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• An overview of the cognitive and biological effects of city nighttime illumination including a London case study

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  • K. Zielińska-Dąbkowska
  • K. Xavia

  - Conscious Cities Anthology 2018:Human-Centred Design, Science, and Technology - Year 2018

  Current scientific research demonstrates how critical the effects of city nighttime illumination are upon cognitive and biological health1 – which needs to be adequately acknowledged, understood and addressed by conscious cities and the plans they develop. Until recent decades, the design of nighttime lighting was determined mostly by electrical engineers who often applied technical standards to meet the requirements of vehicle-focused...

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