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Urban lighting, light pollution, and society

서명/저자: Urban lighting, light pollution, and society / [compiled by] Josiane Meier, Ute Hasenöhrl, Katharina Krause, Merle Pottharst

내용주기: 완전내용Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Contributors; The New Visibility of Lighting: An Introduction; Part I Lighting up the City: Perceptions and Practices; Introduction; Chapter 1 Out of the Dark: A Brief History of Artificial Light in Outdoor Spaces; Chapter 2 The Transformation of American Urban Space: Early Electric Lighting, 1875-1915; Chapter 3 From Shakespearean Nights to Light Pollution: (Artificial) Light in Anglophone Literature; Chapter 4 Shedding New Light: Outdoor Illumination in Late Ottoman Istanbul.

내용주기: 완전내용Chapter 5 The Rich Potentialities of Light Festivals: Defamiliarisation, a Sense of Place and Convivial AtmospheresPart II Dimming It Down: Lighting Conflicts and Regulation; Introduction; Chapter 6 Lighting Conflicts From a Historical Perspective; Chapter 7 Regulating Urban Lighting: Prospects for Institutional Change; Chapter 8 The Lighting Master Plan as an Instrument for Municipalities? A Critical Assessment of Possibilities and Limitations; Chapter 9 Regulating Light Pollution in Europe: Legal Challenges and Ways Forward; Chapter 10 Designating Dark Sky Areas: Actors and Interests.

내용주기: 완전내용Part III Counting the Costs: Evaluating Light and DarknessIntroduction; Chapter 11 The Economics of Night-Time Illumination; Chapter 12 Residents' Perceptions of Light and Darkness; Chapter 13 Improved Visibility of the Night Sky: An Economic Analysis; Chapter 14 The Value of the Night Sky; Chapter 15 Night Lights: An Indicator of the Good Life?; Towards a Brighter Future? Conclusions for Lighting Research and Policy; Index.

초록/해제: 요약 :After decades ""in the shadows"", urban lighting is re-emerging as a matter of public debate. Long-standing truths are increasingly questioned as a confluence of developments affects lighting itself and the way it is viewed. Light has become an integral element of place-making and energy-saving initiatives alike. Rapidly evolving lighting technologies are opening up new possibilities, but also posing new challenges to planners, and awareness is growing that artificial illumination is not purely benign but can actually constitute a form of pollution. As a result, public policy frameworks, incen.