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UK: Experts call for better training and support to tackle night-time sexual harassment

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 25, 2024
  • Uncategorized

A study led by researchers from Northumbria University suggests not enough is being done to ensure women’s safety in the night-time economy. Source: Experts call for better training and support to tackle night-time sexual harassment

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DarkSky teams with global cities association to fight light pollution | LEDs Magazine

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 25, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Any sustainability initiative must include protection of night skies, says the nonprofit, as it joins forces with LUCI. Source: DarkSky teams with global cities association to fight light pollution | LEDs Magazine

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Ghana: Understanding a 24-Hour Economy: The Vision of H.E. President John Mahama

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 22, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Regardless of whether you are in Ghana or abroad, and irrespective of your political affiliation, it is clear that the country is facing significant challenges . Source: Understanding a 24-Hour Economy: The Vision of H.E. […]

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Nashville at a crossroads: preserving music city’s diverse heritage amidst new challenges – NIGHTTIME.ORG

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 20, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Nashville is a city known for country music, but it has a rich musical heritage across many genres. It’s the city where Jimiread morearrow_forward_ios Source: Nashville at a crossroads: preserving music city’s diverse heritage amidst […]

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Montréal: La culture au coeur de la revitalisation du Village | Le Devoir

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 19, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Le nouveau festival Ctrl+Alt vise à rendre le quartier plus dynamique et inclusif avec sa programmation locale gratuite. Source: La culture au coeur de la revitalisation du Village | Le Devoir

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France: REPORTAGE. La nuit, fêtards et travailleurs se croisent dans les rues du centre-ville d’Angers

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 18, 2024
  • Uncategorized

À Angers (Maine-et-Loire), alors que beaucoup d’habitants dorment, le centre-ville ne s’arrête jamais vraiment. D’autres Angevins font la fête, travaillent, dorment dehors. Des mondes différents se croisent. Reportage. Source: REPORTAGE. La nuit, fêtards et travailleurs […]

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Vietnam: Hô Chi Minh-Ville cherche à soutenir les entreprises et le tourisme nocturne

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 18, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Dans l’après-midi du 17 juillet, le Centre de promotion du commerce et des investissements (ITPC) de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, en collaboration avec le Service municipal du tourisme, a organisé la conférence “Dialogue entre entreprises et […]

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This exhibition mourns the disappearance of the night and the stars | Dazed

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 17, 2024
  • Uncategorized

As the winner of the inaugural the Art & Environment Prize, Djabril Boukhenaïssi’s À Ténèbres explores what’s at stake as light pollution obscures the stars and eradicates moonlight Source: This exhibition mourns the disappearance of […]

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Florida, UA: Orlando votes to limit nightclub development

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 17, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Nightclubs downtown will now need to be built just one per block. Existing establishments are grandfathered in, but new ones will have to adhere. Source: Orlando votes to limit nightclub development

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Kraków appoints “night mayor” to reconcile tourists, residents and business owners | Notes From Poland

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on July 17, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Kraków is Poland’s most popular tourist destination, which is a boon to the local economy but causes tension with residents. Source: Kraków appoints “night mayor” to reconcile tourists, residents and business owners | Notes From […]

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  • Quebec: Les choses roulent rondement chez Groupe Meloche qui compte sur les immigrants pour les quarts de nuit | Le Devoir

    May 26, 2026
  • 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

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Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

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UAF

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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

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

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