Getting night lighting right taking account of nocturnal urban uses for better-lit cities

Samuel Challéat (1) , Dany Lapostolle (2) , Oliver Waine

1 LISST - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires
2 ThéMA - Théoriser et modéliser pour aménager (UMR 6049)

Innovation in contemporary urban lighting has increasingly been driven by issues of sustainability. While environmental concerns focus attention on energy savings and reducing light pollution, taking account of how people use public spaces is important too, as artificial light can then be adjusted to actual needs. Following the pioneering work of Roger Narboni and Luc Gwiazdzinski, Samuel Challéat and Dany Lapostolle make the case for dedicated nocturnal city planning.

Mots clés: land-use planning; lighting; light; urban lighting; night; light pollution; nocturnal environment

Domaines: Géographie; Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Etudes de l'environnement; Environnement et Société

Samuel Challéat, Dany Lapostolle, Oliver Waine. Getting night lighting right taking account of nocturnal urban uses for better-lit cities. Métropolitiques, 2018. ⟨hal-02080115⟩