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Reports & Studies on the effects of light pollution
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General Overview
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Artificial Light in the Environment United Kingdom Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution November, 2009 The report addresses two issues – the effect of artificial light on amenity and the possibility of nuisance being caused by badly designed or inappropriate lighting, and the possible effects of artificial light on nature and ecosystems. |
Astronomy & Sky Brightness
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Status of the Vatican Observatory/IDA Night Sky Brightness Monitor (NSBM) McKenna, D. October, 2008. Read the report here>> |
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Night Sky Brightness Atlas Cinzano, P., F. Falchi, and C.D. Elvidge. |
| Photo Credit: P. Cinzano, F. Falchi (University of Padova), C. D. Elvidge (NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder). Copyright Royal Astronomical Society. Reproduced from the Monthly Notices of the RAS by permission of Blackwell Science |
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Dark Sky Assessment of Pima County, AZ Davis, D.R., C.B. Luginbuhl, P. Boley, D. Miller, and D.L. Crawford. An Assessment of the Impact of Growth on the Dark Skies of Pima County. Prepared for Pima County, Arizona, USA. 2006
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Ecology & Biology
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Green Light for Nocturnally Migrating Birds Poot, H.; Ens, B.; de Vries, H.; Donners, M.; Wernand, M.; Marquenie, J. 2008. Green Light for Nocturnally Migrating Birds (pdf) (URL) in Ecology & Society, 13 (2): 47 |
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Communication Towers, Lights Birds: successful methods of reducing the frequency of avian collisions Gehring, J. P. Kerlinger, and A. Manville March 2009. Updated report on the frequency of avian collisions depending on the type of lighting on a communication tower. Ecological Applications, 19(2), 2009, pp. 505–514 @ 2009 by the Ecological Society of America. |
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Avian Collisions Gehring, J. and P. Kerlinger, March 2007. Avian collisions at communication towers: II. The role of Federal Aviation Administration obstruction lighting systems. Prepared by Curry & Kerlinger, LLC with assistance from the Michigan Natural Features Inventory for the State of Michigan |
Environmental Effects of Light at Night Morgan-Taylor, Martin. RCEP Consultation on Artificial Light in the Environment. Presented to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's study of Artificial Light in the Environment. 2008. |
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Human Health
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Health Effects of Light at Night Kloog, Itai, Abraham Haim, Richard G. Stevens, Micha Barchana, Boris A. Portnov. Light at Night Co-distributes with Incident Breast But Not Lung Cancer in the Female Population of Israel. Chronobiology International. 25-1: 65-81. 2008. |
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Health Effects of Light at Night Stevens, R.G., D.E. Blask, G.C. Brainard, J. Hansen, S.W. Lockley, I. Provencio, M.S. Rea, and L.. Reinlib. Meeting Report: The Role of Environmental Lighting and Circadian Disruption in Cancer and Other Diseases. Environmental Health Perspectives. Sept; 115(9): 1357-62. 2007. |
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Health Effects of Light at Night Stevens, Richard G. Artificial Lighting in the Industrialized World: Circadian Disruption and Breast Cancer. Cancer Causes and Control. 17: 501-507. 2006. |
Planning
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Maine Legislative Report on Dark Skies, LD 11 A Report to the Business, Research, and Economic Committee of the 124th Session of the Main Legislature, January 14, 2010
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State DOT Rankings IDA Report. Top 5 US State DOTs. International Dark-Sky Association, 2007. |
Safety & Security
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Crime Prevention Concepts Sherman, Lawrence W., Denise Gottfredson, Doris MacKenzie, John Eck, Peter Reuter, and Shawn Bushway. Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising. A Report to the United States Congress. Prepared for the National Institute of Justice. 1997. |
Outdoor Lighting Design & Control
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The Fight for Darker Skies: Towards a 21st Century Solution to a 20th Century Problem? Bob Mizon and IDA board member Martin Morgan Taylor review the history of dark sky legislation in the October issue of the Lighting Journal. Read more >> (Article available courtesy of the Institute of Lighting Engineers) |
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Practical Guide for Lighting to reduce light pollution and save energy Download the Practical Guide ASTROLab du Mont-Megantic. 2008 |
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Towards Understanding Skyglow Baddiley, C. Towards understanding Skyglow. Published by the Institute of Lighting Engineers, U.K. 2007. This document is available for purchase from the ILE Web site. |
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Glare Measurement Craine, Erin M. Preliminary Report: Using a Digital Camera to Measure Commercial Light Sources. International Dark-Sky Association. 2007. |
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Visibility, Environmental, and Astronomical Issues Associated with Blue-Rich White Outdoor Lighting International Dark-Sky Association Visibility, Environmental, and Astronomical Issues Associated with Blue-Rich White Outdoor Lighting. International Dark-Sky Association. 2010. |
Conference Proceedings & Other
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Dark-Skies Symposium Proceedings Baskill, Darren, ed. Proceedings of the Dark-Skies Symposium, Portsmouth, U.K. British Astronomical Associations' Campaign for Dark-Skies. 2006. Including:
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