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Street lights deprive city birds of a good night’s sleep

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 24, 2020
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Scientists have said this could disrupt the morning chorus Source: Street lights deprive city birds of a good night’s sleep

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Pollstar | Global Night Time Recovery Plan Launched

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 24, 2020
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Nightlife advocates, academics, stakeholders and planners from different cities across the world have collaborated on the Global Nighttime Recovery Plan (GNRP), a practical guide that aims to provide cities and night-time scenes the knowledge and […]

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Lockdown was the longest period of quiet in recorded human history | MIT Technology Review

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 24, 2020
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When lockdown started in March, the world went instantly, strangely silent. City streets emptied. Joggers and families disappeared from parks. Construction projects froze. Stores closed.  Now a network of seismic monitoring stations around the world […]

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Ireland: 24-hour public transport for major cities to be explored by task-force on boosting nightlife – Independent.ie

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 22, 2020
  • Uncategorized

THE expansion of 24-hour public transport in major cities and towns will be explored by a taskforce aimed at boosting nightlife as the country reopens from coronavirus restrictions. Source: 24-hour public transport for major cities […]

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¿Por qué iluminar la ciudad y para quién? I | | Iluminet revista de iluminación

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 22, 2020
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Vale la pena reflexionar sobre ello y sobre cómo participar para lograr los objetivos. Source: ¿Por qué iluminar la ciudad y para quién? I | | Iluminet revista de iluminación

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China’s Chongqing to bolster nighttime economy – Xinhua | English.news.cn

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 21, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: China’s Chongqing to bolster nighttime economy – Xinhua | English.news.cn

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Washington, D.C.: Commuting without Metro is a struggle for late-night workers – Greater Greater Washington

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 21, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Darryl Haden, 34, and Mathieu Ghirardo, 21, start their workday when many of us are prepping for our exit. As fryers at Amsterdam Falafelshop, they come in around 4 pm, and may not get off […]

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Pour le géographe Luc Gwiazdzinski, “la nuit ne dure plus que trois heures” – midilibre.fr

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 21, 2020
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Géographe spécialiste de la nuit, Luc Gwiazdzinski livre son point de vue et quelques idées pour rendre la nuit plus harmonieuse. Source: Pour le géographe Luc Gwiazdzinski, “la nuit ne dure plus que trois heures” […]

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Une ville espagnole ferme toutes les boîtes de nuit après un pic d’infections chez les jeunes | WTF

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2020
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WTF – 20 juillet 2020 – La station balnéaire espagnole de Gandia, près de Valence, a vu une vague de touristes et de locaux revenir sur les plages et les attractions après Source: Une ville […]

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“Collés les uns aux autres, circulant librement voire dansant”: la police ferme deux bars à Bruxelles – RTL Info

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2020
  • Uncategorized

Source: “Collés les uns aux autres, circulant librement voire dansant”: la police ferme deux bars à Bruxelles – RTL Info

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Media Links

  • ‘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
  • 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

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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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