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India: City to open up to late night shopping on Deepavali eve – The Hindu

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 25, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Prominent stalls, restaurants, showrooms to do business Source: City to open up to late night shopping on Deepavali eve – The Hindu

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White Paper: Voltaire, independents, and the night time economy – Access All Areas

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 23, 2019
  • Uncategorized

As part of Access’ White Paper, produced with We Are The Fair and the NTIA, author James Woodhuysen examines how history affects the present events economy… Conglomerates offer consumers convenience and big-name acts. They have cash, lawyers and […]

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Les médiateurs de nuit gagnent du terrain | LeJSD

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 23, 2019
  • Uncategorized

La médiation nocturne s’étend. Depuis le 1er octobre, la zone d’action de ses gardiens de la nuit s’est élargie au quartier Confluence jusqu’aux berges de Seine – du 6b au nord jusqu’au groupe Source: Les […]

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France: La vie nocturne a le vent en poupe aux Bassins à flot – Rue89 Bordeaux

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 22, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Pour faire cohabiter noctambules et riverains, la ville de Bordeaux et ses partenaires expérimentent aux Bassins à flot un label de prévention intitulé “Bordeaux la nuit”. Cela illustre la place grandissante que prend ce nouveau […]

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Do Denver’s lit buildings kill birds? Nobody knows, so volunteers have begun to count. – Denverite, the Denver site!

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 21, 2019
  • Uncategorized

A recent study showed bird populations in the U.S. and Canada have dropped by almost 30 percent in the last 50 years. One reason may be collisions with buildings, but it’s not yet clear how […]

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UK: Staying out after dark: Meet the people keeping Aberdeen and Inverness ticking over at night | Press and Journal

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Uncategorized

It’s Saturday night and the drinks are flowing as people raise their voices to be heard over the sound of live music. Source: Staying out after dark: Meet the people keeping Aberdeen and Inverness ticking […]

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Philadelphia: Goodbye, Gayborhood. Hello, Midtown Village Development.

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Uncategorized

Rapid social change and Midtown Village development are encroaching on Philadelphia’s LGBTQ mecca. Source: Goodbye, Gayborhood. Hello, Midtown Village Development.

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New Zealand: NZ’s bid to become first dark sky nation: ‘It’s about controlling light’ | 1 NEWS NOW | TVNZ

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Uncategorized

The bid could be a boon for small towns and bring more travellers outside peak season. Source: NZ’s bid to become first dark sky nation: ‘It’s about controlling light’ | 1 NEWS NOW | TVNZ

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Canada: Surrey council to consider ban on sleeping overnight in RVs, vans on city streets – BC | Globalnews.ca

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Uncategorized

City staff say the proposal is meant to address “growing concerns from residents and businesses” and motivate people “to move into suitable housing.” Source: Surrey council to consider ban on sleeping overnight in RVs, vans […]

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People who can’t afford rent are living in their cars, and cities aren’t sure what to do about them – Deseret News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 20, 2019
  • Uncategorized

An increase in the number of the “vehicular homeless” gives governments a dilemma: Should they provide safe spaces for car living or enact policies to discourage the practice? While they ponder, faith groups have stepped […]

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Media Links

  • 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
  • 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

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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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