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Canada: Le plan pour dynamiser la capitale fédérale la nuit passe à une autre étape | Radio-Canada.ca

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 5, 2023
  • Uncategorized

En avril, l’administration municipale a dit qu’elle souhaite créer un poste de commissaire à la vie nocturne. Source: Le plan pour dynamiser la capitale fédérale la nuit passe à une autre étape | Radio-Canada.ca

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India: In A First, Women Cops On Night Duty In Jammu

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 4, 2023
  • Uncategorized

In a move aimed at ensuring women’s safety as well as keeping tabs on women drug peddlers, female constables have been deployed at various vital checkpoints in Jammu city during night hours, officials said. Source: […]

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Ireland: Michael Moynihan: Why we need a Day Mayor to give Cork a good environmental vibe

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 4, 2023
  • Uncategorized

The environment is a big part of everybody’s sense of a city, and there are interesting candidates for improvement in this sector Source: Michael Moynihan: Why we need a Day Mayor to give Cork a […]

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Committee OKs night commissioner for Ottawa to tackle sleepy reputation | CBC News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 4, 2023
  • Uncategorized

A city committee has given the thumbs up to a plan that would aim to shed Ottawa’s reputation as the city that fun forgot, by promoting nightlife in the capital and attracting more touring acts […]

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Canada: City committee approves ‘night mayor’ plan to boost nightlife economy | Ottawa Citizen

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 3, 2023
  • Uncategorized

The City of Ottawa is hoping to shed its reputation as the “city that fun forgot” by bringing in a nightlife commissioner. Source: City committee approves ‘night mayor’ plan to boost nightlife economy | Ottawa […]

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UK: Police target night-time sexual predators in York | YorkMix

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 3, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Source: Police target night-time sexual predators in York | YorkMix

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Fresno, CA one of the 10 worst U.S. cities to get good sleep | The Fresno Bee

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 3, 2023
  • Uncategorized

There was only one other city in California considered to provide worse quality sleep than Fresno. Source: Fresno, CA one of the 10 worst U.S. cities to get good sleep | The Fresno Bee

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How the world’s top ‘night mayors’ would fix Sydney’s nightlife

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 2, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Sydney is known for the near-constant stream of complaints from neighbours about noise coming from pubs and clubs. But nightlife leaders from around the world say we’re not alone. Source: How the world’s top ‘night […]

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India: Do we really need night economy?- The New Indian Express

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 30, 2023
  • Uncategorized

The night economy is not environment-friendly. Source: Do we really need night economy?- The New Indian Express

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France: Glowee, la startup qui réinvente la lumière

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on April 30, 2023
  • Uncategorized

L’innovation de la jeune pousse de l’Essonne, fondée par Sandra Rey, sur la Pépinière Genopole, à Evry, devrait faire du bruit. Son système exclusif de Source: Glowee, la startup qui réinvente la lumière

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Media Links

  • 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
  • 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

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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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