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Genève:  L’armée sociale montée par la Ville s’active chaque nuit dans les abris

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Les astreints de la protection civile, rattachée au Service d’incendie et de secours, sont venus renforcer le dispositif. Cinq constructions en sous-sol affichent désormais complet. Reportage nocturne. Source: L’armée sociale montée par la Ville s’active […]

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Toulouse, France:  Le clocher de Saint-Sernin, vraiment bien éclairé ?

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Source: Le clocher de Saint-Sernin, vraiment bien éclairé ?

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Argentina: Primera feria nocturna sobre el río en Rosario

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2018
  • Uncategorized

El próximo sábado 19 entre las 12 y las 22 tendrá lugar en el Parque de las Colectividades la primera Feria Nocturna Nómade en la cual se expondrán objetos de diseñode artistas locales, habrá espectáculos […]

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Industry Leaders Want To Know How Pittsburgh’s Music Scene Needs To Change

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 1, 2018
  • Uncategorized

How does Pittsburgh’s music scene need to change? That’s one critical question a new project involving local organizations aims to understand and address. Source: Industry Leaders Want To Know How Pittsburgh’s Music Scene Needs To […]

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Namur: la ville oblige les SDF à aller à l’abri de nuit

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 27, 2018
  • Uncategorized

La police les arrêtera s’il le faut: par ce froid, c’est une question de vie ou de mort Source: Namur: la ville oblige les SDF à aller à l’abri de nuit

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Lethbridge, Canada:  Momentum growing for ‘Coldest Night’ walk

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 27, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com It may have been called the “Coldest Night of the Year” walk, but it was filled with warm hearts, and with those who genuinely care for the community’s homeless, poor […]

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Chaotic cities are cooler than orderly ones, researchers report

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 27, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Being science, ‘cool’ here refers to temperatures. Source: Chaotic cities are cooler than orderly ones, researchers report

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Meet nightlife mayors from around the world

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 25, 2018
  • Uncategorized

With talks of Mumbai becoming 24×7, the world’s purveyors of living it up show us how to work hard, and party harder Source: Meet nightlife mayors from around the world

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The pathway to smart urban lighting

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 25, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Study will explore how different cities and towns are managing policy, implementation and governance of smart lighting Source: The pathway to smart urban lighting

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D’inhabituelles colonnes lumineuses percent le ciel de St-Pétersbourg (photos)

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 24, 2018
  • Uncategorized

Bleus ou roses, des dizaines de rayons de lumière géants traversent depuis quelque temps le ciel nocturne de la ville russe de Saint-Pétersbourg. Le phénomène, immortalisé par des habitants, ne cesse d’époustoufler les utilisateurs des […]

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    June 19, 2026
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    June 17, 2026
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  • Le béton parisien stocke la chaleur le jour et la relargue la nuit : 10 degrés d’écart avec la campagne, les urbanistes tirent la sonnette d’alarme

    June 16, 2026
  • France: “Si la ville n’est plus adhérente à cette association, le label tombe automatiquement” : pourquoi cette commune du Lot fait le choix de renoncer aux labels nationaux “Ville fleurie” et “Ville étoilée” – ladepeche.fr

    June 16, 2026
  • Miami: Bares ocultos y exclusividad: nueva vida nocturna | El Nuevo Herald

    June 13, 2026
  • Toulouse: Une grande ville française va instaurer un couvre-feu pour les mineurs lors de matchs « à risque » de la Coupe du monde – Le Soir

    June 11, 2026
  • Izakaya economics: Japan’s traditional night out fights tooth and ale for survival | Japan | The Guardian

    June 9, 2026
  • Ho Chi Minh City seeks to unlock potential of night-time economy

    June 7, 2026
  • Poland: Warsaw expands nighttime alcohol ban in bid to improve public safety

    June 6, 2026
  • UK: Hull Street Angels volunteer to keep people safe at night

    June 5, 2026
  • US: In US first, Petoskey passes rules to crack down on light pollution – Bridge Michigan

    June 5, 2026
  • DIACRITIK Virginie Gautier : L’obscurité si densément peuplée (Recours à la nuit)

    June 4, 2026
  • Germany: El gobierno alemán reclasificará los clubs como espacios culturales para frenar su cierre masivo – – Mixmag Spain

    June 1, 2026
  • Why Indian Cities Need Night Parks: Extending the Right to the City Beyond Sunset

    June 1, 2026
  • France – À Bolbec, l’éclairage public revient progressivement grâce aux LED – Paris Normandie

    May 31, 2026
  • UK: West Midlands Mayor unveils plan to boost night time economy

    May 29, 2026
  • Vietnam: Une zone économique nocturne spéciale va «surgir» à Hô Chi Minh-Ville.

    May 29, 2026
  • Alcool: Mesure forte contre les touristes ivres en Croatie – Blick

    May 29, 2026
  • France: Quimper : une “guinguette party” pour montrer comment concilier vie nocturne et tranquillité urbaine | ICI

    May 29, 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/

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

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