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New Orleans Nighttime Economy Office Releases First-Ever Business Guide – OffBeat Magazine

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2025
  • Uncategorized

The New Orleans Nighttime Economy Office has published the first-ever guide for businesses, workers and musicians. Source: New Orleans Nighttime Economy Office Releases First-Ever Business Guide – OffBeat Magazine

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India: Bengaluru’s silence zones louder than factories, KSPCB data shows: Report | Bengaluru – Hindustan Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2025
  • Uncategorized

As per Karnataka State Pollution Control Board data for May, RVCE Mysore Road recorded night-time noise levels of 57.8 decibels. Source: Bengaluru’s silence zones louder than factories, KSPCB data shows: Report | Bengaluru – Hindustan […]

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Dimming the lights in the city that never sleeps – Scienceline

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 31, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Pollution from nighttime lights has severe impacts on birds and humans alike. What solutions are out there for New York? Source: Dimming the lights in the city that never sleeps – Scienceline

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Dreams of a midnight metropolis | Latest News India – Hindustan Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

As Indian cities continue to struggle to build a night-time economy, can Hyderabad’s bold new policy make it a truly 24/7 city? Source: Dreams of a midnight metropolis | Latest News India – Hindustan Times

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Philippines: Cebu initiates ‘Mayor of the Night’ to cater night-shift workers

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Newly assumed Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival and Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña launched the “Mayor of the Night” initiative this Source: Cebu initiates ‘Mayor of the Night’ to cater night-shift workers

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‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Our nights are getting brighter and we are all paying the price. Source: ‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them

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Chine : la ferveur estivale incite à un élan de l’économie nocturne – Xinhua – french.news.cn

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Source: Chine : la ferveur estivale incite à un élan de l’économie nocturne – Xinhua – french.news.cn

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Clubes musicales son cultura: Berlín protege su escena nocturna

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

La escena nocturna berlinesa triunfa con apoyo legal y cultural, frente a la difícil realidad en España. Descubre diferencias, retos y caminos para el clubbing Source: Clubes musicales son cultura: Berlín protege su escena nocturna

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UK government says it will ramp up ‘agent of change’ as it seeks to simplify the licensing of night-time businesses

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

The UK government has published a Plan For Change that aims to simplify the licensing of bars, clubs and music venues. It includes ramping up the ‘agent of change’ principle, which was added to planning […]

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Shanghai tops night economy index with over 4m nighttime trips – Chinadaily.com.cn

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Shanghai ranked first nationwide in the comprehensive night economy index by recording an average of 4.03 million nighttime trips in 2024, according to a latest report. Source: Shanghai tops night economy index with over 4m […]

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Media Links

  • Caen, France – Tapage nocturne, alcool sur la voie publique, délinquance routière… Une nuit avec les policiers municipaux de Caen

    May 23, 2026
  • France: Cambriolages et “sentiment d’insécurité” : une nouvelle ville de l’Oise rallume son éclairage public la nuit

    May 21, 2026
  • France – Schiltigheim. Éclairage nocturne : la commune ne suivra pas l’exemple de Strasbourg, voici pourquoi

    May 21, 2026
  • Varsovie interdit la vente d’alcool nocturne : la capitale sera-t-elle plus sûre ? | Euronews

    May 21, 2026
  • Denmark Just Switched Off White Streetlights and Turned a Road Red to Solve a Nighttime Urban Crisis Most Cities Still Ignore

    May 20, 2026
  • France: Face aux nuisances nocturnes, la Ville de Besançon annonce de nouvelles mesures de sécurité au square Saint-Amour – ICI

    May 20, 2026
  • France – La mairie de Toulouse condamnée : elle n’avait pas contraint les commerces à éteindre leur lumière la nuit

    May 20, 2026
  • China’s Night Boom | TVF International | Screenings | C21Media

    May 14, 2026
  • ¿Puede la iluminación urbana favorecer la movilidad activa en las ciudades? Nuevas evidencias sitúan la luz como factor urbano relevante – smartlighting

    May 14, 2026
  • France – Strasbourg. Le retour de l’éclairage public presque partout la nuit

    May 13, 2026
  • Hanoï se positionne comme la « ville de la découverte de la culture nocturne » de la région.

    May 12, 2026
  • France: Éclairage public : décalage de l’extinction à minuit – Ville de Tournefeuille

    May 12, 2026
  • Más allá de las discotecas: la nueva economía nocturna de la capital – Diario Libre

    May 9, 2026
  • Barcelona reduce a la mitad las patrullas policiales las noches de fin de semana: «Es cuando más se necesita»

    May 7, 2026
  • À quelle heure éteindre les lampadaires pour protéger la biodiversité ?

    May 7, 2026
  • ‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

    May 6, 2026
  • France: Charte de la vie nocturne | Les établissements de nuit du Morbihan labellisés “Label night” – Actus – Actualités – Les services de l’État en Morbihan

    May 5, 2026
  • Colombia: FILBo 2026 abre espacio para debatir la economía cultural y la vida nocturna en Bogotá – HSB NOTICIAS

    May 4, 2026
  • Travelers plan trips around after-dark experiences

    May 4, 2026
  • Kansas City: How a morning dance party offers sober party vibe

    May 2, 2026

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  • Progressive Geographies
  • deviantleisure
  • Armando Silva
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  • Geografia Crítica
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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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