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| Author | Marchant, P.R. | ||||
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What is the contribution of street lighting to keeping us safe? An investigation into a policy. | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Radical Statistics | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | Issue | 102 | Pages | 32-42 | |
| Keywords | Public Safety | ||||
| Abstract | Lighting of roads is said to be of benefit beyond giving the ability to be able to see in the dark. It is claimed for example that lighting reduces crime and traffic accidents by a considerable amount and it is therefore necessary to have it for these reasons. My view remains that this claim lacks evidence of a sufficiently high standard to warrant using public safety as an argument. On the other hand there are reasons why having a lot of light at night might be a bad thing. This work continues a previous talk and article for Radical Statistics (Marchant 2006) My initial interest in this area was sparked through my interest in astronomy because light pollution makes it hard to appreciate the wonders of the night sky. It seemed to me that the belief that lighting reduces crime was questionable…. I then embarked on investigating the crime reduction claim and found it suspect, as detailed in the 2006 Radical Statistics article. (See also Marchant 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009) |
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| Call Number | LoNNe @ christopher.kyba @ | Serial | 450 | ||
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| Author | Blood, W.H. | ||||
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What is street lighting? | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1907 | Publication | Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 2 | Issue | Pages | 633-644 | |
| Keywords | Lighting; History | ||||
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| Call Number | GFZ @ kyba @ | Serial | 2742 | ||
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| Author | Sliney, D.H. | ||||
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What is light? The visible spectrum and beyond | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Eye (London, England) | Abbreviated Journal | Eye (Lond) |
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| Keywords | Human Health; human vision; spectrum; electromagnetic spectrum; visible; *Ultraviolet Rays; light | ||||
| Abstract | In this International Year of Light, it is particularly appropriate to review the historical concept of what is light and the controversies surrounding the extent of the visible spectrum. Today we recognize that light possesses both a wave and particle nature. It is also clear that the limits of visibility really extend from about 310 nm in the ultraviolet (in youth) to about 1100 nm in the near-infrared, but depend very much on the radiance, that is, 'brightness' of the light source. The spectral content of artificial lighting are undergoing very significant changes in our lifetime, and the full biological implications of the spectral content of newer lighting technologies remain to be fully explored. | ||||
| Address | Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA | ||||
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| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| ISSN | 0950-222X | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:26768917 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | IDA @ john @ | Serial | 1337 | ||
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| Author | Schulte-Römer, N. | ||||
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What is French about the “French fear of darkness”? The co-production of imagined communities of light and energy | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2019 | Publication | Journal of Energy History Revue d'Histoire de l'Energie | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 2 | Issue | Pages | ||
| Keywords | History; Society; Energy; Lighting; France | ||||
| Abstract | This essay takes expert assumptions about light preferences as a starting point for a historical inquiry into what I call imagined sociotechnical communities of light and energy. My argument is that historical energy supply systems produced these imaginaries and vice versa, shifting the scales at which public lighting was envisioned and darkness was acceptable. While in the 17th C. dark streets were the norm and even the illumination of single streets was publically contested, innovators of the 18th C. imagined gas light and energy on an urban scale. In the 20th C., electric lighting promoted electrification and the electricity supply systems in countries like France allowed experts to think and standardize lighting at a national level. In the 21st C. the expert imaginary of a light-loving French people is challenged by public environmental concern. | ||||
| Address | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany | ||||
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| Call Number | IDA @ intern @ | Serial | 2709 | ||
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| Author | Mayoral, O.; Solbes, J.; Cantó, J.; Pina, T. | ||||
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What Has Been Thought and Taught on the Lunar Influence on Plants in Agriculture? Perspective from Physics and Biology | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2020 | Publication | Agronomy | Abbreviated Journal | Agronomy |
| Volume | 10 | Issue | 7 | Pages | 955 |
| Keywords | Moonlight; Plants | ||||
| Abstract | This paper reviews the beliefs which drive some agricultural sectors to consider the lunar influence as either a stress or a beneficial factor when it comes to organizing their tasks. To address the link between lunar phases and agriculture from a scientific perspective, we conducted a review of textbooks and monographs used to teach agronomy, botany, horticulture and plant physiology; we also consider the physics that address the effects of the Moon on our planet. Finally, we review the scientific literature on plant development, specifically searching for any direct or indirect reference to the influence of the Moon on plant physiology. We found that there is no reliable, science-based evidence for any relationship between lunar phases and plant physiology in any plant–science related textbooks or peer-reviewed journal articles justifying agricultural practices conditioned by the Moon. Nor does evidence from the field of physics support a causal relationship between lunar forces and plant responses. Therefore, popular agricultural practices that are tied to lunar phases have no scientific backing. We strongly encourage teachers involved in plant sciences education to objectively address pseudo-scientific ideas and promote critical thinking. | ||||
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| ISSN | 2073-4395 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | GFZ @ kyba @ | Serial | 3036 | ||
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