Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.

This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers’ own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.

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Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.

This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers’ own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.

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Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

by Navaz Davoudian (Editor)
Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Urban Lighting for People: Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

by Navaz Davoudian (Editor)

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Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.

This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers’ own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000726688
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
Publication date: 07/15/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 18 MB
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About the Author

Navaz Davoudian is a senior researcher at UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Night, City, Society 1. The Social Study of Urban Lighting 2. Urban Lighting Masterplan - Definitions, Methodologies, Collaboration 3. Older People and Urban Lighting Part 2: Exploring the Night City 4. Lighting for Reassurance 5. Wayfinding and the Hierarchy of Urban Elements at Night 6. The Interaction of People, Light and Public Space: The Changing Role of Light Part 3: Lighting Practitioners’ Post Evaluation 7. Learned Lessons from Design Projects

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