| Description |
1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover; 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 |
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Chapter 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 |
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Part 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 |
| Summary |
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, incentives and initiatives are undergoing a phase of innovation and change that will affect how cities are lit for years to come. The first comprehensive compilation of current scientific discussions on urban lighting and light pollution from a social science and humanities perspective, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society contributes to an evolving international debate on an increasingly controversial topic. The contributions draw a rich panorama of the manifold discourses connected with artificial illumination in the past and present - from early attempts to promote new lighting technologies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to current debates on restricting its excessive usage in public space and the protection of darkness. By bringing together a cross-section of current findings and debates on urban lighting and light pollution from a wide variety of disciplines, it reflects that artificial lighting is multifaceted in its qualities, utilisation and interpretation. Including case studies from the United States, Europe, and the UK, Urban Lighting, Light Pollution and Society is one of the first to take a serious assessment of light, pollution, and places and is a valuable resource for planners, policy makers and students in related subjects publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed January 19, 2021) |
| Subject |
Light pollution.
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Street lighting -- Environmental aspects
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Street lighting -- Social aspects
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Street lighting -- Government policy
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light pollution.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Light pollution
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meier, Josiane, 1979- editor.
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Hasenöhrl, Ute, editor
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Krause, Katharina, 1960- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315747811 |
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1315747812 |
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9781317602477 |
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1317602471 |
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9781317602453 |
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1317602455 |
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9781317602460 |
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1317602463 |
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