more crime. Source: IIT study shows uneven night […]

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Cities across China light up new nighttime tourism experiences to boost economic growth

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 18, 2025
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cities across China have transformed their natural and cultural treasures into vibrant nightt Source: Cities across China light up new nighttime tourism experiences to boost economic growth

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Hyderabad’s nightlife set to get a lot more lucrative, projected to be Rs 26,000-crore economy by 2031 | India News – The Indian Express

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 18, 2025
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Special nighttime zones, with their own governance model and policing, are being planned in the city. Safe and secure nightlife is what the state government is promising. Source: Hyderabad’s nightlife set to get a lot […]

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Night Time Industries Association Launches Manifesto to Revitalise Scotland’s Night-Time Economy | The Quietus

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 16, 2025
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The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has launched a new initiative designed to revitalise and futureproof Scotland’s struggling night-time economy .The Northern Lights manifesto, the NTIA says, is based around a number of “ambitious, urgent […]

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Élections municipales | Le nouveau parti Transition Montréal veut protéger la vie nocturne | La Presse

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 15, 2025
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Le nouveau parti municipal Transition Montréal, dirigé par le conseiller municipal Craig Sauvé, accélère sa campagne en vue des élections de novembre prochain : sa première conférence de presse, mercredi, a porté sur la protection de […]

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Brigada Nocturna CDMX: de qué trata esta jornada de trabajo en la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc – Infobae

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 15, 2025
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Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, edil de la demarcación, participó en el arranque de este proyecto local Source: Brigada Nocturna CDMX: de qué trata esta jornada de trabajo en la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc – Infobae

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Massachusetts: MBTA taking another run at late-night trains, buses | Dorchester Reporter

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 14, 2025
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Last call on the MBTA is about to get a little later. Nine years after pulling the plug on a prior weekend late-night service program, the MBTA this month will begin running all subways and […]

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Economic inequality and crime across cities in India: Evidence using nighttime lights data | PLOS One

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 13, 2025
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This study investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime rates across 49 Indian cities from 2016 to 2021. Given the limited availability of traditional economic indicators at the city level in India, we introduce […]

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La musique de la vie nocturne, selon la DJ Misstress Barbara | OHdio | Radio-Canada

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 13, 2025
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Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission L’heure d’été : La musique de la vie nocturne, selon la DJ Misstress Barbara Source: La musique de la vie nocturne, selon la DJ Misstress Barbara | OHdio | Radio-Canada

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Vers la fin du tourisme de la fête à Barcelone ?

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 13, 2025
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La tournée des bars vit ses dernières heures à Barcelone. La mairie interdit désormais, jour et nuit, les circuits organisés où les touristes enchaînent les Source: Vers la fin du tourisme de la fête à […]

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Media Links

  • France – La Rochelle : la Ville fait évoluer son dispositif concernant l’éclairage public, ce qu’il faut savoir

    January 31, 2026
  • London Nightlife Taskforce | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    January 31, 2026
  • Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene – The Metropole

    January 26, 2026
  • La vie nocturne de Bruxelles en danger : un manifeste appelle à la soutenir

    January 26, 2026
  • A New Generation Gives Up Alcohol but Not the Party – The New York Times

    January 25, 2026
  • Italy: À Trapani, les citoyens obtiennent gain de cause devant les tribunaux contre le chaos de la vie nocturne.

    January 24, 2026
  • France: La Rochelle : dans la nuit des sans-abri, quand la ville ne brille plus

    January 24, 2026
  • How a Small City in Florida Became the Only Certified DarkSky International Community in the Southeast – Garden & Gun

    January 23, 2026
  • Entre cenas, reuniones clandestinas y crímenes violentos: así era la vida nocturna en la antigua Roma

    January 20, 2026
  • UwUAfterDark: la serie de fiestas cosplay nocturnas que conquista la vida geek en Colombia – Infobae

    January 18, 2026
  • Éclairage nocturne : allier sécurité, durabilité et obscurité | WSP

    January 13, 2026
  • Plus rien ne s’oppose à la nuit | Chroniques d‘architecture

    January 13, 2026
  • Barcelone lève le pied : moins de fête, plus de bien-être

    January 6, 2026
  • Vietnam: Pourquoi les rues animées la nuit tardent-elles à se développer en plein cœur de la ville ?

    January 6, 2026
  • Votre santé à Nice : pourquoi nos nuits trop éclairées pourraient-elles vraiment nous fatiguer davantage ?

    January 6, 2026
  • France: REPORTAGE. En Bretagne, l’extinction de l’éclairage public la nuit fait toujours débat

    January 5, 2026
  • France: Dans cette ville de Seine-et-Marne, l’éclairage public est de nouveau allumé la nuit

    January 4, 2026
  • France: Cette ville de Loire-Atlantique récompensée pour ses efforts en matière d’éclairage public

    January 4, 2026
  • France: Isère. Grenoble va prolonger la fermeture nocturne des épiceries de nuit

    January 1, 2026
  • Economía nocturna y Ciudades de 24 Horas | Revista Espejo

    December 28, 2025

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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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