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US: Nantucket Lights group strives to preserve view of island’s dark skies

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 3, 2021
  • Uncategorized

As light pollution on Nantucket increases, residents and visitors are uniting to ask people and organizations to help preserve views of the night sky. Source: Nantucket Lights group strives to preserve view of island’s dark […]

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France: Rouen. Fin de l’éclairage nocturne permanent dans certains quartiers

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 3, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Source: Rouen. Fin de l’éclairage nocturne permanent dans certains quartiers

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Bright lights, big cities leave dung beetles’ celestial compass in the toilet

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Dung beetles from a North West game farm have provided the first evidence that city lights leave nocturnal animals in the dark. Source: Bright lights, big cities leave dung beetles’ celestial compass in the toilet

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Inside world of small businesses keeping Lagos night economy alive

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The potential of Lagos, Nigeria’s business capital, as a top night economy hotspot, is hampered by poor infrastructure. Source: Inside world of small businesses keeping Lagos night economy alive

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Montreal needs noise observatory, experts say | Montreal Gazette

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 2, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The city missed a chance to study the reduction in noise pollution during the pandemic — and its impact on well-being, researchers say. Source: Montreal needs noise observatory, experts say | Montreal Gazette

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UK: Night marshals to patrol Exeter and Exmouth in anti-social behaviour crackdown – Devon Live

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Street marshals and CCTV will be put in place with an aim to make both Exmouth and Exeter ‘safer’ places this summer Source: Night marshals to patrol Exeter and Exmouth in anti-social behaviour crackdown – […]

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India: Gujarat govt relaxes night curfew in 8 cities by 1 hour due to drop in Covid-19 cases – Coronavirus Outbreak News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2021
  • Uncategorized

The Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to relax the night curfew timings by an hour in eight major cities from July 31 after a significant drop in new Covid-19 cases. Source: Gujarat govt relaxes night […]

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Spain: Cultura presenta ‘Noches en La Alcazaba’ con más de 50 actividades durante agosto y septiembre

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2021
  • Uncategorized

El programa contempla este año visitas guiadas, teatro, títeres, conciertos y talleres infantiles para todos los públicos en el conjunto monumental Source: Cultura presenta ‘Noches en La Alcazaba’ con más de 50 actividades durante agosto […]

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Former Nevada ‘sundown town’ stands by siren amid reckoning – ABC News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 27, 2021
  • Uncategorized

Efforts to silence a century-old siren that blares every night in Minden, Nevada, are sparking debates over how to confront the region’s history of racism and violence Source: Former Nevada ‘sundown town’ stands by siren […]

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Spain: Coronavirus botellones | Los botellones a pesar del toque de queda obligan a actuar en varias ciudades

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 27, 2021
  • Uncategorized

La Policía desaloja uno con casi 300 personas en Xàbia, cierra la plaza de Honduras de València e interviene en Altea, El Campello, Muro y Torrevieja Source: Coronavirus botellones | Los botellones a pesar del […]

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

    April 19, 2026

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Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

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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

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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

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

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