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This Is How Elon Musk Can Fix The Damage His Starlink Satellites Are Causing To Astronomy

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 28, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Observations have been ruined; scientific satellites with the right-of-way have had to alter course. Here’s a how-to guide to doing better. Source: This Is How Elon Musk Can Fix The Damage His Starlink Satellites Are […]

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Mexico: ¿Qué es la contaminación lumínica? – El Diario de Yucatán

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 28, 2019
  • Uncategorized

El Pleno del Senado aprobó por 86 votos, un dictamen que reforma la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente, para reducir la contaminación lumínica y recuperar la transparencia del cielo. El […]

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Symposium held to activate “Economy at night” for foreign tourists – Teller Report

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 28, 2019
  • Uncategorized

While it is pointed out that there is less entertainment that foreign tourists can enjoy at night time than in Japan, the night economy = “Nighttime Economy” is utilized. Source: Symposium held to activate “Economy […]

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Brazil: O respeito às diferenças raciais foi tema de noite cultural em Confresa – O Documento

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 27, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Crédito: Assessoria da Prefeitura Foi realizada em Confresa, na Escola Municipal Jacaré Valente, a segunda noite cultural, cujo tema foi a diversidade étnica e racial. A diretora Francinny Clair disse que o intuito é conscientizar […]

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France – Nantes. Une loi protégera les cafés-concerts

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Une loi protégeant les cafés-concerts par rapport à l’antériorité de leur installation face à un particulier a été votée jeudi. « C’est historique », estime Denis Talledec Source: Nantes. Une loi protégera les cafés-concerts

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France – Rethel : Une nouvelle manière de penser l’éclairage en ville

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Les élus municipaux viennent d’approuver le nouveau schéma directeur d’aménagement lumière. La ville va, petit à petit, se transformer au gré des projecteurs. Source: Rethel : Une nouvelle manière de penser l’éclairage en ville

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UK: Judges visit Aberdeen as city bids to keep its prestigious purple flag status | Press and Journal

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Judges have been given a whistle-stop tour of Aberdeen’s night life as the Granite City bids to retain its coveted purple flag status for a record-breaking seventh year. Source: Judges visit Aberdeen as city bids […]

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Ireland: ‘Limerick needs to create a night mayor’ says councillor – Limerick Leader

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Source: ‘Limerick needs to create a night mayor’ says councillor – Limerick Leader

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It’s Time to Glow Tube, Night-Loving Snow People – NBC Southern California

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

The popular, post-sunset pursuit is opening at Big Bear Snow Play. Source: It’s Time to Glow Tube, Night-Loving Snow People – NBC Southern California

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Australia: Sydney’s night-life is a ‘major drag’ on its international reputation

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on November 26, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Sydney’s clogged roads and drab night-time economy are a “major drag” on its international reputation when compared with similar global cities, a new report has found. Source: Sydney’s night-life is a ‘major drag’ on its […]

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  • 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
  • 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

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  • Progressive Geographies
  • deviantleisure
  • Armando Silva
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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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