Search results for: URBAN NIGHTSCAPES

• Urban Lighting Research Transdisciplinary Framework—A Collaborative Process with Lighting Professionals

  Publication

  • C. Vega, Pérez
  • K. Zielińska-Dąbkowska
  • F. Hölker

  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Year 2021

  Over the past decades, lighting professionals have influenced the experience of the night by brightly illuminating streets, buildings, skylines, and landscapes 24/7. When this became the accepted norm, a dual perspective on night-time was shaped and the visual enjoyment of visitors after dusk was prioritized over natural nightscapes (nocturnal landscapes). During this time, researchers of artificial light at night (ALAN) observed...

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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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